This week’s installment of Gut Check Time is brought to you by Miller Lite, who continues to make me check my gut to see how much it has grown. And now, the week in sports.
From the I Live In A Van Down By The River Dept. Did anyone see the Al Davis press conference? I only saw the “highlights” on ESPN, but…
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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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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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I can’t hide my allegiance anymore, Dustin Pedroia never ceases to amaze me. To quote the movie Rudy, he’s “5 foot nothing, 100 and nothing” and all he does is hit everything. Tonight he went 3-5, added his 43rd double, hit his 16th homerun, and knocked in 5 runs. Oh yeah, he did it all in the midst of…
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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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Uh, oh Red Sox Nation! After Josh Beckett has had his start pushed back a couple of times, the worst possible news came down on Thursday. The three words that no fantasy player ever wants to hear…….Doctor James Andrews! Beckett’s next start was postponed again, and he will be going to see Dr. Andrews to evaluate his elbow. Stay tuned for the result of this visit…
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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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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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I have a new article that examines this very topic over at Fantasy Baseball Strategy and I found a few interesting differences.
