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AP: Milwaukee Brewers ace Ben Sheets to be skipped in rotation

Brewers ace Ben Sheets will skip his start on Wednesday because of soreness in his right triceps that caused him to leave his last start.

Sheets will be replaced in the rotation by Dave Bush, who got passed over Sunday when Yovani Gallardo returned from the 15-day disabled list.

“That’s the plan,” general manager Doug Melvin said Monday night before the Brewers started a two-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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With Sheets missing his next start, he won’t be scheduled to pitch again until next Tuesday in Chicago, the first of a nine-game road trip for Milwaukee after a day off on Monday.

That would give the 29-year-old ace in the final year of a $38.5 million, four-year contract 10 days to rest.

NTNgod Posted: April 21, 2008 at 07:32 PM | 12 comment(s)
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1. hunting for a halo-red october Posted: April 21, 2008 at 08:27 PM (#2753446)

This news is definitely of the "dog bites man" variety rather than the "man bites dog" type.

2. John Brill's #1 Fan (JMN) Posted: April 21, 2008 at 09:38 PM (#2753611)

I think that it's more "goat bites grass."

3. retro-shiite Posted: April 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM (#2753671)

And so it begins.

4. Unleash the Moses Taylor Posted: April 21, 2008 at 10:25 PM (#2753678)

Who compared it to Zambrano's forearm cramps? Z never missed a start because of those.

5. retro-shiite Posted: April 21, 2008 at 10:31 PM (#2753685)

I never saw that comparison, but that's laughable. Almost as laughable as Dial's assessment of the Cub offense.

6. NTNgod Posted: April 21, 2008 at 10:34 PM (#2753690)

Doc Nabbit made the comparison.

Yost is saying Sheets could throw if he was needed, but they don't want to risk it in April.

7. BeanoCook Posted: April 21, 2008 at 11:09 PM (#2753727)

Gallardo and Sheets have pitched together in the same rotation for a total of 6 weeks.

8. Dag Nabbit Posted: April 21, 2008 at 11:33 PM (#2753737)

I said that. In the thread he was taken out, he was sitting in the dugout, the trainers weren't bugging him much. No one seemed to think it was a big deal. None of which describes what happened in his previous 687,844 injuries he's had.

9. Jeff in DC getting his JD (with VD) Posted: April 22, 2008 at 03:57 AM (#2753803)

None of which describes what happened in his previous 687,844 injuries he's had.

For certain select players (Sheets, Snelling, N. Johnson, etc) we should start representing their injury count with logs to save time.

10. Lou Potent Potables (Dan Lee) Posted: April 22, 2008 at 04:02 AM (#2753804)

I think someone's already doing that.

11. Kyle S Posted: April 22, 2008 at 08:28 AM (#2753829)

How much does this hurt Sheets in free agency? I predict he gets at least 5 years and 16mm per year.

12. JRJ Posted: April 22, 2008 at 08:31 AM (#2753834)

Sheets is missing a start?
In other breaking news, the sun rose this morning.
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