Henderson Alvarez injured

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Apparently taken off the field on a golf cart by the trainer. Still awaiting word

[illy]

tommy john ftw!

seriously though, how many of our pitchers have had TJ surgery? trainers need to be checkd out

[Myth111]

http://twitter.com/#!/search/Henderson%20Alvarez

Ugh. I can't believe this.

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LottonBaseball
On the cart? It looked like all of him. RT @ExtraBaseHit @LottOnBaseball did it look like arm or leg?

[Legal Non-Conforming]

There goes the season...Just kidding--but if one of Morrow, Alvarez, or Romero goes down for any length of time, it's going to be a very long season indeed. That's why you can never have enough pitching. You can always count on somebody underperforming (or worse)

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There goes the season...Just kidding--but if one of Morrow, Alvarez, or Romero goes down for any length of time, it's going to be a very long season indeed. That's why you can never have enough pitching. You can always count on somebody underperforming (or worse)

It would be interesting for someone to do a study on extended or season-ending injuries for pitchers versus position players. I have no idea whether pitchers are more prone to extended or season ending injuries, but if they are, it opens up a debate about how to use good pitching depth: Do you collect lots of pitching and pitching prospects under the assumption some will suffer such injuries, or do you convert some of those prospects in particular into solid position players under the assumption that it's a safer investment to have solid hitting and fielding right through the lineup.

Either way, injuries to key players will take a contender out of a race, but I wonder if it isn't better to convert some of your pitching prospects into position players or prospects before the inevitable injuries happen.

[Rhettmatic]

Looks like he's fine.

John Lott ‏ @LottOnBaseball
Alvarez hit on foot playing catch. Should be fine JF says

[Rhettmatic]

Looks like he's fine.

John Lott ‏ @LottOnBaseball
Alvarez hit on foot playing catch. Should be fine JF says

[CrookedJ]

Phew ... no need to panac!

[Trilogy]

Thank god!

[s e n s i]

oh my god i almost burst into tears and began heading for the knife drawer until i read the update

[Relentless88]

oh my god i almost burst into tears and began heading for the knife drawer until i read the update

+1

Haha same here. Please change the title of the topic!

[Al_Oliver]

or at least change it from Alvarez to Villanueva...

[tiger7]

Good to hear.

[overdose]

Well that scared the crap out of me fora second lol

[hyper316]

phew. good thing it's minor. if something bad happened, i think hutchison will get the spot

[SharoneWright]

needed a golf cart? really?

what are they gonna do for a groin-strain? med-evac helicopter?

[tiger7]

needed a golf cart? really?

what are they gonna do for a groin-strain? med-evac helicopter?

lol I know they made it seem as if he died.

[Trilogy]

Let's hope it wasn't this type of golf cart.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsqu1ValHI&feature=related[/youtube]

Send that one to other AL East teams.

Well except Baltimore.