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Rotoman ESPN.com: MLB – Down and out: Schilling undergoes appendectomy
Obviously sitting Schilling this week is a good idea. I know that other appendectomies have cost players more than a week of rehab, but that abdominal surgery has become much less traumatic in recent years.
Travis Hafner will probably hit better than .180, and he’s going to have to make up for all the unearned runs that will score against a team that plays him in the field. Because he’s backed up behind Ellis Burks at DH he’s not going to get many chances to play except at first base.
So far the results haven’t been too happy.
ESPN.com: MLB – Not so swell: Big Unit held out of next start
If you own Randy Johnson you probably already know this. If you don’t, delight for a while in someone else’s agony. By all accounts Johnson is in great physical shape, but injuries like this for guys pushing 40 are a whole lot different than they are for, well, younger guys.
No predictions here, Big Unit may heal just fine with a little more rest, but if I’d invested my season in him I’d be worried.
There is clearly something very wrong with Ramiro Mendoza.
This week’s column is posted. Keep the good questions rolling in, by email or the discussion group, which has been busy of late.
I miss blogging. I wanted to write about Alfonso Soriano’s first two steals, finally, and Jesse Foppert’s debut. I want to write about the war and my taxes, too. If I can get the software working smoothly (a big if) you’ll see more and more of me in the coming weeks, though my head–which lately has been immersed in hundreds of football pictures and writer assignments for the football magazine–will be increasingly cluttered by trying to remembering how to pronounce Edgerrin.
I’ve been busy the last few days, and let the blog slip. I’ve decided to let it slip even more. I’m going to continue to be busy, and while I love to chatter about the latest news, the obligation to appear here each day was weighing on me. So I’m jettisoning it.
You may find comments here from time to time, but it’s going to be scattershot. When I find a web site that I think might help, or when I read some commentary I think is bogus, or when Mike MacDougal gets sent down to the minors, you’ll probably hear from me. Until then you’ll still find me prowling around the discussion board and at mlb.com. I appreciate all your questions.
This week’s column is out. A look at some less than powerful outfielders, the time it is, and managing bottom of the barrel pitchers.
So far, Greg Maddux has been less than stellar.
And the two most offensive forces in baseball have been Florida’s Alex Gonzalez and Tampa’s Rey Ordonez, if you don’t count Pittsburgh’s Reggie Sanders.
Needless to say, it’s early. And already Ken Griffey Jr. has experienced a new injury. So don’t freak out. But if you have a hole don’t shy away from the early hot hands. They’re unlikely to persist, but there is enough we don’t know that it would be foolish to think that a Gonzalez or Ordonez might not be helpful. At least for awhile.
More proof that Jesus Colome may not be ready to be a big league closer.
Brad Ausmus has the best game he’s had in years. Jim Edmonds is back and knocks Brian Moehler around as if he owns him. And all you Brett Tomko owners catch a break. All the runs in Ausmus’s grand slam are unearned. Whoopee!
That’s roto heaven.