Is Curt Schilling Done?

Curt Schilling has a shoulder injury. And according to reports, it’s more serious than the injury that caused him to miss 7 weeks last season.

Curt Schilling has visited Dr. Craig Morgan, who performed surgery on his shoulder in 1995. Sources have told reporters in Boston that Morgan feels Schilling needs surgery, while the Red Sox would like him to rehab his shoulder without surgery.

The sources also say that the Red Sox have inquired about voiding his contract, which calls for a base pay of $8 million with several more million in incentives. Obviously, Schilling does not want his contract voided.

At this point, the injury is believed to be a rotator cuff or labrum tear. Surgery would end Schilling’s year, almost certainly. And he’s said this is definitely his last year.

Neither Schilling nor the Red Sox have publicly commented on the injury or the dispute as of yet, which is an ominous sign. If Schill had just visited Dr. Morgan to say “Aah,” he would have no doubt quickly released a statement to quash these rumors.

Schilling had a physical before he and the Sox inked this deal. Did they miss something? Or did he hurt his shoulder doing something non-baseball related?

...Update...

According to MLBTR,

Schilling has opted for rehab rather than surgery, as decided by a third party doctor. Boston's doctor advised rehab, while one of Schilling's advised surgery. It's a partial rotator cuff tear, and it'll keep Schilling out until at least the All-Star break.

This is not really a HUGE break for the Red Sox simply because they have depth at the SP position. Heres their rotation without Schilling..

1. Josh Beckett
2. Daisuke Matsuzaka
3. Tim Wakefield
4. Jon Lester
5. Clay Buchholz

Still pretty solid, and better than the Yankees rotation at this point...

League Roundup

Lets see what has happened around the MLB within the past few days...

• The Marlins have signed OF Luis Gonzalez to a 2-year deal. They also signed 3B Dallas Mcpherson to a 1-year pact.

• Former Met, C Johnny Estrada signed a 1-year deal with the Nationals.

• The Red Sox signed 1B Sean Casey to a 1-year deal.

• The Rays have signed relief pitcher Trevor Miller and Eric Hinske to 1-year deals.

• The Detroit Tigers signed CF Curtis Granderson to a 5-year contract extension, worth a reported $30.25 million, and includes a club option for a 6th season; the contract buys out 1st year of free agency.

There is your roundup. If you're bored, vote on the new poll.. or look at the following video, good stuff.



They've got my vote for American Idol.

Around the League

In the past week or so, I have not been posting regularly so I have most likely missed a lot of signings and information that has happened during that time span. This post is here to make it up and take a look at what has happened recently...

• The Atlanta Braves traded 3B Willy Aybar and IF Chase Fontaine to the Tampa Bay Rays for LHP Jeff Ridgway... from what I can gather, Fontaine was a pretty good prospect, more on this deal later..

• The Texas Rangers signed SP Jason Jennings for 1 year, worth a reported $4 million, plus incentives.

• The Florida Marlins signed SP Mark Hendrickson for 1 year, worth a reported $1.5 million.

• The Detroit Tigers signed SP Nate Robertson to a 3-year contract extension worth $21.25 million; the deal buys out his first year of free agency.

• The Chicago Cubs signed SP Jon Lieber to a 1-year contract worth $3.5 million in guarantees; the deal does include performance bonuses for games started and innings pitched.

• The Oakland Athletics traded OF Mark Kotsay to the Atlanta Braves for pitchers Joey Devine and Jamie Richmond.

• The Oakland Athletics signed OF Emil Brown to a 1-year contract; financial terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed.

• The Texas Rangers signed RP Eddie Guardado for 1 year, worth a reported $2 million base salary and another $4M in performance bonuses.

Out of the eight deals, I think the Mets should have gone after Eddie Guaradado and Jason Jennings. They are both coming off injury riddled years, but each deal could turn out to be huge bargains for the Texas Rangers...

Around the League

Around the League....

I will go through all the signings, trades, and re-signings since December 20th, 2007...

December 20th..

• The Padres signed C Michael Barrett to a 1-year deal.

• The Mariners made a horrible move by signing SP Carlos Silva to a 4-year $48 million contract.

• The Royals signed RP Ron Mahay to a 2-year contract.

• The Philies slightly upgraded their team by signing OF Geoff Jenkins to a two-year contract with a mutual vesting option for 2010 and SP Chad Durbin to a one-year contract.

• The Tigers signed SP Dontrelle Willis to a three-year contract extension.

December 21st..

• The Rangers acquired OF Josh Hamilton from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for RHP Edinson Volquez and Minor League LHP Danny Herrera.

• The Rockies signed RP Luis Vizcaino on a two-year contract with a club option for 2010.

• The Indians signed former Met, RP Matt Ginter to a 1-year contract and invited him to spring training.
  

December 22nd..

• The Mets signed RP Juan Padilla to a 1-year deal with an invitation to spring training.
  

December 23rd..

• The Phillies signed utility OF So Taguchi to a one-year contract with a club option for 2009.

December 24th..

• The Marlins actually spent some money and signed Infielder Jose Castillo to a one-year deal.

December 25th..

• Nothing Happened.

December 26th..

• Mark Prior Agreed to a deal with the San Diego Padres. The deal is for $1 million Guaranteed and he can earn more than $3 million in incentives. The Mets made a lucrative proposal to him.
  

December 27th..

• The Royals signed C Miguel Olivo to a 1-year contract.
  

Sorry I have not been able to post regularly, I am in Florida on vacation with my family. But while I have been gone DJ Rielly of Mets 4 Life and John Young of Shea Nation have done an exceptional job of keeping this blog up-to-date. I'll be back posting regularly within the next week.