Injuries have stricken a few of the game’s young players that have bright futures. Colorado Rockies Troy Tulowitzki and New York Yankees Philip Hughes will be seeing extended time on the disabled list. Lets look at those injuries.

Tulowitzki is currently suffering from a torn tendon in his left quadricep muscle. The Rockies don’t expect to get the shortstop back till the All-Star break. What’s not good is, he could miss longer. “With the help of God he will be back in two months,” agent Paul Cohen told the Rocky Mountain News. “Maybe by the weekend or early next week we will have a better idea of how long this will be.” Not a good sign when they say “with the help of god”. At the moment, doctors think surgery will not be necessary, but yet again will not have a complete timetabl till the inflammation in the area goes down.

Who will be replacing, Tulo at short? None other then Clint Barmes. Barmes burst on to the scene in the 2005 season, in a big way with his bat but hasn’t done much offensively since. He previously started at short in the 05 and 06 seasons. If he does well, he might be able to get the second base job when Tulowitzki returns.

Now, the Yankees Philip Hughes. Its sad to say, but his current injury might be the best thing for him and his development. Hughes actually is suffering from a stress fracture in his rib cage, NOT a strained oblique. He won’t be able to throw a ball for 4-6 weeks, after that he can begin throwing and then obviously rehab. After missing so much time, he’ll need almost a month in the minors just to get his pitch count back up to where it needs to be. Darrell Rasner will take his place in the rotation, initially.

Now to Hughes and his problems. Could this have been the reason for his decreased velocity? It’s possible but probably not likely, I don’t think he’d be able to hide an injury like this for this long. This could be a huge plus for his confidence thou, he’ll get to step away from baseball now for a few weeks. Then come back and face minor league hitters, most likely in the AA-Eastern League. He can dominate the guys there, gain the confidence and then again remember what made him the pitcher the Yankees thought they were keeping this off-season. THEN, come up to the majors and pitch that way after rediscovering his form.

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