September 05, 2008
Quentin Quieted
My mention of Carlos Quentin in the previous post now looks ill advised. Quentin appears done for the season:
Carlos Quentin's season appears to be over as the White Sox left fielder and MVP candidate suffered a fractured right wrist that will require surgery Monday, according to sources.
It's not certain how Quentin suffered the injury, but speculation is he punched a locker in Boston. He was a late scratch before Monday's game in Cleveland and hasn't played since.
A locker in Boston would be appropriate since his loss makes Boston winning the wild card more likely. The Globe notes this will also help Pedroia in a bid to win the MVP award. Of course, the Rays lost their best hitter and didn't miss a beat. Maybe the White Sox can do the same.
Update: Quentin broke the wrist slapping his bat in frustration during a game in Cleveland on Monday.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Ouch. I wouldn't count on it.
This injury makes it likely that we'll have a league leader with less than 40 HR's for the first time since 1992, i.e. the pre-expansion, pre-everyone-on-the-juice era. Fred McGriff was the last player to do it, in both leagues coincidentally.