Bondo to Detroit for Doctor's Visit

by Ian Casselberry on Mar 2, 2009 12:45 PM EST in Detroit Tigers News

UPDATE (7:00 p.m.): As densogirl mentioned in the comments, the Freep's John Lowe reported that Bonderman's exam came out clean, with no structural problems found. If all goes according to plan, and Bondo's soreness clears up after he finishes his anti-inflammatory meds, he'll resume his throwing program (and still be on schedule for the regular season) .

Another red flag for Jeremy Bonderman? Or just a necessary precaution? Jason Beck just reported on his blog that the Tigers sent Bondo to Detroit this morning to have his sore shoulder checked out by team doctors.

Maybe the Tigers are just covering all their bases, and it certainly seems better not to make any guesses, but Beck says that Bonderman originally wasn't even going to see a doctor in Lakeland. So does this indicate a growing concern that there could be a larger problem with that shoulder?

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Can we chill out on this a little?

Prior to mid-February the guy hadn’t really done much throwing in nearly 6 months. It seems fairly logical to me that getting him game-ready would take some time. And I’m happy the team is going overboard now as opposed to losing him for the season some time in June.

Worst case scenario is that he starts the year on the DL so he can get some innings in the minors before coming up. That’ll give an opportunity to BYB staff ace Zach Miner to show his stuff in the rotation for a while.

by MacRae on Mar 2, 2009 2:29 PM EST reply actions