Baldelli headed back to St. Pete
CF Rocco Baldelli is headed back to St. Petersburg from Durham, a sign of a significant setback in his recovery from a left hamstring strain. Baldelli tweaked his hamstring in a rehab game Monday. The Rays had hoped to have him back Friday but will be delayed. CF Elijah Dukes remains on the bench for Tuesday's game:
Iwanura, 3b
Harris, ss
Crawford, lf
Wigginton, 2b
Pena, 1b
Young, cf
Gomes, rf
Navarro, c
Howell, p
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When are they going to get him to a specialist to fix these problems?
This is ABSOLUTELY rediculous!
Posted by: Dana | June 19, 2007 at 08:13 PM
The important question is why we continue to trot out a catcher thats hitting .171 especually since the "journeyman" we brought in as emergency backup homered twice in his first 3 games.
I could hit that in the majors!
Posted by: Josh | June 20, 2007 at 01:16 AM
Josh, lets give Navarro at least 250 AB's to show what he can do. I am frustrated with him to. It may be the case he was highly overrated, but cathers are very hard to find. As for Rocco, how ever long it takes to get healthy is OK---he is part of the future...a guy you want on your team.
Posted by: Frustrated | June 20, 2007 at 01:38 PM