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Sunday, March 23, 2008

MLB: Jays’ Rolen fractures finger in infield drill

Barnald points out (presumably with a healthy finger) this bit o’ news on Rolen.

A ground ball struck the right middle finger of Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen on Sunday, ripping off the fingernail and causing a non-displaced fracture of the bone in his finger tip.

The mishap occurred during routine infield drills in the morning. Rolen flew to Baltimore Sunday night and will visit a hand specialist on Monday. It is unknown how long he will be out of action.

“The fracture is actually not a problem because he can play with a fracture,” said general manager J.P. Ricciardi. “It’s losing the nail.”

With a week left before the regular season opens, Ricciardi would not speculate on now much time his new third baseman might miss.

“Early prognosis is it’s not going to be six weeks or something like that, so I don’t even want to throw a schedule out there. I can say this: he won’t be lost for the year.”

Repoz Posted: March 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM | 18 comment(s)
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1. salvomania Posted: March 23, 2008 at 10:23 PM (#2718147)

Gee, first Edmonds, then Rolen.

The Cardinals must be clairvoyant.

Or something.

2. Tim Lincecum-stain (SuperBaes) Posted: March 23, 2008 at 10:30 PM (#2718152)

The Cardinals must be clairvoyant.

Or something.

I'm surprised we haven't had a Troy Glaus injury, yet.

3. Robert S. Posted: March 23, 2008 at 11:04 PM (#2718161)

~~Burnett~~
~~Chavez~~
~~Hampton~~
~~O. Hernandez~~
~~Prior~~
~~Wood~~
~~Alou~~
~~Nomar~~
~~Rolen~~
~~Beckett~~
Harden
N. Johnson
Griffey

4. Reed's Johnson Posted: March 23, 2008 at 11:13 PM (#2718165)

Don't forget B. Crosby and M. Bradley

5. Templeusox has reached his genetic threshold Posted: March 23, 2008 at 11:19 PM (#2718169)

“Early prognosis is it’s not going to be six weeks or something like that, so I don’t even want to throw a schedule out there. I can say this: he won’t be lost for the year.”

HEADLINES: Jays' Rolen loses fingernail; Ricciardi optimistic he won't be out for year.

6. Andrew Edwards Posted: March 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM (#2718178)

Amazing. It's not even his knees or his shoulder or something that you'd expect was related to his being "injury prone". He broke his finger. Did Rolen piss of a leprechaun or something?

7. Gold Star for Robot Boy Posted: March 24, 2008 at 12:11 AM (#2718182)

Ripped off the fingernail?
Yeeee-ouch.

8. salvomania Posted: March 24, 2008 at 06:01 AM (#2718236)

his being "injury prone".

Rolen's injury-proneness (word?) is more like a propensity for getting slammed into onto the basepaths; his messed up shoulder is wholly the result of freak collisions with Hee Seop Choi and Alex Cintron.

9. gef the talking mongoose Posted: March 24, 2008 at 09:18 AM (#2718281)

Did Rolen piss of a leprechaun or something?

BB-Ref lists Tony LaRussa's height as 6'1. Maybe he's the Yao Ming of leprechauns?

10. faketeams Posted: March 24, 2008 at 09:24 AM (#2718285)

Is the Jays left side of the infield Marcus Scutaro and Dave Eckstein? Talk about depth!

Too bad Adam Lind couldn't play 3B.

11. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:11 AM (#2718319)

I'm guessing the fingernail thing would affect his hitting more than his throwing.

12. kevin Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM (#2718325)

I suppose it would be crass to take bets on which month Burnett will develop elbow tenderness?

13. salvomania Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:19 AM (#2718331)

Probably the gypsy, but I could see it being the luna as well.

14. formerly dp Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:20 AM (#2718332)

How many teams have a capable replacement set if their 3B goes down? I'm as harsh on JP as anyone, but lack of a starting-quality backup 3B isn't something he takes a hit on.

15. kevin Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:26 AM (#2718336)

A ground ball struck the right middle finger of Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen on Sunday, ripping off the fingernail and causing a non-displaced fracture of the bone in his finger tip.

Damn, first Granderson, now Rolen with the middle finger.

Maybe Scott'll get lucky and the joint will freeze up on him with his middle finger permanently protruding, so he can then flip off RaLoser with impunity.

16. kevin Posted: March 24, 2008 at 10:27 AM (#2718339)

Probably the gypsy, but I could see it being the luna as well.

Weisenheimer.

17. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: March 24, 2008 at 11:28 AM (#2718416)

I'm as harsh on JP as anyone, but lack of a starting-quality backup 3B isn't something he takes a hit on.

But if you're going to depend on Scott Rolen, a backup who can hit should be more of a priority than for other teams.

I hear the White Sox have a third baseman up for grabs...maybe they can take it in turns to be on the DL.

18. Padraic Posted: March 24, 2008 at 12:15 PM (#2718463)

C'mon, someone is going to want to trade for Wes Helms soon.

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