Bartolo Colon - out for the year

by TDub on Aug 4, 2006 7:05 PM PDT

According to Rotoworld, it was discovered that he had a partial rotator cuff tear.

Unfortunate for the Angels. Good for the A's.

However, after watching Joe Saunders pitch the other night, it looks like the Angels have a decent fallback option.

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Bartolo Colon, on the DL with right biceps tendinitis, was found to have a partial rotator cuff tear in an examination on Friday and will likely miss the rest of the season.

As suspected, Colon's recent elbow troubles were a result of the shoulder, which has bothered him since the second half of 2005. Colon will elect for rehab rather than surgery, and it is possible that he'll try a September comeback. However, he wouldn't be 100 percent if it happened. "I haven't gotten any formal direction from the medical department yet, but we'll talk and they'll have an assessment," manager Mike Scioscia said. "I know those things take some time. I would assume it's going to be lengthy. And with about seven weeks left in the season, it would seem doubtful that he's going to return. It would be a tall order for him to come back and pitch this season."

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that's terrible news!!!

by OaklandSi on Aug 4, 2006 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

Link...

From the AP.

"Harden isn't dead. Hatte Jr. is batting 1.000. Chavy is fine. I'm not depressed." ~ Jennifer

by AsGirl on Aug 4, 2006 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

damn

colon was almost as bad as jeff weaver for them.
the angels rotation where ervin santana has the highest era really scares me...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

Man,. very disappointing...

I hate shit like that

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Aug 4, 2006 7:18 PM PDT reply actions

Biceps tendinitis to torn rotator cuff?

How...? Never mind.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 4, 2006 7:22 PM PDT reply actions

and this is the same doctor

we send our pitchers to?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions

nah nah nah nah nah!

(Which is really tough to do because I don't actually have ears.)

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 4, 2006 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Angels caught a break.

Injuries are never fun, but Colon is the fourth-best starter on their staff after Santana, Lackey, and Escobar. Saunders probably will be as good or better than Colon might have been.

Colon was a pretty bad choice for Cy Young last year, too. He wasn't the best pitcher on his team, much less the AL.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 4, 2006 7:48 PM PDT reply actions

If they HAD traded Santana....

...what a reversal!

"-1 is our runs margin after 109 games"

by A s Eh on Aug 4, 2006 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

um.....

"Colon is the fourth-best starter on their staff after Santana, Lackey, and Escobar."

are you implying that colon is better than jered weaver?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

fifth best.

Check.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 5, 2006 3:38 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't think Colon has been

healthy this entire season. When healthy he is a very good pitcher.

by OaklandSi on Aug 4, 2006 9:47 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, he wasn't that good, but

Some of why the Angels are a team to be feared is that there was a sense that maybe they'd get Colon back and he'd be right.

Well, that's gone now. Also, that doesn't give them much room for error in the rotation--which now has two rookies.

I think the last week, this news, and the schedule ahead will make it very difficult for the Angels to catch the A's.

Of course, there are two other teams to worry about.

by RLangford on Aug 4, 2006 9:57 PM PDT reply actions

Rangers

Yea, now that the Angels pitching is falling back to earth (I called it weeks ago) and exposing their defence and offence, I'm honestly getting a bit more nervous about Texas. I'm really hoping that the Angels can get at lest 1 win because I'd hate to go into this weeked 2.5 games back from Texas and fighting for first place. The less reason we give them to try for that extra inch the better.

by Threepwood XX on Aug 4, 2006 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions

there's still almost

two months left in this season

Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet

by OaklandSi on Aug 4, 2006 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Not getting ahead

I've just always thought the A's had a huge schedule edge in August and that the Angels needed to do much more than lose a game to us in the three weeks since the all-star break.

by RLangford on Aug 4, 2006 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions

halos heaven

this angels fan isn't too worried:

http://www.halosheaven.com/story/2006/8/5/0156/86048

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 10:02 PM PDT reply actions

Why you wasting time

over there?

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Aug 4, 2006 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

i check it out once in a while

when the angels lose.

schadenfreude.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, they shouldn't be worried ...

about the future.

But we're talking about this year. And about this year they should be much more worried than they were a week ago.

by RLangford on Aug 4, 2006 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions

this year

joe saunders has been pretty impressive this year, whereas colon has been slightly better than jeff weaver.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I wasn't all that impressed

with Saunders in his start against the A's. He was ok, but I thought his success reflected more the A's offense than his great potential. I have a feeling he'll get hit hard his next start--I hope so, in fact! But we'll see...Maybe I was just feeling grouchy about the A's offense that day...

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 4, 2006 10:40 PM PDT reply actions

i hope so, too

but he had pretty decent numbers in AAA this year:
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Joe-Saunders.shtml

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 4, 2006 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

The Angels have to be a little concerned

In the first two games they threw Weaver and Slingblade and lost, now I guess it will be Santana and Saunders. I am hoping also that Texas doesn't sweep the Angels because when they come to Oakland they are going to face Loaiza and Komine in the first two games, nothing for the A's to be excited about, and I think Komine will be up against Millwood, not a good matchup.

by china bob on Aug 4, 2006 10:57 PM PDT reply actions