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Baseball Musings
April 22, 2008
Sheets Shifted

The Brewers decided to skip Ben Sheet this time through the rotation:

Unsure how many pitches the veteran right-hander might be able to make, the Milwaukee Brewers decided Monday to scratch him from that start. Sheets, who came out of his last start in Cincinnati after five innings with soreness in his triceps, now is scheduled to pitch next Tuesday in Chicago.

Manager Ned Yost said right-hander Dave Bush would start in Sheets' place Wednesday against Philadelphia. Bush's turn was skipped Sunday in Cincinnati when right-hander Yovani Gallardo was activated from the disabled list.

"We'll give (Sheets) the benefit of missing a full start and see if we can get that (soreness) gone," Yost said. "It's just a minor strain. He definitely could pitch through it but it doesn't make sense to pitch through it now.

A few years ago I saw a private study that noted the biggest factor in future injuries was previous injuries. With Sheets, Hampton, Harden and Pedro Martinez all going down this month, that seems to be holding up fairly well.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:10 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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Any idea if that study is available online or if any follow ups have been done? I'd be very interested to read that.

Posted by: t ball at April 22, 2008 11:27 AM

The study is not available as the person who wrote it now works for the Cardinals.

Posted by: David Pinto at April 22, 2008 12:41 PM
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