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Monday, July 30, 2007 |
UTK: Penny's Injury A "Strain"
Will Carroll today:
The Dodgers have gone from division leaders to a veritable mess. In the space of two days, their pitching staff has lost the two steady hands they've had, severely testing the depth that has kept the Dodgers in this race. With both Brad Penny and Derek Lowe facing missed starts or more, the team is going to have to get very creative and hope that Stan Conte and his staff can stop the bleeding quickly. Penny's abdominal cramp is now known to be a strain located in the low core, near the torso-leg junction. The core is involved in nearly every motion so for a pitcher, so this is a terrible place for a strain. (Yes, I resisted the easy Eliza Dushku line, but I had to include a picture.) Penny made it through a side session Sunday and is tentatively penciled in to face Barry Bonds and the Giants on Tuesday.Lowe was also scheduled to throw off of a mound today and see how the hip reacted to the force of his landing. Surprisingly, the injury appears to be related to a problem Lowe had in the minors. This should be a pain tolerance and management problem, but as we know, slight alterations to a pitcher's mechanics can lead to bigger problems. Expect the Dodgers to be very cautious here, starting with their decision to push Lowe's next start back to Saturday.
The news is much worse for Randy Wolf. He had a setback during his rehab, and has been shut down indefinitely. If no other good comes of this, you have to admire the accountability shown by the Dodgers' medical staff.
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