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February 07, 2008

Curt Schilling To Miss 2008?

Via the The Providence Journal:

The Boston Herald and Boston Globe, both citing unnamed sources, are reporting that Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is suffering from a shoulder injury that may sideline him for the entire season.

In addition, both news organizations reported the Red Sox looked into the possibility of voiding the one-year, $8 million contract Schilling signed with the team last November.

The Herald said Schilling has ''a significant shoulder injury that could end the veteran’s season and is causing tension and friction between the player and the team.'' The Globe -- which had broken the story a bit earlier in the afternoon with a report that said Schilling would miss the beginning of spring training and might not be ready for the beginning of the season -- updated its report, saying the sides disagree on whether or not Schilling needs surgery and that surgery would probably sideline him for the season.

The Globe said the injury is not related to the shoulder woes that sidelined Schilling from late June to mid-August last year.

Schilling has his own Web site, 38pitches.com, which he frequently updates. As of mid-afternoon, he had not addressed the issue on his site.

Oh, that Johan Santana deal to the Mets is looking better and better now...

Posted by WW Staff at February 7, 2008 03:41 PM

Comments

Although I'm not sorry to hear that Schilling might miss the 2008 season with an injury, I don't think the Santana-to-Mets deal really comes into play here. Boston wasn't interested in Santana for two reasons:

1) Because, like with the Yanks, the Twins were asking Boston for a lot more than it made sense to give up; and

2) Because Beckett/Matsuzaka represented enough pitching power that Santana was a luxury and not a necessity.

Losing Schilling only opens spots for both Buchholz and Lester and gives them an eye to look at a Josh Fogg or someone like that to compete for a #5 spot.

Posted by: MJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 04:20 PM

~~Losing Schilling only opens spots for both Buchholz and Lester and gives them an eye to look at a Josh Fogg or someone like that to compete for a #5 spot.~~

Same as with the Yanks, with rookies, you never know. Schilling was proven. I'll be happy to let the Sox sub a rookie for him. It's a roll of the dice for them.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 08:41 PM

This is going to make it awfully tough for him to get his one Cy Young vote for a million dollar bonus....

Posted by: JeremyM [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 08:53 PM

As much as it pains me to say it, I have to give Schilling credit for gutting it out during last season's playoffs because he was almost certainly injured at the time.

Posted by: Rich [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 09:21 PM

Let's see how Curt handles the Sox trying to void his contract, if it comes down to that.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 09:59 PM

Schilling gets under my skin and bugs the hell out of me, but he is a gamer. I respect the hell out of him as a pitcher.

As far as voiding his deal, if the doctors didn't catch this, wouldn't it be their fault? Or maybe the Sox should have insisted on a more thorough examination? If you only kick the tires and don't lift up the hood, you only have yourself to blame.

Now if he was hurt playing pick-up basketball.....

Posted by: JeremyM [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 10:29 PM

I guess something similar would be Dave Winfield in '89.

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2008 11:43 PM