Sheffield out of todays game
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TORONTO (AP)—Detroit Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield was held out of the lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays because of soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder.
He will visit a doctor once the team returns to Detroit after a four-game series in Toronto that concludes Monday. Sheffield had surgery last October to repair a tear in his shoulder. He also had surgery on the same shoulder in 1995.
Sheffield believes scar tissue from the surgery is limiting his range of motion.
“I want to get it looked at,” Sheffield said. “I want to make sure I know what’s going on, how much scar tissue I really need to break up. … Obviously I can’t throw a baseball right now and can’t really reach across my body.”
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Tigers DH Sheffield sits with sore shoulder - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
I don't know if anyone else saw the game Friday night, but Shef took a wicked rip at a pitch that looked different from other swings he takes...it was like he couldn't control his follow through and the inertia of the bat carried him around farther than usual. It looked like it
had to hurt. The news today sorta confirms what I saw. I'm doubting his shoulder is going to hold out for a productive season.
Meanwhile, the Jays released the slumping Frank Thomas today
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TORONTO (AP)—Slumping designated hitter Frank Thomas was released Sunday by the Blue Jays, who cut the 19-year veteran one day after he became angry for being taken out of the lineup.
General manager J.P. Ricciardi said he and Thomas came to “a mutual agreement” after meeting in the clubhouse early Sunday.
“Our best opportunity is to put other guys in the lineup at this point,” Ricciardi said. “Obviously, reduced playing time is not something that he was interested in. In order to let him go forward and get on with his career, I think it’s fair to do it at this point.”
The move leaves the Blue Jays on the hook for the remainder of the two-year $18-million contract the 39-year-old Thomas signed in November 2006.
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Blue Jays release slumping DH Frank Thomas - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Time to make a move?