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2009 Just Got Tougher for the Blue Jays

With the 2008 season coming to an end, the future was starting to look bright for the Toronto Blue Jays. They have one of the best starting rotations in baseball, leading the Majors with a 3.54 team ERA, and if they can add a bat to their lineup to help score some runs, they can make a lot of noise in the AL East next...

Tom Glavine's Career May Be Over

On Thursday of last week, Tom Glavine returned to the mound for the Atlanta Braves for the first time since June 10th. Things didn't go very well, as the 300-game winner gave up seven runs in four innings, and still felt pain in his elbow after the game. It's because of this pain in his elbow that we now know Glavine...

Tim Hudson Will Have Tommy John Surgery

When the Braves learned they'd have to put Tim Hudson and Chipper Jones on the disabled list, it pretty much put an end to any hopes of winning the NL East this season, so they went ahead and traded Mark Teixeira to the Angels to make sure of it. Little did they know at the time that they would already be behind in the...

Francisco Liriano Struggles In Return

Sunday marked the long anticipated return of Francisco Liriano to the Twins starting rotation. Liriano missed all of the 2007 season after having Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow in November of 2006, and it was evident on Sunday that he's not back to being the dominant force we all saw in that 2006...

Pujols Will Not Have Surgery

The Cardinals are probably going to have a tough enough time competing in the NL Central this season, so the possibility of being without Albert Pujols is just something the team would like to try and avoid. Albert, of course, has a whole myriad of injuries in his right elbow at the moment. There's the inflammation,...