Ben Sheets leaves game with distal finger sprain (7/14)

[ctcf]

Update via rotoworld:

 

Ben Sheets said Sunday that his right middle finger had not improved since he left Saturday night's game with a sprained distal.

"I just can't put any pressure on it," he said. Sheets said he remains uncertain if he will have an MRI on Monday, and he is not sure if he can make his next start.

 

Why would you not get an mri?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

This doesn't bode well...

 

From rotoworld:

 

Ben Sheets said Sunday that his right middle finger had not improved since he left Saturday night's game with a sprained distal.

"I just can't put any pressure on it," he said. Sheets said he remains uncertain if he will have an MRI on Monday, and he is not sure if he can make his next start.

[UK1679666180]

I seen a similar reaction from a player earlier this year who ended up tearing a tendon in his middle finger.

[ctcf]

This doesn't bode well...

 

From rotoworld:

 

Ben Sheets said Sunday that his right middle finger had not improved since he left Saturday night's game with a sprained distal.

"I just can't put any pressure on it," he said. Sheets said he remains uncertain if he will have an MRI on Monday, and he is not sure if he can make his next start.

 

Beat you by a minute!

[A New Era]

I seen a similar reaction from a player earlier this year who ended up tearing a tendon in his middle finger.

 

I tore a tendon in my middle finger. But that was mainly from flipping the bird too much.

[Keener98]

Sheets IS injury prone. The idea that he's had one major injury in 6.5 years is silly. He lost starts in 2001 to a rotator cuff injury then went almost 3 years without an injury (2002-2004). However, he had back surgery in October of 2004. In 2005 he had a "tear in the latissimus dorsi muscle" which limited him to 22 starts. He started the 2006 season on the DL with a "strained muscle behind his right shoulder." When he finally returned he lasted 4 starts before being DL'd again for a "strained muscle behind the right shoulder" and then again later that year for tendinitis in the front of the shoulder. He made 17 starts.

 

His injury history is far from ordinary. More importantly, his inability to stay healthy has jeopardized the Brewers chances to win because he hasn't been dependable.

 

In 2001 he sat because he was young, he could have pitched through it. 2002-2004 he had no injuries. 2005 he got sick which limited him a few starts thats not an injury. Late in the year he got hurt with an injury that was going to take 9-12 months to recover from, he came back early and aggravated the issue (yes the lat is directly related to the shoulder). He has had one major injury in 6.5 years.

 

Imagine next year Zambrano goes down in May, misses the rest of the season and then is just fine in 2009. Is he injury prone because he only has 39 starts over 2 seasons. If Sheets doesn't try to come back and is just hurt for a full season would he no longer have the injury prone tag? To me it seems like the reasoning for the tag is because he tried to come back too early and ended up on the DL again for a couple months, that seems silly to me.

 

No matter how you spin it, Ben Sheets is an injury liability. He can not be counted on making 30 starts in a season plain and simple.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Sheets IS injury prone. The idea that he's had one major injury in 6.5 years is silly. He lost starts in 2001 to a rotator cuff injury then went almost 3 years without an injury (2002-2004). However, he had back surgery in October of 2004. In 2005 he had a "tear in the latissimus dorsi muscle" which limited him to 22 starts. He started the 2006 season on the DL with a "strained muscle behind his right shoulder." When he finally returned he lasted 4 starts before being DL'd again for a "strained muscle behind the right shoulder" and then again later that year for tendinitis in the front of the shoulder. He made 17 starts.

 

His injury history is far from ordinary. More importantly, his inability to stay healthy has jeopardized the Brewers chances to win because he hasn't been dependable.

 

In 2001 he sat because he was young, he could have pitched through it. 2002-2004 he had no injuries. 2005 he got sick which limited him a few starts thats not an injury. Late in the year he got hurt with an injury that was going to take 9-12 months to recover from, he came back early and aggravated the issue (yes the lat is directly related to the shoulder). He has had one major injury in 6.5 years.

 

Imagine next year Zambrano goes down in May, misses the rest of the season and then is just fine in 2009. Is he injury prone because he only has 39 starts over 2 seasons. If Sheets doesn't try to come back and is just hurt for a full season would he no longer have the injury prone tag? To me it seems like the reasoning for the tag is because he tried to come back too early and ended up on the DL again for a couple months, that seems silly to me.

 

Many, many injuries are related to previous injuries. Pitchers try to compensate for previous injuries with their mechanics and wind up hurting something else(Prior comes immediately to mind). So, Sheets having a shoulder injury, coming back and hurting his lat may have the same root cause, but he's still missing time for it and it begs the question as to if he can right himself and consistently make his starts.

[C.C.]

I just switched to the Brewers game and saw Sheets leaving with an injury in the 4th inning. Hurt his middle finger apparently while throwing a curve. He left immediately.

 

*edit: Colorado announcers said distal finger sprain

 

LOL!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[wekse]

looks like the brewers have called up manny parra in anticipation of the news.

[ctcf]

looks like the brewers have called up manny parra in anticipation of the news.

 

Uhoh

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sheets had an MRI on the finger today, but the results aren't yet known.

 

Link.

 

And as Wekse said, Parra has joined the team but isn't activated yet.

 

Link.

[E.J.]

According to ESPN, Sheets has been put on the 15-day DL. NO word on the MRI yet though.

 

Edit:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel[/url]"]Sheets was placed on the 15-day DL with a distal sprain to the middle finger of his pitching hand, suffered Saturday night in his outing against Colorado. An MRI performed earlier today revealed no further damage but Sheets will undergo additional testing Tuesday.

 

Doesn't sound like a season-ending injury.

[Shilzzz]

someone posted a link in the transactions thread on this topic (merge?), that he is out 4-6 weeks. :shock:

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

someone posted a link in the transactions thread on this topic (merge?), that he is out 4-6 weeks. :shock:

 

They just announced it on Sportscenter.

[C.C.]

someone posted a link in the transactions thread on this topic (merge?), that he is out 4-6 weeks. :shock:

 

They just announced it on Sportscenter.

 

Yep. 4 to 6 weeks! HAHAH!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I think it's poor form to relish in someone else's injury.

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

I think it's poor form to relish in someone else's injury.

Agreed. Although I think most people (hopefully) are cheering because the Brewers just got that much weaker heading into the second half of the season.

[soccer10k]

I think it's poor form to relish in someone else's injury unless his name is Barry Bonds.

 

Fixed. :D

[third eye]

Whoa! Out 4-6 weeks! Much longer than previously expected:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2940218

 

Edit: Sorry, this was already posted. My bad.