Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 01, 2006
Closer Disabled

Armando Benitez starts the season on the DL after getting pounded by the Oakland Athletics today:

Bonds is expected to be the Giants' designated hitter in their final exhibition Sunday. The seven-time NL MVP's troublesome right knee and strained left elbow are no longer the Giants' biggest injury concerns.

Instead, they're wondering when Benitez will recover from the left knee bursitis that has turned one of the game's most feared closers into a struggling shell of himself.

"He's not throwing the ball well," San Francisco manager Felipe Alou said. "We know he's not 100 percent. He took it well. He's a battler. He wants to be on the hill, but he also knows he's not there yet."

First impressions are strong, and my impression of Armando comes from his days with the Orioles, where Baltimore fans were the ones afraid of him. :-)


Posted by David Pinto at 09:31 PM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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