arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com - 5/28/2008
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PHOENIX -- Eric Byrnes tried to play through the leg issues that have plagued him since just before Spring Training, but in the end the D-backs had to tell him it was time to take a break. The team placed the outfielder on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and recalled outfielder Alex Romero from Triple-A Tucson. "They made the decision," Byrnes said. "It wasn't up to me. I totally understand ...
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Injury Update: Kennedy, Sheff, Byrnes
MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. —
Lots of big injury news to talk about around the league, so let’s get to it. As per Bryan Hoch at MLB.com, Yankees rookie right-hander Ian Kennedy left his start on Tuesday night after just three innings with a strained right lat muscle. Kennedy gave up 4 runs, and has now gone 8 starts this season without a win. No word yet if he will miss his next start, or even need a trip to the DL.
Speaking of trips to the disabled list, we’ll start off with Detroit Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield. Jason Beck tells us that a strained left oblique has landed the Sheff on the 15-day DL. The injury was sustained when Sheffield was running out of the ...
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... Of course, the big news in Arizona is Eric Byrnes finally being put out of his misery on the disabled list today. This announcement was brough to you by Hastings & Hastings, the discount accident lawyers because, "It's about time." Melvin seemed to think otherwise: "We've been going this route for quite a while. He's not 100 percent, in my opinion, not even close, his hamstrings are bothering him, and he needs all his weapons to be Eric Byrnes -- and we need him to be 100 percent. We need him to play a certain way, and he's just not able to do it." And hasn't ...
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