Rogers may have blood clot
posted in 2007 season, injuries |John Lowe of the Free Press reported tonight that Kenny Rogers might have a blood clot. Might was in the headline, the information coming from an unnamed source. But Lowe’s article sounded confident in the source.
I read up on the injury immediately. I came to the conclusion it’s way too early to know what to think, other than “blood clot” is never something you want to hear. Tom Glavine had the same diagnosis last year. He came out of it fine. It could mean a short time off of baseball, like two weeks, like the 15-day DL. Or it may require surgery that keeps Rogers out of much of the season or longer. It is just too early to say, from a baseball standpoint, what the fallout of the injury is.
Bilfer is admittedly not medically trained, but he was able to bring some insight via his wife, a nurse. His is a must-read post.
In any case, this is not the kind of news you want to hear just before the season starts. But we’ll just have to wait to see what happens next.
Interestingly, lefty prospect Andrew Miller almost got a chance to start in Rogers’ stead, MLB.com reporter Jason Beck wrote.
“We really only talked about two options, basically,” Leyland said. “Those were [Andrew] Miller or Durbin. We decided to stay on our course with that. We checked with the Minor League people. Miller’s throwing good. He’s also working on some things, so we think that we want him to get some starts there under his belt. Durbin had a great year in Triple-A last year.”
So, wow. Miller is expected to make it back to Detroit this year, but it could be even sooner than most thought if things go bad for Rogers — and I sure hope not. The Tigers could be rolling the dice on a rookie starter for a second straight year.
–UPDATE
Will Carroll, injury guru at Baseball Prospectus, wrote about Rogers in his piece today.