Webb will give ailing shoulder a rest

[bankybruce]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4053383

PHOENIX -- Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb will skip his next start because of shoulder stiffness.

Brandon Webb

Webb

Manager Bob Melvin said Yusmeiro Petit will take Webb's scheduled start Saturday night at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Webb will not throw at all for two days.

Webb, whose 22 victories led the National League last season, experienced stiffness in his shoulder during Arizona's 9-8 Opening Day victory over the Rockies.

The 2006 NL Cy Young winner blamed problems with his arm angle, resulting in a diminished sinking fastball, for his poor outing. The right-hander allowed six runs on six hits, including two homers, in four innings.

Melvin said Wednesday that "this isn't something you can mess around with" and they will "try to be proactive on this one."

That was fun while it lasted this year. Sign Ben Sheets and Pedro, at least way between them you will get enough start to get through the season.

 

[bankybruce]

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[PoolBoy]

what? he's gonna miss one start. calm down.

 

[bankybruce]

what? he's gonna miss one start. calm down.

He had stiffness all spring and pitched like crap. There is more to it, you will see. Webb is a gamer, he would not miss a start if it was not really bothering him. Best case, he misses a month.

 

[brutus1303]

He had stiffness all spring and pitched like crap. There is more to it, you will see. Webb is a gamer, he would not miss a start if it was not really bothering him. Best case, he misses a month.

Petit has proven himself capable of keeping the team in games. He's no Webb, but this season is far from over if Webby misses a little bit of time.

 

[AZZenny]

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[Black Jesus]

News is getting worse out of Webb camp. Just saw on MLB.com he visited Dr. Andrews, not once, but twice regarding this shoulder. First he saw Dr. Andrews in HS and then just recently...

Guess the Webby days may be numbered... Happened to a lot of great pitchers- Zito, Penny, Kevin Brown, Prior, Wood, etc

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090409&content_id=4202806&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Webb is now on the 15 day DL, but he's eligible to come off on April 22nd. He's hoping to miss just one more start as they're saying its still muscle stiffness and nothing structural.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/2009/04/12/20090412spt-dbwebb.html

 

[bankybruce]

what? he's gonna miss one start. calm down.

Good call on that one.

 

[overseascardfan]

SI's T&R section thinks that Webb's option will not be picked up and he will be a FA at the end of the year. Didn't Chris Carpenter go through this and come back. I think we keep Webb but renegotiate a more reasonable salary considering he may not return to form. I wouldn't let him go for nothing as rumor suggested.

 

[bankybruce]

SI's T&R section thinks that Webb's option will not be picked up and he will be a FA at the end of the year. Didn't Chris Carpenter go through this and come back. I think we keep Webb but renegotiate a more reasonable salary considering he may not return to form. I wouldn't let him go for nothing as rumor suggested.

I would wait to see what the damage really is before I make any decisions.

 

[JS22]

I've been calling this ever since he went down with the injury.

 

[overseascardfan]

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/142341


Looking more and more like Webb is not going to play for the D'backs again.

 

[Lefty]

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/142341


Looking more and more like Webb is not going to play for the D'backs again.

You can't ick up the option if you're the Diamondbacks. Use that money on another pitcher or second baseman. Maybe offer Webb a one-year contract full of incentives.