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08-23-2006, 06:11 PM
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Trainer says docs have located Park's problem
Starter DL'd again but could be back
By Tom Krasovic
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 23, 2006
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JIM BAIRD / Union-Tribune
Mike Piazza, ending a slump that had reached 0-for-26, watches his two-out, RBI single in the sixth inning.
The Padres have “ruled out anything extremely serious” relating to pitcher Chan Ho Park's intestinal bleeding, trainer Todd Hutcheson said yesterday. Park, as expected, was put on the disabled list yesterday, but manager Bruce Bochy said Park will pitch again, perhaps this year.
Park lost a third of his blood volume owing to bleeding in his small intestine, which is where Hutcheson said Park lost half his blood volume a few weeks ago.
As for the cause, Hutcheson said it appears a blood vessel or cluster of blood vessels ruptured. “It is structural. They're going to find a way to stop it and make sure it doesn't happen again,” Hutcheson said.
The last time Park was waylaid, he received three units of blood and returned to make starts on Aug. 11 and 16. He threw 86 pitches in the first outing and 85 in the second.
Hutcheson said Park had stopped bleeding earlier this month by the time tests could determine the source. On Monday, when Park reported an accelerated pulse and found out that he again was bleeding internally, the medical staff ordered a barrage of tests, and Park received two units of blood. Hutcheson said doctors “think they have found the source of the bleeding.”
Pitching lineup
Mike Thompson, recalled from Triple-A to replace Park, will probably start in Denver on Friday, followed by Clay Hensley and Jake Peavy. Chris Young, who left Sunday's outing because of a strained upper back muscle, reported improvement but will be re-evaluated.
A closer look at the pitching staff:
Hensley said he has recovered from a left buttocks strain that caused him to be scratched from Saturday's start. “I'm ready to go,” he said. Hensley said the injury forced him to improve his pitching posture, yielding an improved sinker on Sunday, when he relieved Young before the second inning and allowed only an unearned run in four innings.
Young made about 30 tosses on flat ground yesterday. “The ball came out free and easy. It feels a lot better,” he said. Hutcheson said Young probably strained a rhomboid muscle, which retracts the shoulder blade. Young's delivery is more overhand than most pitchers, and some pitchers with such a delivery are more apt to pinch the shoulder blade, putting extra strain on the rhomboid, but Hutcheson said Young's delivery isn't unusually stressful in that regard.
Young wouldn't be needed until next Wednesday in Phoenix. If Young is scratched, Tim Stauffer, Monday's winner, could get a second start. “I felt some soreness,” Young said. “But it wasn't as bad as I anticipated and I really didn't anticipate I'd even be throwing.”
Barfield responds
Second baseman Josh Barfield said he was stunned by an alleged incident involving his father, Jesse, and his younger brother, Jeremy, Sunday morning in Houston. According to a police report, Jeremy pushed the elder Barfield down a flight of stairs. Jesse Barfield, 46, suffered a head injury and was released from a hospital later Sunday. Jeremy, a ninth-round draft pick of the Mets in June, was arrested and could be charged with a misdemeanor.
“It was a family matter that's being handled in-house,” Barfield said. “But it's been a hectic last 48 hours. I've talked to my parents, and they've been overwhelmed.”
Barfield said he got the news of the incident Sunday morning before the Padres played Arizona.
“It's been tough . . . but you've got to separate this stuff,” said Barfield, who added that he hasn't yet talked to his brother.
“It felt good talking to my dad last night,” he said. “He was back to being dad and coach.”
Notes
Thompson will forgive Stauffer, his roommate in Portland, if he failed to tidy up upon his unexpected promotion to San Diego on Monday. “I guarantee you, he left dirty dishes in the sink,” Thompson said.
The rash of pitching ailments nearly spread to reliever Alan Embree, who on Monday was struck in the pitching hand by a pregame ceremonial pitch thrown by an overzealous dignitary. “I was trying to transfer my glove when the ball bounced up and smoked me,” Embree said.
