Friday, June 20, 2008

Injury News

We have some good (depending on how you look at it) news today.

  1. Schilling will have season ending and likely career ending surgery to repair his shoulder. He is reported to have both rotator cuff and labrum/biceps tendon injuries. Given his age and his declining skill set already, the likely extensive surgery almost gaurentees his career is over. Too bad he can't bribe someone anyways for a Cy-Young vote (at least $1 mil is on the line for him)
  2. Mike Gonzalez is returning from the DL and will slot into the closers role for now. When Soriano comes back there is a chance that he returns to the closers role and Gonzalez will move to the 7th but my gut feeling says he'll stay in the closers role. If you need saves, here's you chance to get some quick vulture saves for now.
  3. Francisco Liriano will likely stay down in the minors for a "few more" good starts in order to make sure his head is in the right spot. Speculation is that it is only due to monetary reasons from the front office. Fantasy owners everywhere (including me) need him to come up sooner rather than later and help my d**n team.
  4. Dr. Andrews confirmed that Hafner does not need surgery, which is good news. The bad news is that no-one knows (including the medical staff) how long he will continue to be out. What the hell are you going to do? You're just going to have to keep him on your bench/injury slot and hope he comes back strong. In the meantime, you're going to have to try and patch the production with guys on hot streaks (like Thames from a week ago or J.D. Drew for the past month)
  5. As I believed, Tulowitzki returned to the team and is expected to play on Friday. Put him in your lineup right away and be thankful it wasn't longer.

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