man, there goes the whole season. I have lost all faith in the Card’s medical staff, but hopefully, they will be right on this one and ‘09 won’t be over before it even starts. Here’s to a speedy recovery, Albert!

hmmmm. this makes it sound like the injury was not as bad as reported.

is how out of nowhere the news came from.

For an organization which claimed last year they would start being more transparent on the injury front, they are still rather secretive.

is not that big of a deal. It’s actually one that I need in both of my elbows. It doesn’t involve any ligaments, it’s simply the repositioning of a nerve (the one that makes your ‘funny bone’ funny).

Which could lead to an even more productive APu?
I am with dunc4life though, now I expect his arm to fall off.

that was discussed vis a vis Chris Carpenter last summer when he had that shutdown period during rehab. It’s not even close to Tommy John, it’s more of a pain-relieving measure. Pujols is still at risk for surgery, but Andrews, at least, didn’t think it was necessary yet. Sounds like the right call.

This isn’t a “no-big-deal” procedure.

It means that Pujols’ elbow is continuing to loosen up and that he will definitely need Tommy John surgery at some point. They moved the nerve around to try to reduce the strain on it, and resulting pain and/or loss of sensation, until they actually need to perform the Tommy John surgery.

However, this isn’t a zero-risk procedure in and of itself.