Chipper Jones
After my article on my site Fantasy Baseball Strategy described how many athletes hide injuries, Chipper is being reported to have several nagging injuries, including Quad, Hamstring, and elbow problems. He is an example of an athlete who at times may be too tough for his own good. Most likely his current elbow problem is related to all of his other problems and likely will not go…
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Sorry for the delay. Double sessions on top of a real bad commute set me back big time and I couldn’t get an update. I apologize for that and I’m here for today’s instead.
Rick Ankiel
An abdominal strain/problem is just as bothersome for a hitter as it it for a pitcher. It effects your bat control and it effects your power. He’s being examined by other doctors and I’m sure they…
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Football draft. Check. Pre-season practices starting for work. Check. Me losing whatever sense I had left. Check. On to the injuries:
Alex tore his upper quad most likely the Rectus Femoris muscle. I say this because initially it was described as a groin injury by various places and then quickly switched to the quad tear once it was released. The only muscle of…
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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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Kerry Wood
Wood developed a blister on his right index finger prior to the All-Star break that didn’t heal up so some reports say he’s heading for the DL and others say he can avoid it. Blisters are more than a nuisance to a pitcher if he tries to pitch through it because it almost always ends up in some mechanical changes as the athlete is subconsciously avoiding the…
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First I’d like to thank Ryan and Andy for allowing me to become a part of their wonderful site. I’m going to be writing about injury news and analysis twice a week (Sunday and Wednesday evenings) providing a summary of the injury news from the last several days, while providing Pitch FX analysis and Buy Low/Sell High recommendations on my site. When the need arises, I will also…
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The next young arm that is going to be added in a lot of fantasy leagues in the next 24 hours is going to be
the Marlins’ Andrew Miller. Miller was one of the two big pieces that the Marlins got back in the Miguel Cabrera trade, but he got off to a terrible start. This is the fourth…
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