Bronson Arroyo shut down with bulging disc

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From the dodged bullet bureau...

http://msn.foxsports.com/arizona/story/arroyo-to-rest-for-7-10-days-with-bulging-disc-in-back-030514

- After missing a start Tuesday with back stiffness, Diamondbacks pitcher Bronson Arroyo will miss 7-10 days recovering from a bulging disk, D-backs general manager Kevin Towers said Wednesday.

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He has not been sent to the DL in 14 years. This may not send him there either. I wanted him in the offseason. Never did I think we'd get Jimenez at that contract after Nolasco signed. I had no idea he had valley fever and still made all of his starts last season. :eektf:

[scOtt]

Shows what I know. I wanted him a lot.

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Grant Ball Four got clubbed by the Yankees yesterday, also.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340305130

After he finished pitching his one inning (2 runs, 2 hits, and 1 walk), Erik Bedard came in and pitched 3 shutout innings for the win.

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He must have passed the DBacks physical.

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The DBacks are really downplaying this, but disc problems should be worrisome. I would think disc problems requiring epidurals even more so. Given how the O's off season has unfolded so far, I'm really glad DD was slow off the mark with Arroyo.

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IIRC, there was an article that came out the day after Arroyo signed with Arizona that said that the Balfour failed physical played into Arroyo's decision to choose Arizona over Baltimore. Interesting. It almost makes one wonder if Arroyo had an inkling that there might be an issue that a thorough physical might uncover, doesn't it?

[Ommaculate]

Now Arroyo can stop whining about Tanaka and realize why nobody wanted to sign him. What a disaster this would have been for the O's. Imagine if the O's signed Arroyo and Balfour.

[byrdz]

Thanks for passing up on the Orioles Arroyo.

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Arroyo says the back injury is "driving him nuts"

He’s able to play catch, but Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports that Arroyo was sore and stiff after doing so Monday and could be running out of time to be ready for Opening Day.

The Orioles look luckier and luckier on this one.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/11/bronson-arroyo-says-back-injury-is-driving-me-nuts/

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The DBacks are really downplaying this, but disc problems should be worrisome. I would think disc problems requiring epidurals even more so. Given how the O's off season has unfolded so far, I'm really glad DD was slow off the mark with Arroyo.

Yes, just ask Nolan Reimold. His issues started out with the old "shut down for 7-10 days" deal if I recall correctly

[Prayin4Reign]

Wow...that's rough. Also surprising! Unless the injury was incurred sometime during spring training. I would expect that something like that would start to show in a physical. Anyway, bad news for Bronson and the Diamondbacks. I hate to see stuff like that happen, it makes all the parties involved look bad. Unfortunate.

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Unless the injury was incurred sometime during spring training, I would expect that something like that would start to show in a physical.

O They don't have doctors that do thorough, rigorous physicals, like the Orioles' doctors do.

I hate to see stuff like that happen, it makes all the parties involved look bad.

Except for the Orioles, who were originally criticized (by some) for not signing him ... and instead, eventually signed Jimenez.