Kerry Wood is already hurt (1 Viewer)

[GroveDiesel]

Fell in the hot tub.

LINK

 

[jamny]

really?

 

[mr. furley]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...ll=chi-news-hed

Wood headed to disabled list

By Paul Sullivan

Tribune staff reporter

Published March 26, 2007, 11:27 AM CDT

MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs are shutting down Kerry Wood until further notice after he experienced shoulder problems during Sunday's outing against the Angels in which Wood gave up a three-run homer in one inning.

Wood will be placed on the disabled list and won't be available for at least a few weeks.

"He obviously didn't have the same strength or threw the ball as well, and he had some discomfort after the game," general manager Jim Hendry said Monday. "Today, he had some more stiffness than normal, more than he's had earlier in camp, which had gone smoothly except for his triceps (injury)."

Wood was to be evaluated by doctors later Monday morning. He opted not to have surgery last August after a rotator cuff tear was discovered, but his performance has been sporadic in limited spring action.

"We're not worried about Opening Day right now," Hendry said. "Let's be cognizant of getting him right, see what people have to say when they look at him today."

Wood was not available for comment. Hendry said Wood was disapointed after working during the offseason to prepare for 2007.

"He's feels badly that he's not 100 percent," Hendry said. "Hopefully we'll get him right. And hopefully it will not be significant.

"It's not about helping us next Monday as much as it's about helping us over the long haul."

 

[urbanhack]

 

[redman]

Is his nickname "Balsa" by any chance?

 

[Funkley]

After seeing Mrs Wood on tv I'll never feel sorry for him again.....lucky *******.

 

[shadyridr]

THEY CALLED ME MR GLASS, THEY CALLED ME MR GLASS

 

[GroveDiesel]

And I read something yesterday that said that Prior may be starting the season in the low minors. Incredible. It's a shame really. If those two guys could have stayed healthy, the Cubs would be a completely different organization right now IMO.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Can we get a thread when he's healthy? I'll assume he's busted up until then.

TIA

 

[Widbil83]

Its that time of the year again.

 

[Widbil83]

And I read something yesterday that said that Prior may be starting the season in the low minors. Incredible. It's a shame really. If those two guys could have stayed healthy, the Cubs would be a completely different organization right now IMO.

Dusty down?

 

[redman]

And I read something yesterday that said that Prior may be starting the season in the low minors. Incredible. It's a shame really. If those two guys could have stayed healthy, the Cubs would be a completely different organization right now IMO.

Orly?

 

[GroveDiesel]

And I read something yesterday that said that Prior may be starting the season in the low minors. Incredible. It's a shame really. If those two guys could have stayed healthy, the Cubs would be a completely different organization right now IMO.

Orly?

I'd like to think, that in some alternate reality out there, Steve Bartman stays in his seat and Moises Alou has the ball glance off of the end of his glove.

 

[Widbil83]

And I read something yesterday that said that Prior may be starting the season in the low minors. Incredible. It's a shame really. If those two guys could have stayed healthy, the Cubs would be a completely different organization right now IMO.

Orly?

I'd like to think, that in some alternate reality out there, Steve Bartman stays in his seat and Moises Alou has the ball glance off of the end of his glove.

Or the SS fields the ball clean and makes the out, or they man up and win the game 7 instead of crying.

 

[Limp Ditka]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...T-cub27.article

So Cubs

Woody ailin' no comedy

Righty's future getting dicey with recurring woes

March 27, 2007

BY GORDON WITTENMYER Staff Reporter

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The more things change for the Cubs, the more they stay the same for Kerry Wood and Mark Prior.

But for how much longer?

With their roles on the team already reduced substantially coming into spring training, their inability to open the season on time for a second straight year could be the strongest sign yet that the shuttle bus between the disabled list and Cubs' roster is running out of gas -- especially for Wood.

The shoulder soreness that resurfaced while Wood was pitching Sunday has sidelined the right-hander indefinitely and raised the most serious doubts to date about the long-term soundness of his surgically repaired shoulder.

