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Monday, April 11, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves, Lunchtime Edition
Will Carroll Injury Update
Three from Will today:- Kelvim Escobar has been something of a mystery this spring, not having any consistency in the condition of his elbow. It's alternately bad and great, fine and failing. Escobar will test the elbow in Single-A Cucamonga--always love saying that--later this week with an expected return in Ana … Los Angeles around the 19th or 20th. If there's anything we can expect from Escobar, it's inconsistency. I have a very bad feeling about the way this elbow has progressed. It will take a great outing to convince me otherwise.
- Dave Roberts is "likely to be back by the end of the week" in San Diego.
- Derek Lowe is just happy that the comebacker he took hit him just above the elbow and that it was wee Craig Counsell at the other end of the liner. Lowe took the ball off his arm, leaving a nasty bruise but little more. X-rays came back negative and the team will watch him closely to make sure he's ready to go. With Brad Penny looking like he could come back by late April, Lowe needs to hold a shaky staff together until at least then. Lowe's already wobbly mechanics might be affected more than others; his sinker demands sharp pronation at release.
Sheehan On The A's Trades
No surprise that Joe Sheehan likes the A's trades of Hudson and Mulder. "I would, without a doubt, rather have Dan Haren than Mark Mulder in 2005, and that's without considering money," he says. Considering Will Carroll's relay of some scouts' belief that "Mulder's done" from top half injuries that will nearly guarantee his ineffectiveness in the second half, that's nothing to sneeze (or cough, or twitch) at.Injury Update
I make notice that Richard has neatly summarized the latest Angels DL situation, and in passing note Brett Prinz's descent to the DL.
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