Bonderman done for the year?

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 10, 2007 2:20 PM CDT in News

Jeremy Bonderman has been shut down, and may be out for the rest of the year, after experiencing elbow pain yesterday.

Bonderman has had a pretty heavy workload for his age -- although he's been around forever, he doesn't turn 25 until October, and is younger than (among others) Armando Galarraga, Kam Loe, and C.J. Wilson, and is only six months older than Thomas Diamond.

Will Carroll says there's reason for Tigers fans to be optimistic that he'll bounce back, even if he's shut down for the season, but also notes that the sort of heavy workload Bonderman has had -- 923 1/3 major league innings in his career, including 535 major league innings before his 23rd birthday -- can sometimes cause problems over the long haul.

Tweet Comment 5 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

If it's a young pitcher

under those circumstances, you have to shut him down, even in the heat of a playoff race. Detroit has decent starting pitching depth when they are all healthy (Verlander, Rogers, Robertson, Durbin, Jurrjens, Miller, and Miner is capable of starting as well), so they might be able to survive without him in the playoffs. Bonderman should be around for a while, so it's in the Tigers' best interest to keep his arm from falling off ...

"This is Baseball, it ain't Golf. If you aren't cheating in baseball, you aren't trying nearly hard enough to win." - DJCahill

by inactive lsb user on Sep 10, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions

Hurley comparison?

did you write this to make some kind of Hurley statement and how he shouldn't come up next year

by meatbonelefty on Sep 10, 2007 5:18 PM CDT reply actions

I think he wrote it

because Bonderman is a very good young pitcher and he's facing arm problems because he's pitched a lot. It doesn't have anything to do with Hurley.

Anyway, if anything this is even more demonstration of why you don't bring Hurley up for meaningless (for the team) though very high-stress (for him) innings in September like right now - every single inning on a young arm counts. I don't see how it has anything to do with next year.

by JBImaknee on Sep 10, 2007 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions