MLB Injury Update, Part 2

March 25, 2008 · Paul Raymond · Jump to comments

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Here’s Part 2 of today’s Major League Baseball update. It includes updates on the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Minnesota Twins, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Yankees.

Baltimore Orioles – Brian Roberts. Roberts missed today’s game due to a sore back. This may lead some to believe that a trade may have been completed or on the verge but that’s not the case. He’s expected to miss the next two games after receiving an injection to ease the pain.
Atlanta Braves – John Smoltz. Smoltz experienced no pain today while throwing but the team is still planning on placing him on the DL to start the season. The new plan is for him to make his season debut April 6th against the New York Mets and Johan Santana. Should be a good one.
Chicago Cubs – Scott Eyre. Eyre is likely to start the season on the DL after receiving a cortisone injection in his left elbow. “I’ve had a bone spur in there for a couple of years,” Eyre said Tuesday morning. “Now it’s just getting worse. They put some cortisone in there to calm the inflammation down and see if I could pitch without some pain for a while. It’d be nice.” Sounds like he might need surgery at some point to remove that bone spur if that’s truly the injury.
Chicago White Sox – Jerry Owens. Owens will be starting on the DL as well after an MRI showed a slight tear in his right adductor muscle. He originally hurt the groin muscle in a game on Feb 25th and then aggravated it during Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. Brian Anderson should now make the team and split time in center till Owens is able to return.
Florida Marlins – Scott Olsen. Olsen is on track to start the team’s fourth game of the season after making his second appearance of the spring today. Olsen has experienced a sore shoulder this spring, as long as everything is OK tomorrow he should be on pace for that start.
New York Yankees – Andy Pettitte. Pettitte is in the same boat as Olsen. His start has been pushed back from April 2nd to the 4th or 5th now. He’s still experiencing lower back pain, so today’s word about his start being pushed back came from manager Joe Girardi.

Ok, thats all I’ve seen across the wires and news outlets so far today.