Trainer says docs have located Park's problem
Starter DL'd again but could be back
By Tom Krasovic
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 23, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060823/images/sports_padres.jpg
JIM BAIRD / Union-Tribune
Mike Piazza, ending a slump that had reached 0-for-26, watches his two-out, RBI single in the sixth inning.
The Padres have “ruled out anything extremely serious” relating to pitcher Chan Ho Park's intestinal bleeding, trainer Todd Hutcheson said yesterday. Park, as expected, was put on the disabled list yesterday, but manager Bruce Bochy said Park will pitch again, perhaps this year.
Park lost a third of his blood volume owing to bleeding in his small intestine, which is where Hutcheson said Park lost half his blood volume a few weeks ago.
As for the cause, Hutcheson said it appears a blood vessel or cluster of blood vessels ruptured. “It is structural. They're going to find a way to stop it and make sure it doesn't happen again,” Hutcheson said.
The last time Park was waylaid, he received three units of blood and returned to make starts on Aug. 11 and 16. He threw 86 pitches in the first outing and 85 in the second.
Hutcheson said Park had stopped bleeding earlier this month by the time tests could determine the source. On Monday, when Park reported an accelerated pulse and found out that he again was bleeding internally, the medical staff ordered a barrage of tests, and Park received two units of blood. Hutcheson said doctors “think they have found the source of the bleeding.”
Pitching lineup
Mike Thompson, recalled from Triple-A to replace Park, will probably start in Denver on Friday, followed by Clay Hensley and Jake Peavy. Chris Young, who left Sunday's outing because of a strained upper back muscle, reported improvement but will be re-evaluated.
A closer look at the pitching staff:
Hensley said he has recovered from a left buttocks strain that caused him to be scratched from Saturday's start. “I'm ready to go,” he said. Hensley said the injury forced him to improve his pitching posture, yielding an improved sinker on Sunday, when he relieved Young before the second inning and allowed only an unearned run in four innings.
Young made about 30 tosses on flat ground yesterday. “The ball came out free and easy. It feels a lot better,” he said. Hutcheson said Young probably strained a rhomboid muscle, which retracts the shoulder blade. Young's delivery is more overhand than most pitchers, and some pitchers with such a delivery are more apt to pinch the shoulder blade, putting extra strain on the rhomboid, but Hutcheson said Young's delivery isn't unusually stressful in that regard.
Young wouldn't be needed until next Wednesday in Phoenix. If Young is scratched, Tim Stauffer, Monday's winner, could get a second start. “I felt some soreness,” Young said. “But it wasn't as bad as I anticipated and I really didn't anticipate I'd even be throwing.”
Barfield responds
Second baseman Josh Barfield said he was stunned by an alleged incident involving his father, Jesse, and his younger brother, Jeremy, Sunday morning in Houston. According to a police report, Jeremy pushed the elder Barfield down a flight of stairs. Jesse Barfield, 46, suffered a head injury and was released from a hospital later Sunday. Jeremy, a ninth-round draft pick of the Mets in June, was arrested and could be charged with a misdemeanor.
“It was a family matter that's being handled in-house,” Barfield said. “But it's been a hectic last 48 hours. I've talked to my parents, and they've been overwhelmed.”
Barfield said he got the news of the incident Sunday morning before the Padres played Arizona.
“It's been tough . . . but you've got to separate this stuff,” said Barfield, who added that he hasn't yet talked to his brother.
“It felt good talking to my dad last night,” he said. “He was back to being dad and coach.”
Notes
Thompson will forgive Stauffer, his roommate in Portland, if he failed to tidy up upon his unexpected promotion to San Diego on Monday. “I guarantee you, he left dirty dishes in the sink,” Thompson said.
The rash of pitching ailments nearly spread to reliever Alan Embree, who on Monday was struck in the pitching hand by a pregame ceremonial pitch thrown by an overzealous dignitary. “I was trying to transfer my glove when the ball bounced up and smoked me,” Embree said.