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| Date | Player | News |
| 3/18/2010 | Angel Guzman, RP (ChC) | Guzman will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right shoulder and could be out for the season. Analysis: The Cubs did not offer a timetable for his return. Guzman had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in January after hurting himself running in preparation for the season. He pitched in a career high 55 games last season, posting a 2.95 ERA. |
| 3/18/2010 | Mat Gamel, 3B (Mil) | Gamel will be out at least six weeks because of a torn muscle in his right shoulder, team officials said Thursday. Analysis: An MRI performed Wednesday revealed what the team said is a "slight" tear in his latissimus dorsi, the large muscle behind the right shoulder. The 23-year-old hit .242 with five homers and 20 RBIs in 61 games for the Brewers last season. |
| 3/18/2010 | Ryan Dempster, SP (ChC) | Dempster pitched four innings for the Cubs, giving up two runs on four hits with three strikeouts Thursday in a 7-3 loss to the Dodgers. Analysis: Dempster went 11-9 with a 3.65 ERA last season for the Cubs and reached the 200-inning plateau for the second straight season and fifth time overall. |
| 3/18/2010 | Chad Billingsley, SP (LAD) | Billingsley gave up one run on five hits in 4 2-3 innings Thursday in a 7-3 win over the Cubs. Analysis: Billingsley went 12-11 with a 4.03 ERA in 2009 for Los Angeles. |
| 3/18/2010 | Brandon Lyon, RP (Hou) | Lyon allowed an earned run in his only inning Thursday in a 5-4 loss to Detroit. Analysis: Lyon, who has pitched in at least 61 games in each of the past four seasons, has struggled with shoulder surgery last month to drain a cyst in his right shoulder. Lyon allowed a hit and walked one, but he said there was no discomfort."I just wanted to get out and get some innings,'' Lyon said. "My adrenaline started to flow and it was good to get started. Now, my goal is to put together back-to-back outings." |
| 3/18/2010 | Felipe Paulino, SP (Hou) | Paulino went three innings and allowed three runs Thursday in a 5-4 loss to Detroit. Analysis: Paulino went 3-11 with a 6.27 ERA last season for the Astros. |
| 3/18/2010 | Bobby Jenks, RP (CWS) | Jenks threw in a simulated game Wednesday and felt good despite recent problems with a sore calf muscle. Analysis: Jenks is expected to pitch again Saturday against the Padres. |
| 3/18/2010 | Edwin Encarnacion, 3B (Tor) | Encarnacion hopes to be ready by opening day after undergoing surgery in October to remove bone spurs from his wrist. Analysis: Encarnacion hasn't played in a spring game, but hopes to make his debut next week. |
| 3/18/2010 | Justin Duchscherer, SP (Oak) | Duchscherer confirmed he will make his Cactus League debut Monday against the Mariners. Analysis: Duchscherer, who missed all of 2009 with back problems, hopes to be ready by early April. |
| 3/18/2010 | Rajai Davis, CF (Oak) | Davis will be out at least three to four days with an abdominal straing, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Analysis: Davis was scratched from Wednesday's lineup, but it's not expected to impact him for the start of the regular season. |
| 3/18/2010 | Casey Fien, RP (Tor) | The Blue Jays released Fien on Thursday. Analysis: Fien did not make enough of an impression on Cito Gaston and his staff to warrant inclusion with the Blue Jays. |
| 3/18/2010 | Craig Tatum, C (Bal) | Tatum left Thursday's game against Toronto with a left hand contusion. Analysis: Tatum is bidding to beat out Chad Moeller to back up superstar catcher Matt Wieters, who has been featured in Sports Illustrated and will ge the bulk of the at-bats behind the plate. |
| 3/18/2010 | Koji Uehara, SP (Bal) | Uehara left Thursday's game against Toronto with a left hamstring strain. Analysis: There is no word on how serious the injury is. |
| 3/18/2010 | Brandon Inge, 3B (Det) | Inge says he'll be ready to play at full strength for the final days of camp, according to the Detroit News. Analysis: Inge underwent offseason knee surgery to repair chronic patella tendinitis in both knees. He said they still ache, but that the stabbing pain is gone. He's already appeared in five spring training games and is expected to be ready by the start of the season. |
| 3/18/2010 | Zach Miner, RP (Det) | Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Miner will be out "a while" due to a tender right elbow, according to the Detroit News. Analysis: Miner pitched Wednesday, but he's struggled during the spring, allowing nine earned runs in 6 2-3 innings. Leyland said Miner was checked out and nothing major was found, but he wasn't certain whether Miner will be ready to start the season. |
| 3/18/2010 | Mark Reynolds, 3B (Ari) | Reynolds, who hit 44 homers for Arizona last season, hit his first spring homer Wednesday in a 7-6 win over the Angels. Analysis: While Reynolds can hit the longball, he also struck out 223 times in 2010, breaking the major league record of 204 he set the previous year. Fantasy owners who lose points for strikeouts in their leagues may want to beware of Reynolds. |
| 3/18/2010 | Joe Saunders, SP (LAA) | Saunders continued to rebound from a rough start to spring training, giving up one run on five hits in four innings during the Los Angeles Angels' 7-6 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Analysis: After an injury-plagued 2009, the left-hander is looking to get back to his 2008 form, when he went 17-7 with a 3.41 ERA. Saunders overcame early shoulder problems to go 16-7 last season, but his ERA jumped to 4.60. "I was working on off-speed stuff,'' said Saunders, |
| 3/18/2010 | Ian Kennedy, SP (Ari) | Kennedy allowed seven hits and four earned runs with two walks in 3 1-3 innings. Entering the game, Kennedy had not allowed a run over five innings in two previous appearances. Analysis: Kennedy is slated to be a back-end starter for Arizona. ``It was his worst command of the spring,'' manager A. J. Hinch said. ``That's what hurt him. That's a pretty good hitting club.'' |
| 3/18/2010 | Matt Holliday, LF (StL) | Holliday still hasn't swung a bat since injuring his rib cage on March 10. Analysis: St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said he hopes to have Holliday back in the lineup next week. ``We've got to get him 100 percent, then wait a little longer,'' La Russa said. |
| 3/18/2010 | Rich Hill, SP (StL) | St. Louis manager Tony La Russa wanted Hill to throw more than the two innings the left-hander had given him in his first two outings of the spring. Hill gave La Russa three on Thursday, but they were hardly a step forward. A non-roster invitee, Hill spent a good portion of last season on Baltimore's disabled list with elbow and shoulder injuries while posting a 3-3 record with a 7.80 ERA in 14 games. Analysis: Hill didn't do anything to improve his bid to become the Cardinals' fifth starter, allowing three earned runs on two hits and five walks in a 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. "Today he was cranking the ball all over the place,'' La Russa said after only 41 of Hill's 79 pitches found the strike zone. |
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