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Thursday, March 23, 2006 |
Howie Kendrick Watch, Day 1: Kennedy Scratched Due To Knee Infection
Adam Kennedy was a late scratch in today's game because of an infection in his left knee. (In case you were wondering, it was his right knee that got jacked up when trying to field an Ichiro! grounder.) Considering he's had knee surgery before, I expect this will be something to watch for; and whether he'll do well or not at the major league level, Howie Kendrick is going to be on everyone's mind.
Also:
- The logical conclusion of Dallas McPherson's cold start means he falls off the 25-man roster.
"I've hit a couple of home runs down there [in minor league camp]," said McPherson, who had an RBI single on Thursday. "I'm putting good swings on the ball. I'm putting some balls in play and the rest will take care of itself. There are a lot of guys that have had bad springs. Are you going to base my swing on 21 at-bats?"
It's a good point. - Bartolo Colón will get in some work at minor league camp, as Darin Erstad did today.
- Mike Scioscia says Jason Bulger "still has some things to work on in his delivery" according to the MLB.com article.
- Jeff Mathis is taking batting practice and will catch Colón on his next regular start, on Friday.
Comments:
The mlb.com article states that Kennedy has been put on oral antibiotics, so the infection probably isn't very serious. Rory and Terry also suggested it wasn't very serious.
# posted by 
: 3/23/2006 06:37:00 PM
: 3/23/2006 06:37:00 PM
AND ON THE 6th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRADE THAT BROUGHT A.K. HERE...
# posted by : 3/23/2006 06:43:00 PM
: 3/23/2006 06:43:00 PM
The mlb.com article states that Kennedy has been put on oral antibiotics, so the infection probably isn't very serious.
One would hope. In this era of flesh-eating bacteria and antibiotic-resistant staph infections, I take nothing as a minor infection...
One would hope. In this era of flesh-eating bacteria and antibiotic-resistant staph infections, I take nothing as a minor infection...
From what I recall, flesh-eating bacteria is onbe of the least resistant bacteria to penicilin, so that is no problem is they catch it early (and he is a major leaguer, so you have to imagine the best doctors and check it out as soon as it seems like something is wrong). Antibiotic resistant bacteria may be more troublesome, but those are fairly rare and aren't usually THAT dangerous for young, healthy men like AK.
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