McGowan has rotator cuff tear

stro4swift · Post #1 » by **stro4swift** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:39 pm

The Jays will be without young power pitcher Dustin McGowan for at least a month after an MRI scan taken yesterday revealed a tear in his rotator cuff.

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Baseball/article/457686

Michael Bradley · Post #2 » by **Michael Bradley** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:53 pm

If it requires surgery, then he's out at least a calendar year, maybe more. That sucks. Apparently he was feeling pain for a few starts but didn't tell anyone. If you recall, Ricciardi publically blasted Burnett for not pitching through pain last year, so maybe McGowan (and Marcum) are/were unnecessarily toughing it out.

If McGowan is out, AJ opts-out/gets traded, and Marcum has to miss significant time, then all of a sudden the pitching staff starts to resemble the offense in its futility. If McGowan and Marcum both go under the knife, then I trade Halladay and rebuild because there's no way to work around that.

Peteros · Post #3 » by **Peteros** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:44 pm

Some good news on Marcum

The good news is that Marcum (right elbow) should be ready to go after the all-star break and is tentatively slated to pitch July 21 at Baltimore after a rehab start in the minors July 16.

http://tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=243012&lid= ... lines_main

evilRyu · Post #4 » by **evilRyu** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:44 pm

ouch, maybe a calendar year? That's tough.....

I was very optimistic about him, since a writer (i forgot if it was from SI, ESPN, Yahoo) said that McGowan had the potential to replace Doc as the #1 pitcher this season..

RapsFanInVA · Post #5 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:48 pm

nothing really goes right for us does it

dennistokyo · Post #6 » by **dennistokyo** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:37 am

Is it too soon to throw Purcey to the wolves?

Post #7 » by **arrpy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:27 pm

There has been too many injuries this year...