Betemit injured running the base paths (Update: out 6-8 weeks)

[murph]

Kind of a bizarre situation. Hope we haven't seen the last of MEAT. I like him.

I always liked his swing. Especially from the left side. Hope he makes it back.

[OFFNY]

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2013/07/taking-another-look-at-betemits-injury-and-slow-recovery.html

They didn't say it, but to me, it looks like he is done for the season.

Thanks for the update, Rick.

[OFFNY]

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Merge request.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/134726-Injury-Update-on-Betemit

[Art Wing]

As horrible as it is for a player to be injured, especially seriously like this, if you had to pick a guy to get a freak ST injury and be out for the year, I'm glad it was him and not one of our other regulars.

*disclaimer: this post is not meant to be malicious in any way... just sayin'

[Redskins Rick]

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Merge request.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/134726-Injury-Update-on-Betemit

Sorry about that, I used the search tool to see if there was any Betemit threads and the only thing it pulled up, was old game threads.

[OFFNY]

Sorry about that, I used the search tool to see if there was any Betemit threads and the only thing it pulled up, was old game threads.

No need to apologize.

That's what OFFNY is here for.

[scOtt]

Yeah, sounds like he's done for the season.

One interesting thing is this:

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Since he can't really hit from the right side anyway, I wonder if this causes him to give up switch hitting.

I think Buck will see to that. Not officially not a switch-hitter anymore. But he's not going to face any more leftys. That's why Hank is being called up.

[UMDTerrapins]

I remember a PC game that was a cheapo fantasy baseball manager simulation. It had all the current major leaguers and a select few major/minor fringe players. The rest were computer generated "prospects" that you developed through your system. Betemit was one of the real world fringe players. But in the game, he developed to 50-70 home runs year in year out. I just assumed his brother must have written the program.

[Crazysilver03]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Wilson Betemit will start his rehab assignment on Aug. 6 in GCL. Steve Johnson pitched for Bowie on Saturday.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">August 1, 2013</a></blockquote>

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Interesting they are starting Betemit's rehab on August 6th. They can keep him on rehab for 20 days so this assures that he will be back (barring any setbacks) before September.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Great news!

MEAT could provide a big boost to the offense, and Steve is always nice to have around as depth/insurance.

[Rene88]

Long way to go but this could be HUGE if he hits anything like last year.

[duffaphonic]

Wilson would help for September.

[MarylandAaron]

Good to hear. Urrutia seems to be doing pretty well in the DH spot against righties, but Betemit might be another option to keep around in case we decide we want a home run bat out there.

[Aglets]

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=MLB&id=3351&line=406310&spln=1

Per buck. He will start in the gulf coast league. Could be huge for us from a DH perspective. What would you do with Urrutia?

[luismatos4prez]

What would you do with Urrutia?

I'd option Flaherty, relegate Urrutia to pinch-hit duty, and start Betemit at DH vs RHPs.