Erik Bedard

He’ll undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery by Dr. Lewis Yocum (a true leader in the field) next week to figure out exactly what’s going on.  Surgeons generally only do this procedure when the exam doesn’t match up with the diagnostic tests like MRI’s and CT scans.  That’s not a good sign because something causes pain, even if it’s only due to his own mental makings.  He’s been diagnosed with impingement…
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Tags: Anthony Reyes, BJ Upton, Carlos Guillen, David Riske, erik bedard, fernando tatis, Hideki Matsui, Jack Wilson, jeff francis, jeremy guthrie, Josh Bard, mike lowell, milton bradley, Shaun Marcum

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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Tags: albert pujols, Billy Wagner, BJ Upton, Carlos Guillen, Evan Longoria., Jack Wilson, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jim Johnson, julio lugo, paul konerko, travis hafner

Carlos Quentin

Surprise surprise, it’s not the forearm it’s the wrist. This is just another reason why we cannot always believe what the team tells us regarding an injuries health. He’s going to have a screw inserted into the wrist in order to help facilitate healing. While I am not 100% suggesting this is the case, often surgical fixation is needed for scaphoid fractures. The scaphoid bone…
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Tags: BJ Upton, carl crawford, carlos quentin, Carlos Zambrano, ian kinsler, j.d. drew, Jeff Clement, josh beckett, Rafael Furcal, Ryan Freel

Felix Hernandez might be starting to live up to his nickname of King Felix. It is way to early to make that kind of statement, but the 22-year old Hernandez has put a couple of good starts together. With his six-inning effort tonight, that is two straight outings in which he didn’t allow a run. I get…
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Tags: alexi casilla, BJ Upton, brandon webb, Evan Longoria., felix hernandez, joe borowski, Johnny Cueto, justin verlander, michael cuddyer, ryan garko, scott kazmir, shawn marcum, Tim Lincecum

A congratulations to Ryan is in order, who by the time he reads this, should be a father to a second beautiful baby girl (Good luck when they are teenagers!). So in the time he is away, I will try to fill his shoes with tonight’s Beyond the Boxscore.

Daisuke Matsuzaka left yesterday’s Redsox game at the start of the fifth inning. It was first believed to…
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Tags: adam jones, Al Reyes, alex gordon, bartolo colon, BJ Upton, Brad Lidge, Brandon Phillips, chase utley, Clay Bucholz, Corey Patterson, Daisuke Matsusaka, dan uggla, Dan Wheeler, darrell rasner, Delmon Young, edinson volquez, Ian Kennedy, Jay Bruce, joba chamberlain, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Justin Masterson, Kerry Wood, matt garza, Phil Hughes, Ryan Braun, Tim Lincecum, Troy Percival