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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi
Hopefully DL means Dead List.
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Manager Mike Matheny said, “The training staff had known for a little while but he was kind of downplaying it. More than anything, he doesn’t want to come across as a guy making excuses. He may take to that level that I’ve never seenn
“But I think there’s something that’s keeping him from getting through the ball like he needs to. He knows that’s been an issue but just doesn’t want to appear to be the guy that’s looking for an ‘out.’
Holland said he had had hip troubles before. “That’s kind of the nature of the business. I try to generate as much as I can from my lower half,” said the 5-foot-10 reliever, who had 41 saves for Colorado last year, tying him for the league lead.
The time line on Holland’s absence still was uncertain. He was to see a Pirates doctor before he flew to St. Louis Saturday night and then he will be examined in St. Louis on Tuesday. But Holland said, “I don’t foresee it being a long thing.”
In any circumstance, when Holland has recovered from what he repeated was not a “painful” malady, the club then send him out on a minor league rehabilitation program that could last as long as 30 days rather than trying to get his consent for a minor league option, which he might not have granted. This way everyone saves face, as it were.
Holland and Matheny had a 10-minute, closed-door meeting in Matheny’s office Saturday and Holland said the gist was “get it better. We’re going to need you. He has confidence in me as does everyone else in here.
“When you’re not getting guys out, you need to get it fixed before it gets worse,” said Holland, who missed all of spring training as a late signee who had been angling for a multi-year deal.