Albert Pujols
Pujols is considering having Tommy John, but is going to wait to decide until after the post-season. While the rehab would only be about 6-8 months as a positional player that still put spring training and some of the season in jeopardy. He admits that he doesn’t want to really wait for a couple more years so there is a strong possibility that he will get…
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Chris Carpenter will be back with the Cardinals for the rest of the season, but this time he will come back as a reliever. Not only that, but don’t think he will be doing any closing for the Cards, he will just be a middle reliever. So, those who own him have a decision to make. Will he help you enough with Ks, ERA, and WHIP to…
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Frank Thomas
Quad problems for very large DHs are not good. Especially one who has had several injuries in the past. Thomas has been transferred to the 60-Day DL, officially ending his season today. He still has the bat to be productive when healthy, but that’s the problem. He’s now (or maybe has been in for a while) in the group of Milton Bradley and Chipper Jones…
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Erik Bedard
Well all those hopes and dreams of him coming back this year now seem to be lost as his scheduled mound session was canceled today. It’s now been over a month on the DL and he hasn’t been able to throw off the mound as he tries to return from impingement. Given that the Mariners do at least have a little invested in him it would be extremely wise…
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Rich Harden continues to pitch his butt off for the Cubbies, as that trade seems to have paid off for Chicago. Tonight he was great again, as he threw seven shutout innings, and struck out 10 batters for the fourth time in just seven starts. I will always discount Harden’s talent because of his injury history, but now you can see what…
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Right to it as I’m going to see Toby Keith tonight
Troy Percival
Diagnosed with an articular injury, he will likely miss more than the minimum. It has not been disclosed though whether this is a meniscal injury or if it is an injury to the cartilage on the femur. The recovery time between the two is quite different especially if it is…
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It’s time for another quick game of “Who closed the game?” Our first contestant is the New York Mets. Billy Wagner is on a rehab assignment, but for the time being they are still trying to piece together the 9th inning. Well, tonight Aaron Heilman came into the game in the ninth and……..got the save! Heilman walked a batter but didn’t allow…
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Injury wise any ligament tear or fracture has the possibility to end someone’s season. With the season over in a little over 6 weeks, it’s crunch time.
Carl Crawford
He felt a pop in his hand during his last at bat which to me isn’t good considering they put him on the DL right away basically. During a swing there is an incredible amount of…
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Look out now, Clayton Kershaw looks like he might have figured it out. Kershaw was great today against the Cardinals, going seven innings, allowing just one run and striking out seven. He did walk four, but it didn’t come back to bite him. That is the first earned run he had allowed in his last three starts, so…
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Let’s start off with the big names
Joba Chamberlain
I don’t have all the details (since it wasn’t released) but I did watch the replays on ESPN and he was pointing to an area where the rotator cuff is often injured when strained. This is a slightly different pain pattern/location than impingement or inflammation and also telling in that it was quite a quick exit. …
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