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Friday, December 22, 2006 |
Juan Rivera Breaks Tibia In Winter Ball
Rotoworld reports that Juan Rivera has broken his tibia playing winter ball. (Also via AP and MLB.com.) His left leg has been placed in a cast, and he will be flown to Florida to see a specialist. He may not be ready for spring training.
Update 12/23: Mike DiGiovanna of the Times has more on this:
Recovery time varies, depending on the nature and location of the fracture. Rivera, who set career highs in average (.310), home runs (23) and runs batted in (85) last season, could be sidelined anywhere from three to eight months, and his chances of being ready for the Angels' April 2 opener appear slim.Oh, the irony. Matt Welch makes the useful observation that the silver lining here may be that the Angels are forced to give Figgins occaisional left field duties while letting Dallas McPherson play third. Assuming he can be healthy, Dallas could be interesting, but as we've seen before, that's a big if."It's a real bummer," Angels General Manager Bill Stoneman said. "He put himself in position in 2006 to be a guy who would be really counted on in 2007."
Details were sketchy Friday night, but Stoneman said Rivera, who played 16 games this winter for the Oriente Caribbeans, was injured when he collided with an Aragua Tigers pitcher while running to first base during a game in Maracay, Venezuela.
Because Rivera had not reached certain thresholds for games played and plate appearances last season, the Angels could not block him from playing winter ball.
Comments:
F*ck D*mnit P*ss....CAN WE EVER CATCH A BREAK?!? (no pun intended).
# posted by 
: 12/22/2006 09:36:00 PM
: 12/22/2006 09:36:00 PM
It just means more time for Anderson in LF and Morales at DH. The main concern was that Rivera was going to spell Anderson and Guerrero in the corners for days off. Figgins is no Rivera.
# posted by : 12/23/2006 06:33:00 AM
: 12/23/2006 06:33:00 AMNewer› ‹Older
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