Monday Dodgers Notes: Wade Out, Blake Leaves Early
by Eric Stephen on Mar 8, 2010 4:16 PM PST
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PrintOne day after learning Russell Martin might miss a month or more, the Dodgers heard more bad news on the injury front today. Cory Wade, who twice went on the disabled list in 2009 with right shoulder problems, has been shut down for two weeks after getting a cortisone shot on the same shoulder. "They took an MRI and no structural problems," said manager Joe Torre, "it's similar to what he had last spring."
In other injury news, Casey Blake left today's game in Scottsdale against the Giants as a precaution, saying he felt something in his back while throwing (Ken Gurnick of MLB.com says it's a strained ribcage). Blake may have had the quote of the day, per Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times:
"I don't think it's real serious but being Mar. 8, I didn't want to take any chances. Plus, I'm an old man."
Torre noted that Blake had no problems running or hitting, and that trainer Stan Conte felt this injury was "not an issue." Then again, we thought Martin's injury wasn't serious at first, either. Kudos to the Dodgers for playing it safe.
On the field, the Dodgers lost their game to the Giants in 10 innings, but had some highlights:
- Matt Kemp hit the first Dodger home run of the spring, taking Barry Zito deep in the first inning
- Blake DeWitt got on base all four times, with two hits and two walks
- Josh Towers, Carlos Monasterios, and Jon Link combined to retire 14 out of 15 batters. Monasterios in particular threw a 3-2 changeup for a strikeout that had radio announcers Charley Steiner and Rick Monday excited. Torre was also impressed, praising his changeup and how Monasterios kept the ball down
- Chad Billingsley and Clayton Kershaw each gave up a run on three hits in their first two innings of the spring
- Josh Lindblom, in this morning's "B" game against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch, gave up just a single hit in two scoreless innings. Said Torre: "Lindblom impressed me, he's simple to watch."
- Ramon Troncoso pitched a scoreless inning in the "B" game as well
Tomorrow, the Dodgers are back on television, playing the Rockies on Prime Ticket. Scheduled to pitch are Hiroki Kuroda, Charlie Haeger, Hong Chih-Kuo, George Sherrill, and Jonathan Broxton.
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That Torre quote on Lindblom, with some more details, courtesy of Ken Gurnick:
“Am I allowed to say it with my general manager around,” Torre asked, after naming Lindblom as the player that caught his eye. “He’s pretty simple to watch. His ball explodes at the end with something on it.”
Gurnick also noted that Javy Guerra and Travis Schlichting each pitched “effective single innings.” (I’m assuming that means scoreless)
One thing to look for in you see Russell Martin in camp this month
Is he on crutches. if not, its probably at worst a Grade II strain which requires lots of rest and then PT (physical therapy). A Grade III could possibly require surgery but he also would be in a lot of pain and would probably be on crutches.
I'll be there this weekend
and will let you know :)
TBLA/DT conversation
popping up at DT. Apparently commenting numbers have dropped off at DT a bit. I think this town is big enough for the both. :)
vr, Xei
Yes, but it was D4P’s comment that were more in the vein of a comparison of the two blogs. The discussion to that point was really about something else.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Not coincidentally, I was in the midst of prepping a DT comment….
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
D4p
was right on principle, most of the comments were made by less then 10 posters. I’m not nearly as concerned with the quantity of the commentators as I am with the quality. Today we had all quality commentators thus giving us a great game day thread and more importantly none of the participates were named D4P.
What was our Blog Roll for the game. I forgot how we did that last year.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
camelbackranch Get your tickest for Friday’s game, WWE Superstars will be here!Wasn’t the Kardashian sisters first-ball ceremony sinking low enough?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Apparently Aroldis Chapman was hitting 100mph today
while throwing 2 scoreless innings. Gave up a hit, a walk and struck out three.
Also the Reds have a guy in camp whose last name is Dorn. Sadly his first name is Danny, not Roger.
Blake DeWitt
has four hits in five at bats with four walks to boot meaning he’s made one out in nine plate appearances. Sample size Sample size but I’d rather see a guy fighting for his job earn it. Fastest start I can ever remember which means he will go 0 – 10 at some point but until then I’m going to enjoy this. I’m on the spot because I posted before spring training at HQ that DeWitt would win the job and was derided by the powers that be.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
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