Loading ...Hampton Lands On 15-Day DL
Written by Jonathan on April 4, 2008 – 7:34 amThe disabled list is a place where we all wondered how long it would take Mike Hampton to land. I think most of us, however, bought into the fact that maybe he would at least make it through a pitch or two in the regular season. Nevertheless, we’ve lost him for at least two weeks, causing some roster shake-ups in the first week of the season.
During pregame warmups to make his first big league start since August 19th, 2005 last night, Hampton felt some tightness and discomfort in his left pectoral muscle on his 23rd warm up pitch. He tried to make a couple of more pitches before the Braves made the decision to scratch him to try to avoid further injury. Hampton apparently had a ton of family and friends in the stands to see his start. My question to them……Why?
Chuck James, whose shoulder has not been bothering him lately, is the likely candidate to fill the spot in the starting rotation. The Braves have also made the decision to call up Jo-Jo Reyes from Richmond to take the long reliever start; a move that I’m sure more than just I could agree would have been better filled by Buddy Carlyle. I’m far from high on Jo-Jo’s abilities to pitch in the big leagues yet. Maybe he’ll prove us wrong. Hopefully we’ll see Hampton back soon.
Tags: Chuck James, Disabled List, Injury, Jo-Jo Reyes, Mike Hampton
Posted in Injuries | 8 Comments »
By Eric on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
This season seems to be going down the tubes with the quickness. This team has so much potential, and although they are 3 one-run losses, they are still losses, and our pitching situation seems to worsen every day. I had high hopes for this team, and I hope they can rebound from this and start winning some games. GO BRAVES
/now please beat the goddamn mets
By Colin on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
I can’t believe they’d bring up Jo-Jo after his performance this spring. Carlyle is MUCH better suited for whatever role Reyes is going to fill.
As for Hampton, I’m really not surprised. And by not really surprised, I mean really disappointed. I saw him pitch twice already this spring – once in Florida and once in the exhibition game here in Atlanta, and he looked great. His stuff was awesome. I had actually thought that we’d get at least a few starts out of him.
Oh well.
But Reyes isn’t going to help the bullpen, that’s for darn sure.
By Josh on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
The Braves will get it together. A 1-3 start and Eric is ready to throw in the towel. They have hit well, the pitching has been ok. We are just slow out the gate. Hampton should have not been a real shock to anyone. The man cant turn on his own tv with out tearing a muscle, acl, blowing out his elbow. Let’s just all calm down and hopefully whip the mets ass this weekend.
By Jonathan on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
A 1-3 start is definitely not the end of the world. I’ve seen some things I like and some things I don’t like through the season so far.
I like the offense. They’re producing most of the time, just not always in the clutch situations. All of our losses have been one-run games.
The use of the bullpen scares me. If we’re averaging using 6 guys from the pen every night, they’re not going to last….the concept of Jo-Jo in the bullpen….don’t get me started.
At least we’re all trained to look for Hampton’s name on the DL…..
By Josh on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
M-E-T-S My Entire Team Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I can't believe they'd bring up Jo-Jo after his performance this spring. Carlyle is MUCH better suited for whatever role Reyes is going to fill.
As for Hampton, I'm really not surprised. And by not really surprised, I mean really disappointed. I saw him pitch twice already this spring – once in Florida and once in the exhibition game here in Atlanta, and he looked great. His stuff was awesome. I had actually thought that we'd get at least a few starts out of him.
Oh well.
But Reyes isn't going to help the bullpen, that's for darn sure.
By Josh on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
The Braves will get it together. A 1-3 start and Eric is ready to throw in the towel. They have hit well, the pitching has been ok. We are just slow out the gate. Hampton should have not been a real shock to anyone. The man cant turn on his own tv with out tearing a muscle, acl, blowing out his elbow. Let's just all calm down and hopefully whip the mets ass this weekend.
By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
A 1-3 start is definitely not the end of the world. I've seen some things I like and some things I don't like through the season so far.
I like the offense. They're producing most of the time, just not always in the clutch situations. All of our losses have been one-run games.
The use of the bullpen scares me. If we're averaging using 6 guys from the pen every night, they're not going to last….the concept of Jo-Jo in the bullpen….don't get me started.
At least we're all trained to look for Hampton's name on the DL…..