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March 19, 2006
That's Two Starters and a Closer

The Kansas City Royals are already down two starting pitchers, and now they've lost their closer:

MacDougal, who was a 2003 All-Star selection, led the team with 21 saves in 25 opportunities last season.

"He has injured a major muscle that comes off the back under the shoulder blade and attaches to the upper arm bone," Royals trainer Nick Swartz said Sunday. "He injured it where the tendon is attached to the upper arm bone is.

"Right now I'm looking at a minimum of four weeks, at the two-week mark we'll repeat his MRI and make another assessment."

It's hard to believe the Royals could be worse than in 2005, but if their pitchers keep falling like flies, it could happen.

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Posted by David Pinto at 08:19 PM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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Ouch. For KC's sake I hope he can get healthy and rack up meaningless save numbers so that KC can trade him at the deadline.

This could end up being the worst team ever if they keep losing their only productive players. DeJesus better watch his back.

Posted by: James at March 20, 2006 12:41 AM
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