Zack Greinke has fractured rib; Latest-- May miss more than 3 starts, possibly all of April

[pretendastronaut]

According to McCalvy and Rosenthal. Will miss 3 starts.

[Jofis11ep]

Adam McCalvy is reporting on Twitter that Zack Greinke has a fractured rib and will miss extended time. I can't find it anywhere else...

[Jofis11ep]

Even media has not gotten much information on the diagnosis, apparently they are hearing from the doctor currently. McCalvy will then be posting an article to Brewers.com

[pretendastronaut]

Greinke suffering from some type of ribcage injury. #Brewers about to inform the media. Will miss first 3 starts of season. #MLB

 

Per Rosenthal

 

Zack Greinke has a fractured rib and won't be ready by opening day. Lots more to come on Brewers.com but we're about to get details from Dr.

 

Per McCalvy

[pretendastronaut]

More from Rosenthal;

 

Greinke hurt playing basketball #Brewers #MLB

MRI on Greinke revealed one bruised rib and one hairline fracture. Bone will take 4 to 6 weeks to heal. #Brewers #MLB

Greinke fall was 2 wks ago. Could start throwing again in 2 wks #Brewers doc says injury very mild. Could pitch if this was playoffs. #MLB

[GormanHarvey]

Wonderful. Just wonderful

[pretendastronaut]

Tweets from Haudricourt:

 

Greinke had been nursing sore ribs all camp but wouldn't say what he did to them. Admitted he was hurt plain pickup basketball.

When Greinke's ribs continued to bother him, an MRI was performed that revealed the crack. He'll go on DL and Brewers need replacement.

[GormanHarvey]

I'm sorry, but what a ridiculous way to get hurt just as ST is beginning

[dlk9s]

Fire Doug Melvin

[crewcrazy]

Well, Greinke did admit he hurt it doing "something stupid" when asked a week or two ago about it. The good news is that he would've been able to pitch if needed, and that he'll only miss a few starts. No reason to push him into action when it's not necessary.

[carniesandrubes]

And by the looks of things on the JS blogs and elsewhere, a bunch of "fans" have also injured themselves jumping off the bandwagon http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[GormanHarvey]

http://www.jsonline.mobi/...?ua=android&dc=smart&c=y

[jjkoestler]

The JS comments section makes me appreciate BrewerFan so much more.

[PrinceEatMeat]

This sucks. Was looking forward to seeing him pitch, now the wait is just longer I guess. Now we need Rogers to get healthy to fill a few starts.

[DocBrewPack]

Well i guess we are starting the year on a 4 man rotation, Grienke will just the be the one getting skipped

[PrinceEatMeat]

Except that we play 9 days in a row after the off day after opening day, so we still need a 5th starter for a few starts. No player should be playing basketball once spring training starts. It's stupid.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Looking at the schedule, we could just put the other 4 guys on an a regular schedule, and only need a 5th starter on April 6 and 16. Then slot Greinke in on April 26 at the latest and we're fine. We can probably just give Parra or Rogers those 2 starts until Greinke's back. I don't see any reason to not go with a 4 man rotation in April now that Greinke is out.

[TauPentaRei]

that much fresher for October. I'm OK with this.

[DocBrewPack]

It says he can start throwing again in 2 weeks. Im not sure how long it takes but i was thinking he would be ready by April 6th, or at least 16th.

[PrinceEatMeat]

The 16th is a possibility I think. Otherwise sometime soon after that. So, we may only need to fill one start if Roenicke does it the right way. 2 at max. Unless he stupidly goes with a 5-man rotation.

[owbc]

Does Greinke get paid for the time he is missing because (I assume) he violated his contract?

[BrewCrewForever]

Really stinks, but not the end of the world. Just give him the time he needs to feel pain free and 100%. Hope that Rogers or Rivas can seize this opportunity and be the 5th guy until Zack comes back.

[hawing]

OK, not worried then about who I see pitch on the 4th, 6th, 8th or 10th of April (for starters, no pun intended).

 

Just for the record: McCalvy's Brew Beat entry

[DHonks]

I really don't think this is a big deal. Our other 4 starters are solid-to-good and between Rogers, Rivas, Dillard, Scarpetta (for 2 starts it wouldn't kill us...and he might learn a lot), etc we can grind our way through 2 starts

[thebruce44]

Better now than in the season. This wont be the last time a starter has to miss a few.