Weaver out 4-6 weeks with broken elbow

[Eric]

Replacing Weav for 7-9 starts, plus adding a few substandard starts after he comes back to the rotation (hopefully) my guess is that this injury just cost the Angels about 3 wins over the course of the year.  If, by year's end, the Angels miss the playoffs by 3 wins or less, Weav's injury can be thought of as the difference.

[Jimmag]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

o.k. I'm over it.

[PercySquint]

Let's hope Scioscia taps Richards to fill in instead of Williams. And EVERYBODY on the team steps it up, starting tonight.

[Troll Daddy]

I think he will only miss a couple of starts ... his elbow doesn't need to be 100 % ... does it? Jim Abbott pitched for a long time without a hand . I think Weaver will man up!

 

I broke my elbow 10 years and it's still not right ... it's a self healing injury and you have to go through therapy.

[Brandon]

I'm not pitching today, bud

[GregAlso]

Some positive news:

@Buster_ESPN: 4-to-6 week estimate on Jered Weaver absence viewed within Angels' organization as very conservative. Could return sooner.

[fan_since79]

Sorry, but when I saw this, my first thought was "Third place".

 

I have strong doubts about this rotation, and now this...

[Blarg]

Replacing Weav for 7-9 starts, plus adding a few substandard starts after he comes back to the rotation (hopefully) my guess is that this injury just cost the Angels about 3 wins over the course of the year.  If, by year's end, the Angels miss the playoffs by 3 wins or less, Weav's injury can be thought of as the difference.

I guess you might as well throw in the towel, log off and follow some hockey or basketball until the NFL returns, Mr Sunshine.

[bdavis621]

I think that Weaver will probably only miss 4 to 5 starts. This is a good test for this team to see how mentally tough it is much like in 2009 when Adenhart passed away.

[Second Base]

Actually Brian, though no one knows it yet, I'm only two fifths right so far. 

 

I predicted Richards would step into the rotation (1) and delivery gutsy performances that saved the season (2).  Two days ago I predicted Dane De La Rosa would be promoted (3) to the Angels and earn himself a permanent spot in their pen (4).  The article is coming out later today.

 

I'm here to say, It's going to be alright.  If you want that to be the fifth prediction, you may.

 

Here are my original 5 Bold Predictions - http://www.monkeywithahalo.com/2013-articles/march/five-bold-predictions-for-the-angels-in-2013.html

[Wallerrrr]

Let's hope Scioscia taps Richards to fill in instead of Williams. And EVERYBODY on the team steps it up, starting tonight.

This makes me feel a little better

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6311/cj-wilson

[Wallerrrr]

I think that Weaver will probably only miss 4 to 5 starts. This is a good test for this team to see how mentally tough it is much like in 2009 when Adenhart passed away.

 

Weaver being injured for a month.....Nick Adenhart passing away....

 

yeah, i can totally see the similarities

[Schildog]

sigh

[Richard]

I predict weaver misses 3-5 starts, and is back sooner than the timetable released. Dude is a gamer, took a nasty come backer off his arm last year and didn't miss a beat.

[Wallerrrr]

left elbows are overrated anyways

[Eric]

I guess you might as well throw in the towel, log off and follow some hockey or basketball until the NFL returns, Mr Sunshine.

 

Yeah, Mr. No Biggie. You're right.  Weav was the one holding this team back from  being great.  Now that he's out of the way, this team can really start to perform up to their potential.

 

In fact, why don't the Angels try to trade Weav, it's not like they need him or anything, right?  No one player can impact a ballclub that much.

 

Thank you, Mr. No Biggie, your astute and incisive observations have helped me to see the light.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

How much time would he miss if they just took his left arm off? 

 

In all seriousness as others said thankfully it's not his right arm.  Here's to a quick and healthy recovery. 

[Richard]

So we go from a thread proclaiming him washed up to one where our season is DOOMED without him. 

[baseballplayer]

This has to be one of the strangest injuries I've ever seen. Hate seeing guys get hurt because they put in so much time to get their bodies ready to play. The Angels offense will make up for this loss and probably be better off for it.....he will come back refreshed and ready to roll.

[Eric]

This has to be one of the strangest injuries I've ever seen.

 

You haven't been an Angels fan very long, have you?  You want to talk about "strange injuries", talk to Chuck Finley, or Bobby Valentine first.  This injury by Weav is way way way down on a very long list of "strange" for the Angels.

[baseballplayer]

You haven't been an Angels fan very long, have you?  You want to talk about "strange injuries", talk to Chuck Finley, or Bobby Valentine first.  This injury by Weav is way way way down on a very long list of "strange" for the Angels.

No...I am an Angels admirer from a distance....mainly because I loved watching Rod Carew....so, no I'm not up on all the crazy injuries the Angels have sustained over the years.

[fan_since79]

Nothing beats Joyner's infected leg before Game 4 of the 1986 ALCS. Devastating.

[Eric]

No...I am an Angels admirer from a distance....mainly because I loved watching Rod Carew....so, no I'm not up on all the crazy injuries the Angels have sustained over the years.

 

The list is long and rather distinguished.  After all, it wasn't the Angels inability to make the World Series alone that gave rise to the old Indian Burial grounds conspiracy theory for all those years. The Angels have always seemed to find new and exciting ways of having freak injuries.  Mo Vaughn on his first play in an Angels Uniform, for instance.  Chuck Finley being asked in press conferences, seriously, mind you, if he broke any mirrors or walked under any ladders recently.  Bobby Valentine getting his cleat stuck in the outfield fence resulting in a broken leg.  Joyner, Morales, etc etc etc.

 

And those are just some of the injuries where the players survived!  Don't even get started on the number of players who didn't.

[bdavis621]

How about Mo Vaughn falling into the dugout on the first game of the season. At that time I thought the stadium was cursed but then 2002 came along.

[bloodbrother]

Well this isn't good. One of the things they could ill afford to happen ends up actually happening(Their ace getting hurt)

 

Can this team get some good luck at ALL