Carlos Silva Hospitalized with Heart Condition

[Outshined_One]

Holy crap.

 

Carlos Silva was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver on Sunday afternoon after experiencing an abnormally high heart rate during his start in an 8-7 loss to Colorado.

 

The problem was corrected on the way to the hospital, the Cubs said, and Silva was resting comfortably. He will remain in the hospital overnight for observations.

[Flames24Rulz]

Um, yeah. Hopefully he's ok.

[mookie]

Are the Cubs still on the hook for his contract if he can't play anymore?

[Little Slide Rooter]

So we traded a head case for a heart case.

[Sammy Sofa]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2010-06/54284616.jpg

 

"It's not your job to make excuses! That's all you guys do good! It's either a *leg* thing or a *spiritual* thing, or a *psychological* thing, or a HEART ATTAAAAACK!!!"

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2008/09/07/SlFGiQCm.jpg

 

"Who used heart attack?"'

 

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/photo_images/931418/181744_Cubs_Dodgers_Baseball.jpg

 

"....Me."

[UMFan83]

Did he manage to reacquire Ted Lilly on the way to the hospital?

 

Edit: Glad it seems he's stable and doing well.

[J.R.]

Time for him to come off the Quevedo diet.

[jb10194]

Good to see him feeling better. Honestly though, this doesn't surprise me.

[bhogg]

Nuts and Gum is the champion of the internets. . . . . excellent work.

[NCCubFan]

Silva has been released from the hospital. He will be examined by a cardiologist when he returns to Chicago and it seems likely that his next start will be skipped with the off-day on Thursday.

[Wheelimus]

With this season in the toilet and us on the hook for him next year I'd just about shut him down. No reason to risk anything else at this point. Hard to not say we haven't gotten more out of Carlos Silva in 2010 than any of us ever hoped for.

[KaiserCesar]

With this season in the toilet and us on the hook for him next year I'd just about shut him down. No reason to risk anything else at this point. Hard to not say we haven't gotten more out of Carlos Silva in 2010 than any of us ever hoped for.

 

Yeah, at this point he has 2.1 WAR, higher than all but 3 other players (Soto, Soriano, Byrd). Shutting him down would be good for him and allow the opportunity to get rotation spots to the other guys down the line.

[davearm2]

With this season in the toilet and us on the hook for him next year I'd just about shut him down. No reason to risk anything else at this point. Hard to not say we haven't gotten more out of Carlos Silva in 2010 than any of us ever hoped for.

It'd be pointless to shut him down unless an ongoing medical risk exists (in which case it's a no-brainer).

 

"Well we're happy with how you've pitched so far, and the team's going nowhere, so just take the rest of the year off" seems pretty odd.

[SouthSideRyan]

I want to trade Silva in the offseason, so shutting him down now would not be helping the trade value.

[Guest]

I want to trade Silva in the offseason, so shutting him down now would not be helping the trade value.

Depends on how you think he'd pitch down the stretch.

[SouthSideRyan]

I want to trade Silva in the offseason, so shutting him down now would not be helping the trade value.

Depends on how you think he'd pitch down the stretch.

 

I don't think Carlos Silva shut down for rest of the season with heart condition is going to have them beating down the doors

[Guest]

I want to trade Silva in the offseason, so shutting him down now would not be helping the trade value.

Depends on how you think he'd pitch down the stretch.

 

I don't think Carlos Silva shut down for rest of the season with heart condition is going to have them beating down the doors

If it is something that the Cubs can get the docs to verify is not a long term problem, it may not impact his value all that much. Posting a 6.50 ERA down the stretch would impact it for certain (not saying it is for sure he would do this, of course).

 

Then again, I'm not a big believer that a given player being beaten out for playing time really impacts their value all that much if they're a veteran with an established level of performance.

[NCCubFan]

Silva played catch today. He's still undergoing tests to determine the cause of the problem.

[davearm2]

Silva played catch today. He's still undergoing tests to determine the cause of the problem.

Isn't the cause of the problem too many trips through the drive-thru? Seems obvious to me :-&

[photoguy9883]

The AP is reporting that Silva will have his heart examined on Monday and depending on the outcome of the visit might need a cardiac ablation.

[SouthSideRyan]

This is the same thing DeRosa had, so Silva's rotundness may not be to blame

[Exile on Waveland]

This is the same thing DeRosa had, so Silva's rotundness may not be to blame

 

I blame all the day games.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

only the cubs

[Magnetic Curses]

This is the same thing DeRosa had, so Silva's rotundness may not be to blame

 

sudden, rapid heartbeat doesn't sound like heart disease to me. it's more of a heart condition symptom.

[imb]

i have this like once a week and im a fit, healthy machine of a man