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Originally Posted by sedated
I shed my tears during the game yesterday. It helps that he has already had trouble this year, and its pretty much certain he is facing TJ surgery, the “acceptance” phase came pretty quick.
Totally agree about the devastation that this one brings. Perez? Meh, he will be back and is still young. Cain? Meh, we have a few outfielders. Soria? Meh, we have a strong bullpen and he was getting “up there” as a closer anyway. But now this, on top of all that – and he is the ONE pitcher that was actually living up to expectations. Montgomery and Dwyer have fallen off a cliff, Lamb already got hurt, and guys like Hoch and Sanchez have swung to the “worst case scenario” end of the spectrum. Are we ever going to catch a break?
This is why I don’t want to see Myers come up this season. Assuming we get pitching figured out, it will likely be when Moose, Hoz, and Escobar are pretty close to signing big deals on the east coast, so lets set it up so we have at least a couple of bats left after 2017. By then we could have Myers and Bubba team with Gordon/Cain in the OF.
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It's a pretty devastating blow, re: Duffy. I'm hopeful it isn't ligament damage, but I think it's mostly false hope.
Lamb should begin throwing soon - probably right around the time Duffy would be having elbow surgery. I think he's likely to make a good recovery.
Odorizzi is about to get promoted. He's showing the high K potential at AA he flashed in Wilmington last year, which is a great sign. I was worried his stuff wouldn't translate at higher levels. Will be interesting to see if it takes him as long to adjust at AAA as it did at AA.
Montgomery actually seems to have turned a corner. He had a bad start last week, when there was a 25 mph tailwind to left field (that turned 3 routine flys into HRs). If he continues to pitch well, I still think he's up sometime in the second half of 2012.