Yesterday, I remarked on Twitter that I had watched 8 and a half innings of a Nationals Rockies game, and that I have a sickness, an illness, that makes me watch baseball games that I shouldn't care about, or perhaps didn't even care about a few weeks ago. Anyway, as I watched, Dan Haren was getting lit up, and I predicted he was injured. I've suspected he was injured for a while, because I heard his fastball velocity was down, but according to his FanGraphs pitchfx, even though his fastball velocity has dropped every year he's pitched in the majors, there wasn't a major drop like I was expecting to find. Anyway, he's hurt, but if you read his quote, it sounds more like managment is telling him he's hurt, but want to sit him for a few starts because they can't afford to keep throwing out a liability like Dan Haren every five days.
"There's aches and pains." he said on Sunday, "nothing I haven't pitched through in the past. Physically, I'm okay." It's easy to say he has a "stiff shoulder" because what major league pitcher doesn't have a stiff shoulder the day after he pitches in June?
"There's aches and pains." he said on Sunday, "nothing I haven't pitched through in the past. Physically, I'm okay." It's easy to say he has a "stiff shoulder" because what major league pitcher doesn't have a stiff shoulder the day after he pitches in June?
