Posts Tagged ‘Manny Delcarmen’
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Halfway Point Revisited: Making The GradeJuly 20th, 2008
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The mid-season report card, better known as the beat writer’s great crutch, remains one of the more pointless routines in baseball journalism. After all, a baboon could regurgiate what a player has already done and fling arbitrary grades around.
So, since we all know that assigning high and low marks to individual players is nothing but a sham, I decided to take a stab at it as well, though with, hopefully, some predictive acumen in certain cases. Read more
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Wrist & Relaxation: Big Papi Out At Least A MonthJune 7th, 2008
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He let loose his typical mighty swing—the type of violent hack meant to launch a baseball into an orbital rotation around the sun, or perhaps even beyond. A tick late on the incoming heater, he instead thundered a seemingly harmless foul ball off to the third base side.
But before the soon-to-be souvenir even found its way into the crowd, David Ortiz heard it: a disconcerting pop in his left hand followed by excruciating pain upon each subsequent movement of his wrist, which sounded off with a noticeable click.
An X-ray after the Monday night game against the Orioles in Baltimore revealed no damage, but an MRI the next day back in Boston would prove to be far more revealing. The extensor carpi ulnaris tendon in Ortiz’ left wrist had slipped from its sheath, which had suffered a partial tear, causing the connective tissue to grind and snap over the bone, hence the pesky clicking sound emanating from the area.
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Some Relief On The Way For BostonApril 11th, 2008
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A bullpen that has already seen its share of April struggles outside of Jonathan Papelbon, Hideki Okajima, and Manny Delcarmen (when not facing Frank Thomas, that is) will receive a much-needed boost when the Red Sox activate veteran reliever Mike Timlin (lacerated ring finger on his pitching hand) from the disabled list after finishing up a short rehab stint with the club’s Triple-A affiliate in Pawtucket this week.
Likely to return on Friday prior to the beginning of a weekend tilt against the Yankees, the 42-year-old Timlin completed his second and almost certainly final rehab appearance for the PawSox on Wednesday night by retiring the side in order on just ten pitches, seven for strikes.
Despite declining peripherals, a sinker that no longer seems to sink (as seen in his GB/FB rates), and a rough ‘06 campaign, the ageless wonder and master marksman (in more ways than one) provided stability in the Boston bullpen last season, posting a 139 ERA+ and a 1.08 WHIP while holding opponents to a .232 batting average.
