Kerry Wood Shut Down Again
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Woody being hurt really isn't news... I kinda thought the Cubs were going to convince him to stay in AZ because he'd only thrown five innings all ST; now it's a moot point. This is good news because it allows Angel Guzman to make the team. While it would have been nice to have Kerry in the mix, the Cubs weren't counting on him.
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picasso wrote:And so it continues:
Wood has stiff shoulder after shaky outing
Associated Press
Posted: 2 hours ago
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Chicago Cubs right-hander Kerry Wood had stiffness in his right shoulder Monday, a day after an ineffective relief outing. The often-injured pitcher was scheduled to be evaluated by the team's medical staff.
Wood, trying to stay off the disabled list and make the opening-day roster as a reliever, gave up a two-run homer to the Los Angeles Angels' Kendry Morales on Sunday. He yielded three runs and three hits in one inning.
In his previous outing, he pitched a scoreless inning of relief Friday, his first appearance in 12 days after being sidelined by a triceps injury. Earlier this year, he slipped getting out of a hot tub and that set him back a couple of days.
Wood is coming back this season from a partially torn rotator cuff - he opted not to have surgery but to rehab the injury. He wasn't available for comment.
"He obviously didn't have the same strength yesterday and didn't throw the ball as well and had some discomfort after the game," general manager Jim Hendry said. "And today he had some more stiffness than normal than he's had earlier in the camp which was going smoothly for him besides his triceps. Has a little soreness, is going to be evaluated today by our people and we'll go from there."
The Cubs open the season April 2 at Cincinnati.
"We're not worried about opening day right now," Hendry said. "Let's be cognizant of getting him right, see what the people have to say who are going to look at him today."
Hendry said Wood was obviously not happy with the latest setback.
"He's obviously put a lot of work in and you know obviously he wanted to be at the top of his game. He feels badly that he's not 100 percent," Hendry said. "Hopefully we'll get him right and hopefully it won't be significant. It's not about helping us next Monday as much as helping us over the long haul."
Wood, who elbow ligament replacement surgery in 1999 and shoulder surgery in 2005, has made 10 trips to the disabled list in his major league career.
The 1998 NL Rookie of the Year, Wood electrified baseball by striking out 20 Houston Astros in his fifth major league start.
Wood pitched in only four games in 2006. He returned to the Cubs this season with a one-year, $1.75 million deal that could be worth up to $6 million.
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