Neshek is lost to ligament tear

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Neshek Done for the Year
Published 5/10/2008 by Fantasy Sports PT at The Disabled List Informer
... Well, there is our answer - the one that I pretty much expected. Pat Neshek has been diagnosed with a partial tear of the right Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL), and will miss the remainder of the season. He will not be allowed to pitch for at least 3 months. Should all the rest and healing not be enough, surgery might be the only answer. ...

No More Neshek Shuffle
Published 5/10/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... to heal and a little bit of rehab to build it back up," he said.In 15 appearances this season (13.1 innings) Neesh was 0-1 with a 4.73 ERA with 15 strikeouts. Replacing him on the roster is lefty Glen Perkins, who was recalled from the AAA Rochester Red Wings to start Saturday again the Boston Red Sox. Rightys Jesse Crain and Matt Guerrier will share the eighth-inning load for lights-out closer Joe Nathan in Neshek's absence. [Star Tribune] | [Twinkie Town] | [108 Stitches]

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/10
Published 5/10/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... my pitch, it’s not going to finish through the strike zone like I want it to.” “I’m not going out there and attacking hitters. It doesn’t necessarily go back to the last time, either. The last time they had three bloop hits and a broken bat. Tonight, I could of done something about that. Tonight is a whole different story. This is no correlation to [Wednesday] night. None at all.” The Twins got some bad news yesterday about the elbow of Pat Neshek. Terry Francona helped Kevin Youkilis keep ...

Weekend links with Jon Marthaler
Published 5/10/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... *Speaking of injuries: If you watched the Twins game last night, you might have heard Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven talking about Pat Neshek’s elbow injury, which they reported as just a muscle tear. This gave me hope for Neshek — and then I checked this august newspaper’s website, where La Velle E. Neal III reports that Neshek tore his UCL and is likely lost for the season. That’s the “Tommy John surgery” ligament, in case you’re wondering. Neshek isn’t planning to have surgery, but it’s hard not to fear ...

Published 5/12/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com
... Pat Neshek has been diagnosed with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament is his right elbow, which while not quite the worst-case scenario is bad enough that he's likely done for at least the remainder of this season. Neshek will completely eschew throwing for three months and general manager Bill Smith indicated that the goal is to have him ready for spring training, but a partially torn UCL is just one small step away from Tommy John surgery and the 12-18 month recovery that follows. Like many pitchers with ...