It appears that the Boston Red Sox may be the next team to lose an important pitcher to injury. Red Sox closer, Koji Uehara, felt soreness in his right shoulder and was unavailable Friday. According to CSN insider, Sean McAdam, will not be available again Saturday.
Koji unavailable again today, will try long toss tomorrow. Possible...
Manager Joe Girardi waited until after the New York Yankees' Monday home opener to announce that the team had placed new closer, David Robertson, on the 15-day disabled list. The injury came during the final inning of the Yankees' 6-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. An MRI revealed that Robertson, 28, has a Grade-1...
Injuries are striking and spreading through almost every team in Major League Baseball like wildfire. This week it seems it is the Texas Rangers' turn to take the hit.
On Sunday night it was reported that up and coming second baseman, Jurickson Profar, would be out at least ten weeks with a torn muscle in his shoulder. The Rangers...
As the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reported,
"The Athletics are having a very poor week for pitchers' health."
She is certainly not kidding. First, starter A.J. Griffin was diagnosed with flexor tendinitis in his throwing elbow and is reported to be out for at least the next three weeks. Around the same time Oakland's...
Four Starting Pitchers Go Down to Elbow Injuries in One Week
Personally I think that it HAS to be some kind of disease that is spreading across the country. I'm serious. Well, not exactly about the "disease" aspect but something is going on around Major League Baseball. In recent years more and more players, especially pitchers have...
The Detroit Tiger's shortstop Jose Iglesias, who was acquired from the Boston Red Sox last season when Jhonny Peralta was linked to the Biogenesis scandal, may miss the entire season due to a leg injury. Originally though to be shin splints, a former teammate of Iglesias' says that the injury is much more serious, although the...
The Baltimore Orioles Platinum Gold Glove winning third baseman, Manny Machado, has suffered a small setback on his recovery from knee surgery. Machado was injured his left knee towards the end of last season. It was a scary scene and he was carted off the field.
After the surgery the word was that Machado's recovery was...
Yesterday the A's announced that they will have to start the 2014 season without two of their top starting pitchers, A.J. Griffin and Jarrod Parker. Both had left their most recent starts early, Parker due to forearm/biceps tightness and Griffin with elbow soreness. Long reliever Jesse Chavez who has had a stellar spring will be...
The New York Yankees are making Mark Teixeira take it easy this spring training and it is not going over well with the first baseman. Teixeira has been dealing with the injury to his wrist for over a year now. The Yankees are making Texiera take it slow this spring because the injury kept him out most of last season.
Teixeira was...
