Brandon Lyon on the DL

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Fox Sports Arizona just reported Brandon has been put on the DL. He has a sore arm and retroactive to last Saturday. Not good news but at least it's not his elbow. Looks like we will be seeing Bruney and Valverde taking turns as the closer until Brandon gets healthy. Kata will be brought up.
 
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green machine said:
Should never have used him 3 days in a row. Never.

Agree. I mentioned that earlier. Hopefully Melvin does not do what Brenly did with overusing the relievers.
 

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green machine said:
Should never have used him 3 days in a row. Never.
Especially due to his history with arm problems. Ugh, our talented, young, hard-throwing bullpen could be set for years but instead it seems to be just an injury-prone pillar of inconsistency.
 

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The problem is anyone who IS consistent promptly gets burned out by overuse. Be nice to go into the last inning or so with a big fat lead and not let the opponents demand that we call on our closer.

So far BoMel's use of the young pen worries me a lot.
 

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AZZenny said:
The problem is anyone who IS consistent promptly gets burned out by overuse. Be nice to go into the last inning or so with a big fat lead and not let the opponents demand that we call on our closer.

So far BoMel's use of the young pen worries me a lot.
The problem is - who are you going to bring in instead? With our batting practice relievers Lightenberg and Lopez some how on the roster, anybody semi-decent you bring in is going to be overused. Lyon, Bruney, Koplove, and Cormier all have racked up a ton of appearances, and Valverde just came off the DL.
 

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USAToday said it was elbow tendinities(sp?), i would give you a link, but I was feeling wierd and actually purchased a paper to read. I jsut hope this is not going to linger long.
 

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The ubiqutous elbow tendonitis. Could be a short DL stint while inflammation goes down, could the the start of problems off and on all year. Could be Tommy John, unless he already had it.
 

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I was curious because it had been referred to casually as 'tennis elbow' - in fact, that is inflammation of the tendons attaching the extensors to the elbow (outer/side of joint). When the flexors, which are more medial/inner aspect are inflamed, it's GOLFER'S Elbow!!

Now having co-existed with a serious tennis player who developed bad Tennis elbow, and having had biceps tendinitis myself, this stuff can be unbelievably painful - like an icepick jammed into the joint or muscle at even minor movements. Rest, cortisone, and then careful stretching, strengthening, and warming up differently were effective for the tennis guy, but it finally took about 4-5 months of no aggravating motions at all to really let it heal and start from scratch.

Apparently in some cases (of medial/flexor stress especially) all sorts of nerve impingement (like carpal tunnel only its the ulnar nerve at the elbow) and tissue damage can develop and then it may require surgery, although not TJ - that's when the ulnar ligament ruptures and isn't directly related to this kind of strain normally.

I gather the chronic tendonitis was what Brandon Lyon went through prior to last year that was 'fixed' by surgically moving the ulnar nerve out of the way in 2004. So I guess in theory the nerve can't be trashed in the same way since it isn't 'there' now. But it seems like he'll be prone to this kind of chronic discomfort, doesn't it?
 
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