DeJesus Likely Out For Year
by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2009 11:07 AM PST
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Dodger shortstop Ivan DeJesus, Jr., rated the #6 Dodger prospect by Baseball America, got injured in an awkward play at the plate in today's "B" game with the Milwaukee Brewers. Per Tony Jackson:
Nothing like losing one of your top prospects in a morning B game. It appears to be his left ankle, or maybe his left knee. He got hurt in a play at the plate, Looked like he got caught between sliding and barreling into the catcher, couldn't make up his mind. He was down for several minutes before being hauled away on the cart. More when I know more.
Diamond Leung later reported that the news is as grim as possible: DeJesus is likely out for the season:
Ivan DeJesus Jr. suffered a broken left tibia in today's "B" game and is likely out for the season.
Ugh. Get better soon, kid.
UPDATE: It gets even sadder, in a Richie Valens sort of way. From Tony Jackson:
The worst part is, he was hoping to play for Puerto Rico in the WBC, but he didn't make the team. If he HAD made the team, he would have been thousands of miles away from Glendale this morning. Instead, he was here, breaking his leg in a home-plate collision.
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Ouch indeed
1st Abreu and now DeJesus. The 2nd line of defense has been penetrated. Hopefully they go after the 3rd line of Maza/Luna/Castro before they have time to take out Hudson/Furcal.
Maybe we have a new name for O-Dog/Raffy
Since they are the last line of defense up the middle, maybe we could call them The Omega Sector.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
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Minor groin injury over the weekend. Or at least the original prognosis was minor. Who knows with him, he could end up out longer then DeJesus.
He breathed
Actually he injured his groin last Friday. Dodgers hope he’s only out 3-4 days.
I never like to see the words “felt something pop.”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh.
That’s awful. At least he wasn’t being expected to be a big contributer ths year. But I guess there’s no way he’s going to be counted on as a starter next year either, so we’re probably looking at 2011 at the earliest for him being a full-time MLB starter.
by Brendan Scolari on Mar 2, 2009 11:24 AM PST reply actions
A shrewd team
Could still trade for DeJesus, if his injury depletes his trade value (a Ned specialty).
by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think you can trade for players on the DL.
I guess he could be a PTBNL, but hopefully Ned isn’t that stupid.
by Brendan Scolari on Mar 2, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Twisted way of looking at this
but maybe that’s a good thing. Instead of him being traded for a midseason “upgrade” like Casey Blake or some bullpen fodder now we basically have to hang onto him and hopefully Ned will be gone next year and the new GM coughLoganWhitecough will be someone who actually values prospects correctly.
by Brendan Scolari on Mar 2, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Good God
We should set up a spread every year to see which player on the Dodgers will get seriously injured in a freak accident. In 2005 it was Jason Werth, in 2006 it was Kenny Lofton, in 2007 it was Jason Repko, in 2008 it was Andy LaRoche, and now it’s Ivan DeJesus Jr. :-(
Lofton?
How did Lofton get hurt? I thought he played almost the whole year in 2006.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 2, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
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Nomar and LaRoche in the same game. That spring training game left a lump in my stomach.
2006 you can use Nomar hurting his rib in batting practice and missing the first couple of weeks. I’ll look to see if we can find something freakier. May not be fair to use Nomar in any of these example.
Didn’t take long. Remember Mueller was our starting 3rd baseman in 2006. He blew out his knee May 11th. End of career.
You can also use Jose Valentin in 2005.
The WBC
part really sucks. He was one of the best hitters for Puerto Rico this winter. Did he not make the team or did he decide not to play for them so he could try to make the Dodger team?
Avila
from KC was in front of him, with 100 games in the Bigs already under his belt (hit pretty well). Also Felipe Lopez there to provide PVL utitliy, so I can understand why he isn’t on the team, whether by his choice or theirs. Old friend Cora also on the team.
"Hey man!
Don’t f*** with DeJesus!"
(Sorry, couldn’t resist)
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
Hahahaha
I f*** you in the a** next Wednesday, instead.
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 4, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
he could run. Remember him in CF?asus M2N laptop batteries
by laptop-power-battery on Mar 4, 2009 7:03 AM PST reply actions
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