Team officials on Monday used words such as ''setback'' and ''getting him right'' when discussing the injury, but Wood has not been able to sustain even three consecutive weeks of pitching since undergoing surgery late in the 2005 season.

Considering Wood already is pitching with a rotator-cuff tear discovered in the shoulder last August, he might be fortunate to return to the mound by June.

And that's if he doesn't elect to have the surgery he chose to forgo last summer in favor of rehabilitation. As of Monday, no magnetic resonance imaging of the shoulder was scheduled, and his condition was to be monitored again over the next few days by team orthopedist Stephen Gryzlo to determine whether an MRI will be necessary.

It's unclear whether the triceps strain Wood suffered two weeks ago might have been related to the shoulder inflammation he's experiencing now. Either way, he proved unable to withstand even five one-inning appearances spread over the last 3½ weeks after a full winter of hard work and conditioning that resulted in a leaner look and pop on his fastball from the start of camp.<

Nobody questions Wood's desire or work ethic. But there doesn't appear to be anywhere else to go in redefining his role to help him stay healthy.

And if another operation on the shoulder becomes the best option, that means a year of rehab and probably two years before arm strength starts to come back -- if it comes all the way back.

Teammate Wade Miller, once one of the top power pitchers in the game, has gone through that since shoulder surgery at the end of the 2005 season, earning the Cubs' fifth-starter job during a spring training of constant improvement and gaining strength.

Wood was unavailable to media on Monday, even taking the extreme measure of circumnavigating the clubhouse through off-limits passageways to get to manager Lou Piniella's office for a meeting that also included pitching coach Larry Rothschild, general manager Jim Hendry and trainer Mark O'Neal. Wood then retreated the way he came, avoiding reporters.

''Let's just hope that it's not serious and that he can resum preparing himself,'' Piniella said. ''Obviously, we'll give him time.''

Meanwhile, the Cubs have made it clear they're ready to start moving into a post-Wood-and-Prior era.

Even Piniella admitted Monday, ''I felt that it would probably be a long shot to have both of them ready by Opening Day.''

That's why part of the team's $300million offseason included the additions of veteran starters Ted Lilly and Jason Marquis.

''I felt all along that both of them would contribute,'' Piniella said. ''I just wasn't sure about the timetable. And they're both coming off physical ailments. And in Woody's case, he's learning a new position, pitching out of the bullpen as opposed to starting.''

Prior, who came into camp trying to win a job at the end of the rotation, makes his final Cactus League start Wednesday, after which the team is expected to decide between a DL move and an assignment to Class AAA Iowa to build up his arm.

With Wood already on the DL, it will be the sixth time in nine seasons -- and fourth straight -- that either Wood or Prior has opened on the DL.

Prior has been on the DL every year he has been in the big leagues, even in his 18-win 2003 season, in which he missed nearly four weeks after colliding with Atlanta's Marcus Giles.

''We've said all along that we have people in camp here that can step in and get a job done for us,'' Piniella said. ''We're just going to approach it from that perspective.''

 

[ooofffaaa]

Coming soon to a theatre near you . . .

Kerry Wood stars in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble II with a special guest appearance from John Travolta.

 

[tppt]

he cant be hurt again, he never healed.

 

[igbomb]

Now I'm no Cub fan, but I fail to see the humor in a guy with as much promise as Wood having his career derailed by injuries.

 

[UOFI_316]

he cant be hurt again, he never healed.

As a Cubs fan, this is the correct answer. I think everything is a result of the same original injury, which was probably caused by him using the wrong mechanics. I know that his original elbow problem was from him throwing his curve that he gripped the wrong way. Now I think he is trying to use correct form, but it is stressing some other part of his arm and causing pain.My only reason for hope this year is that they were not planning on him being a major part of the bullpen, his contract is incentive laden, so if he is out it was worth the shot.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Shut it down Kerry, and have the surgery that you should have had last fall.

 

[creeps1313]

He was suppose to resume throwing by now...but I havent heard anything. Do any homers have any insight into this guy? Has everyone completely given up on this guy?

 

[BigA]

SELL SELL SELL SELLL!!

 

[BigA]

SELL SELL SELL SELLL!!