Ben Sheets: done for year? (Merged: Sheets with a torn flexor mass muscle? / reply#15ish)

[uwisfan]

Is he done for the year? my brother claims he saw it scrolling on ESPN. Is he available for postseason or not?

 

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[Team Canada]

He's done.

[Bluechip]

Yep. Here's the JSOnline link: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=800052

[DHonks]

I can't imagine he'll be on the post-season roster. We could use an OF though

[ILuvDaBush]

So we won't be seeing Benny pinch-hitting in the postseason? Pity.

[bklynbrewcrew]

I am very sad for Ben that he cant be a part of the playoffs. Whether you love him like I do or hate him like many seem to Ben Sheets has been a great Brewer for 8 seasons. I really wish things could have ended better for him.

[kramnoj]

That link doesn't say he's over with this year. That's just speculation from a reporter. I could easily see him being left off the Division series roster and being activated for the LCS if the Brewers make it and he feels better.

[Gobias Industries]

That's fine with me if we leave him off. Bush deserves to be in there.

 

That said, Benny has nothing to be ashamed about. He gave us his best year in awhile, and pitched hurt down the stretch and kept us close most of the time (yesterday).

[GB12]

I am a Ben Sheets fan, but I wouldn't even consider resigning him anymore. He has pitched his last game as a Brewer yesterday.

[TauPentaRei]

did that "Setting The 25-Man Playoff Roster" thread (thankfully) get deleted by the Mods?

 

So Ben is not going to get a World Series ring with the team then, huh? He'll get a pity ring along with Ueck and Yost, etc?

 

Man that is going to be awesome.

 

I need a new signature for the playoffs because mine has been answered.

[NYChez]

I'll remember his 1-0 complete game shutout over Jake Peavy as a key to the team's run.

[Bluechip]

That link doesn't say he's over with this year. That's just speculation from a reporter. I could easily see him being left off the Division series roster and being activated for the LCS if the Brewers make it and he feels better.

Most of the article is speculation, but I think the quote from Sheets basically says what the chances of him playing are: "That's it. That's all I had. . . . It was all I had. . . for the year."

[twobrewers]

Ben Sheets was amazing this year.

31 starts. 198.1 innings. 3.09 ERA. 1.15 WHIP.

He may have had some dings - but we don't sniff the playoffs without him. There isn't a pitcher in the NL that wouldn't be happy with those numbers. It is a shame he suffered through so much bad Milwaukee Brewers baseball (while pitching 230 innings!) only to miss our playoffs.

A giant THANKS goes out to Ben this evening.

[Madtown Bomber]

did that "Setting The 25-Man Playoff Roster" thread (thankfully) get deleted by the Mods?

I deleted it myself thank you very much. But thanks for showing the world what a jerk is.

[Gobias Industries]

So Ben is not going to get a World Series ring with the team then, huh? He'll get a pity ring along with Ueck and Yost, etc?

 

Man that is going to be awesome.

Nice to see you support the team. Oof.

[clancyphile]

Folks, it's worse than thought with Sheets:

The text I got from MLB.com says he has torn a flexor mass muscle. A Google search shows that this injury ENDED Brian Anderson's career.

 

That's REAL bad news, if you ask me.

[cbsquirrel]

Flexor mass muscle?

 

I'm a first year med student who just finished the anatmoy of the upper limb a few weeks ago, and I don't know what muscle that is. Can you link?

[dadofandrew]

It's what Troy Percival injured.

[Ennder]

So he pitched for a month with this including being sent out for 100+ pitches twice in a row by Yost? Or is this the product of him trying to pitch through a less serious problem and injuring himself more?

 

Good grief.

[razzzorsharp]

Wow that sucks for him mostly but also the Brewers (Picks/Playoffs).

[naivin]

Well, the comments coming from Sheets and the brewers make it sound rather minor - from a career perspective. Just requires time off apparently.

 

Obviously there are several million reasons for them to position it as such, but obviously any team offering big dough will want to examine hime, etc., so I suppose thsi is probably all true, but when it comes to injuries, I find the Brewers are just weird.

 

Sheets underwent another MRI scan on Monday in Milwaukee that revealed further tearing of the flexor mass, a muscle that helps stabilize the elbow. The tear was originally revealed in an MRI in late August or early September, after Sheets first felt pain in an Aug. 26 start against the Cardinals. For a time, he was able to pitch through the injury....

 

"I'm going to keep pushing like it's series-to-series," Sheets said. "But I don't know if that's realistic...

 

"We went aggressive at it," Sheets added. "I tried acupuncture, I tried massage. We tried everything. I tried it, and it didn't work."

 

...That's true, according to Ash, who said Sheets' elbow will heal with time. With Game 1 of the NLDS set for Wednesday, the Brewers just don't have that luxury.

"It's a very easy heal -- it just takes time," Ash said.

"Short-term, it's not good," Sheets said. "Long-term [estimate] would be fine. I was glad it wasn't something that it's short- and long-term. ...

[Ennder]

The tear was originally revealed in an MRI in late August or early September, after Sheets first felt pain in an Aug. 26 start against the Cardinals. For a time, he was able to pitch through the injury....

 

So they knew he was hurt and Yost sent him out for 120 pitches and then 113 pitches(in only 6 innings so they were high stress pitches) and then he wasn't able to finish another start. Is this a smart game plan? I'm so glad Yost is gone.

[sbrylski]

So this pretty much removes the option to offer arbitration, and we lose our picks. Damn.

[RyDogg66]

I'd still offer him arby.

[MillerParkSouth]

if it's a short term thing like they're saying, we still absolutely offer him arbitration. worst case scenario is he accepts and we have the same rotation we started the year with. I can live with that.