Bodily Damage

With just seven days to go before Opening Day (w00t!) it's time to put some life back into The Baseball Files! During the off-season I continued to follow trades and rumors on other blogs, but was too caught up with other things to be posting commentary. All this changes today with some Toronto baseball news:Toronto has been selected … Read more »

It was apparent that Roy Halladay didn't have his stuff in yesterday's 8-0 loss to the Red Sox, but I doubt anyone could have predicted that the cause was acute appendicitis: Halladay latest to join Blue Jays' infirmary. Woe is me, the Jays pitching staff is really falling apart! … Read more »

This just hurts anyway you slice it: Blue Jays' Ryan has season-ending surgeryCan the Jays really afford to chance it with Jason Frasor? … Read more »

The Padres' David Wells has revealed that he is battling Type 2 diabetes, but has already taken major steps to beat the disease. Wells, who previously gained notoriety for his bouts with gout and being half drunk on the mound when he pitched his perfect game, has radically changed his diet in … Read more »

Nick Johnson stayed pretty healthy this season, but today was not his day. Johnson and Austin Kearns just had a terrible collision at Shea Stadium. Nick is in so much pain that he's biting a towel. It looks like he injured his right knee. Kearns was walking around, but looked very shaken and has just left the game. Frank Robinson … Read more »

Jose Guillen will have Tommy John surgery and will be out for the remainder of the season. So much for trading him for prospects!Reports published yesterday indicate that Alfonso Soriano could be headed to the White Sox in a deal that's rumored to include pitcher Brandon McCarthy and LF Scott Podsednik. However, Nationals GM Read more »

Jose Guillen was placed on the DL with right elbow soreness on Thursday, a problem he has had for several weeks. Guillen is hitting .216 with nine home runs and 40 RBIs in 69 games. Being somewhat injury prone is not helping his trade value!Matt LeCroy was DFA'd last Monday, but after not hearing any interest from clubs … Read more »

echo: 2nd Blue Jay goes on DL with infectionRookie pitcher Ty Taubenheim was placed on the DL after discovering that the pitcher is suffering to a staph infection like the one that's sidelined Alex Rios for the past couple of weeks. The Jays clubhouse has been disinfected as a precautionary measure. Vinny Chulk will come up from Triple-A … Read more »

While not quite as weird as a venison-related injury, Alex Rios may be headed to the DL because of an infection to a bruise. He sustained the bruise earlier this week when he fouled a ball off his left shin. The infection is serious enough that Rios has been hospitalized for the past two days, and … Read more »

Both Hideki Matsui and Aaron Rowand left the field with broken bones yesterday.