June 08, 2008
Clotted Season
Jeremy Bonderman underwent a procedure to fix a blood clot and will likely miss the rest of the season. Let's hope he has a quick recovery.
There have been a number of cases like this in the last decade, Bonderman's teammate Kenny Rogers coming to mind most recently, but Kip Wells as well. I wonder how many pitchers had career end prior to the ability to detect this condition?
Posted by David Pinto at
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I think the question is: What are these guys taking that is causing the blood clots?
J.R. Richard comes to mind. But that was some 28 years ago I think.
I'm with sabernar. This probably isn't a coincidence; it's most likely due to some substance these pitchers are taking. Blood clots are generally very rare in healthy young people.