Burke Badenhop to the 15-day DL

by craig on Aug 3, 2009 7:14 AM EDT in News and Rumors

Burke Badenhop was placed on the 15-day DL before yesterday's game.

RHP Burke Badenhop was placed on the 15-day DL with a strain of the trapezius muscle on the right side of his neck. Badenhop felt the injury during Saturday’s start in which he lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing six runs, five earned, on five huts.

"It’s something that usually is no problem but yesterday it got really tired on me," Badenhop said. "When I needed to just get the ball to the plate there just wasn’t much there."

RHP Tim Wood was recalled.

It case you don't know anything about the trapezius muscle here is a quick primer: The Trapezius Muscle. From what I have read the muscle tightens up in the back or shoulder area and causes the mother of all cricks in the neck.

The Hopper ( I refuse to call him Dragon) being on the DL causes a couple of short term problems. The first being that the Marlins will need someone to take over the long relief role. That will fall to the Chief, Brian Sanches, who did well on Saturday going 3.1 innings, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 6. The second is that the Marlins are going to need a fifth starter, at least a couple of times, before the Hopper will be eligible to return to the team. Right now most are guessing it will be Sean West. If that is the case it is a matter of just going with what you have got. I doubt that West has added a major league breaking ball to his arsenal since he was sent down. Let's face it, he hasn't had the time to develop a quality breaking pitch. So if West is added, Sanches may get some opportunities to try out his new role as long reliever.

Hopper's pain in the neck may cause some fans to experience the same, or at least have a greater understanding of the condition.

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Paul Byrd Paul Byrd Paul Byrd

though he’d be ready the same time as Hopper :o(

by jrsyeagle on Aug 3, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

The Byrd is the word, eh?

Go Nevada Wolf Pack!

by BacksThePack on Aug 3, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

that'd be nice.

though i wonder if he’ll still be as good without the [alleged] PEDs.

by Fishcrazy on Aug 3, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Of course he would...

… just need a little cayenne on the brim off your hat to dust the nose with and get it going. We’ve all seen Major League I presume!

Go Nevada Wolf Pack!

by BacksThePack on Aug 3, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

actually, I think I can drop the "alleged"

he admitted to taking HGH under doctor’s orders from 2002-05, for a thyroid tumor.

Hard to doubt a guy with a tumor, though it would be nice if the HGH didn’t come from the notorious Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. Interestingly, his best seasons came after he claims to have
stopped using HGH.

Have to think all that hubbub has something to do with the lack of a contract.

by Fishcrazy on Aug 3, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

When will Ben Sheets be ready to sign?

by cpmustangs13 on Aug 3, 2009 12:19 PM EDT reply actions

I think Sheets' agent said he wouldn't be ready this year

I don’t get Byrd’s lack of signing though…

by jrsyeagle on Aug 3, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

apparently Matt Dominguez is going up to AA

And in other Jacksonville news, Seanye West had a productive outing tonight. 8 hits, 0 walks, 2 runs and 4 Ks, plus a triple at the plate.

Marlins Stadium: When It's Raining, The Roof Will Happen!

by dan 2.0 on Aug 3, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

Dominguez is kind of the odd man out among our prospects...

…you never hear about him, but he’s definitely in the same tier as Morrison, if not Stanton, or close anyway. Probably because he hasn’t had that big iconic statistical season yet? He’s not having it this year either… he took a couple months to adapt to the FSL. But then he had a .978 OPS in July… yeah, it’s only a month, but in a league like the FSL, that’s impressive. And he’s still only 19. Younger than Morrison, only a couple months older than Stanton. A better power hitter than Morrison, not as strikeout-prone as Stanton. And not that any of these guys projects as a defensive liability, but Dominguez is the best defensive prospect of the three, and not just because he plays a tougher position.

He’s got less raw potential than Stanton, but he’s also less raw in general. And while I like Morrison — I project him somewhere between Mark Grace and John Olerud, if only because those are the only really good modern 1Bs I can think of who didn’t have major HR power — I think Dominguez has a better chance of being securely above league average at his position. (Though that’s probably a positional thing as much as anything else — almost everyone has a halfway decent first baseman, and there are a lot of lousy third basemen.)

He's currently two-thirds man, one-third amazing. Which, let's face it, is still a pretty good ratio.

by 3.3seconds on Aug 4, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions