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It's truly sad seeing as how he has just turned 30 and his MLB career may already be over, as he has yet to pitch innings. The only time he even surpassed innings was in and his shoulder has gotten so bad that he has only thrown Daisuke Matsuzaka, like most Japanese pitchers, had a rough time adjusting to the major leagues upon his debut in Still, he turned it around by going with a 2.
Then, the World Baseball Classic came along and despite concerns from Red Sox management, Matsuzaka played for Team Japan and missed most of spring training. He started having shoulder trouble once the regular season started and struggled with his command, starting just 12 games.
It was later revealed that the root of his injury trouble was a hip injury sustained during the WBC. Still, Matsuzaka has yet to find his command and his shoulder problems still remain. Last year, he started having elbow problems and had Tommy John surgery. Again, another prospect that was highly touted, yet too soft to pitch effectively over a long MLB season. Fred Lynn turned a lot of heads as a rookie in , as he hit.
He was instrumental in helping the Boston Red Sox reach the World Series that year and in doing so became the first player to ever with both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Yet, despite a few more good seasons after that, including one with a batting title along with nine straight All-Star appearances, Lynn had a hard time ever becoming one of the greatest as he was constantly injured.
In a year career, Lynn only reached the game plateau once and the game one three-times. The sad part is that some of Lynn's injuries came from him playing so hard, as he once broke a rib crashing into an outfield wall and often hurt his knee breaking up double plays.
Yet, as time wore on, many of his injuries were just various bumps and bruises, plus some strains. Some players can play through the pain, but Lynn just wasn't one of them. As I mentioned earlier, J. Drew was a highly touted college player who was drafted in the top five not once, but twice in the MLB amateur draft. Possessing a sweet left-handed swing with great power to go with some solid speed on the basepaths, it looked as though Drew was in line for a great career in the majors.
Instead, due to a combination of injuries and lack of effort, Drew has managed to become one of the most expensive headcases in baseball history. As was the case with most of his career, he spent a lot of time on the disabled list. Most of Drew's injuries were various aches and pains that a lot of players probably would have played through, but not this former college hotshot. Instead, his softness has managed to alienate him from most other teams and as a result, he and his fairly impressive.
Manny Ramirez spent 19 years in the majors and of those, he only played in plus games seven times. However, most of the time, it wasn't because he was injured. For much of his time with the Boston Red Sox, fans and foes alike were subjected to multiple cases of "Manny Being Manny. In one case, he took himself out of the lineup mere minutes before a game against the New York Yankees , citing knee soreness.
He was sent to a hospital for MRIs on both knees, and no actual damage was found. For someone to have such a blatant disregard for the team and act like a moody bully the way Ramirez did is extremely gutless, not tough at all. Thus, while not in the most literal way, he is definitely one of the softest in baseball history. Coors Field led him to being a disappointment and he was traded to the Florida Marlins and then Atlanta Braves before the season.
Hampton continued to be a disappointment in Atlanta as he was no longer the ace-like lefty he was during the late '90s and in , his reputation as a soft player began. He made just 12 starts that year before having Tommy John surgery and missing both and When he came back, he was a shell of his former self and on an extremely short leash because of his health.
Injury problems continued as he tore his rotator cuff in late and missed most of before coming back with the Arizona Diamondbacks and posting a 0. It was a sad career ending for a pitcher who was once so good, but just couldn't stay away from the injury bug. As a Yankees fan, this is a story that burns me up to this day.
The team needed pitching following the embarrassing ending to the postseason so they reached out to Carl Pavano, who had gone with a 3. He started out OK in , but then hurt his shoulder in June and missed the rest of the season. A multitude of injuries kept him from pitching in and as a result, both his teammates and manager called him out.
He returned in , but made just two starts before hurting his elbow and undergoing Tommy John surgery. He would go on to make seven starts towards the end of , going with a 5. Thus, here are the numbers for Pavano's Yankee tenure: , 5. Tied for 7th among A. Led N. Compiled a. All-Star team in , his first career selection Played the final 10 innings in right field and was 2-for-4 with a walk, including a game-tying, 2-run homer off Cincinnati's Edinson Volquez in the 7th Named the game's Most Valuable Player in the A.
Homer was the 17th by a Red Sox in All-Star play. Has a total of 17 RBI over 2 postseasons with Boston from , tied with Kevin Youkilis for the most on the club in that time. Went 4-for Tampa Bay Was the club's first road playoff victory decided in its last at-bat since an inning, , win in Game 5 of the ALCS at Anaheim Was the 11th walk-off hit in club post-season history Also stroked a 2-run, 8th-inning bomb and went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and a run scored in Boston's victory.
Ranked 2nd on the club in walks 79 and ranked 3rd in sacrifice flies Had 2nd highest totals of major league career for runs 84 -tied and doubles Was his longest hitting streak ever to start a season, with his previous high 6 games in Was leading the American League and 2nd in the majors to Miguel Cabrera.
Matched his longest hitting streak of the season, also June July 1. Posted the 2nd best on-base percentage. Had 3 homers and 12 RBI in his final 8 games, driving in at least one run in each contest, and hit safely in the season's final 5 contests.
Homered twice in his 1st 8 home games, including his Fenway Park debut as a member of the Red Sox on April 10 vs. Seattle, but went 47 home games between blasts on April 22 vs. Had his 12th career 2- homer game, June 8 at Arizona and 2nd lifetime 1st inning leadoff blast, June 20 at Atlanta In addition to career high 7 RBI contest on June 8, drove in 3 runs on 4 occasions Also hit the 2nd of 4 consecutive 9th inning homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 18, vs.
San Diego. Started 95 games in the 5th spot in the lineup, but also started 14 games as Boston's leadoff hitter Seattle's Felix Hernandez Recorded th career hit with single on August 18 against Los Angeles Missed games with a bruised lower back and strained right hamstring Has appeared in or more games in 3 of last 4 seasons Was 1-for-9 as a pinch-hitter.
Went 2-for while starting all 3 games of the ALDS vs. Los Angeles and had just 2 hits in 1st 15 total at bats in the post-season Ranked 2nd among the regulars with a. Started 5 of 7 games and appeared in all 7 contests, hitting safely in final Hit safely in 1st 3 World Series game versus Colorado before going 0-for-4 in Game 4 and batted. His ALCS grand slam was selected as the top post-season moment in fan balloting in mlb. Drove in runs for first time in His 72 games played were a career-low, as he had never before played in less than games in a full big league season Missed just four of the Dodgers' first 70 games Was diagnosed with chondromalacia in his left knee and missed five games from June Returned to the lineup for the next six games before being hit by a pitch from Arizona's Brad Halsey on July 3 and suffering a fracture in the ulnar styloid bone of his left wrist, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season At the time, ranked fifth in the National League with 51 walks and eighth in the league with a.
Reached base via hit, walk or hit by pitch in his final 25 games of the season After starting the year 0-for, batted. In the month of June, batted. Hit five of his 15 homers against the Diamondbacks while batting. Made 44 starts in right field, during which the Dodgers posted a record Snapped a season-starting 0-for streak with consecutive hits in his final two at-bats on April 10 at Arizona Hit his first home run as a Dodger on April 17 vs.
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