Another One Bites The Dust…
October 12, 2008, 8:29 pm
From MLB.com:
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers reliever Scott Proctor, who was left off the National League Championship Series roster after battling arm problems, will undergo right elbow surgery Wednesday.
Proctor will have a partially torn flexor tendon repaired and a bone spur in the back of his elbow shaved down. Dodgers surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache considers it a straightforward cleanup procedure, according to club officials, and Proctor is expected to be ready for Spring Training.
Is anyone surprised? He threw nearly 200 innings between 2006 and 2007 and was playing with elbow problems all year long. What’s interesting with the Dodgers is that they have provided Joe Torre with not one, but 2 long-men, essentially (Hong-Chih Kuo and Chan Ho Park). Anybody get the feeling that, maybe, that wasn’t a coincidence?
I have a feeling when Proctor gets to free agency he will sign anywhere that doesn’t have him managed by Torre.
Agreed – Joe is lovable but he burns out relievers