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Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves, Lunchtime Edition
More On Bonds' Infection
Will Carroll in his latest UTK disagrees with the more hysterical report issued yesterday by Jayson Stark at ESPN, breaking down Barry's recovery time as something like "two weeks to return to activity, two weeks for cardiovascular and functional strengthening, then four weeks for a normal rehab. That puts us at the All-Star Break." Will he be effective with the bat? Is the Pope Catholic?The Giants claim Bonds IV drip is off, and he's back on his feet, or something like that. One self-described physician claims his department chair (he works at a university medical school)
... would advise him not to play again even if he was able to because micro hemorrhages can occur in the joint from the trauma of playing the game. The blood then serves as a culture medium, and boom, the next thing you know, the infection is raging again.Free advice, and probably worth what you paid for it, considering neither of them have actually inspected the knee in question.
More UTK News
- Pedro Martinez, who had a cortisone shot to his hip, will miss his next start. Carroll adds the somewhat worrying note that "quick action was taken to make sure that this didn't cascade into a situation like that seen with Eric Gagne". Implicit in this are two questions: Was there anything that the Dodgers could have done? If so, why didn't they do it?
- Octavio Dotel is having elbow problems in addition to the trouble Rich Harden is having (and the latter will be out for "more than the minimum", says Carroll). He's headed to LA to see Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Angels' team physician and a nationally recognized elbow expert. Nick Swisher and Bobby Crosby should return soon.
- Jason Schmidt is expected to make Tuesday's start against the Dodgers.
- Arizona closer Brandon Lyon went to the DL unexpectedly. "Given Lyon's history, this is concerning."
- Kelvim Escobar may come back quickly from his bone-spur problem, yet if we take a closer look, the news is not good. Escobar has twice had surgery for bone chips in his pitching elbow ('97 and '02). A bone spur is just a chip that's attached, so it's possible that it was on its normal five-year cycle when it began rubbing against the tendon. That swelling was more of notice than the real damage. The treatment was simply to get the swelling out, not to remove the initial osseous irritant. This is likely to recur and Escobar has not shown a great tolerance for pitching with this condition. Caveat Escobar.
Cuban Defectors Learn From Morales, Defect To United States
Baseball America reports that five Cuban defectors have gone to the U.S. directly rather than taking a chance on Dominican citizenship. Three have a chance of going in the top three rounds, according to the article. Kendry, are you reading this wistfully?The Diminishing Returns Of Scott Boras
Another Baseball America article, this time on Scott Boras's negative influence on his amateur clients. Useful passage:“If I had a son,” one area scout says, “and he was in the major leagues, I’d want Scott to represent him. But if he’s an amateur, there’s no way.”
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