Orioles: Hennessey, Parrish shelved
Manager Dave Trembley said a few minutes ago that starting rotation candidates Brad Hennessey and John Parrish are not going to pitch for awhile and now are not in the mix to make the club out of spring training.
"Hennessey and Parrish are going to be out for awhile,'' he said, "so there's no point in my talking about them...I already felt they had missed so much time that they weren't going to break camp with the team. So, there's no sense of urgency with them."
Hennessey came up with a sore elbow in the first exhibition game of the preseason and apparently has not gotten the inflammation down enough to compete for a starting role. Parrish came up with a sore shoulder early on and just fell too far behind the rest of the pitchers.
Other updates: Mark Hendrickson, Adam Eaton and Alfredo Simon all threw in simulated game action today. Trembley said Hendrickson will throw in an intrasquad game on Thursday, Eaton will throw in one of the split-squad games on Friday, and Simon will throw again on Thursday or Friday.
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Parrish had plenty of time with the extra week to prepare for the season unless (Parrish the thought) his injury is more extensive than they are letting on. Either way, something stinks
Posted by: stevO's | March 8, 2009 12:14 PM
I don't understand the rule that allows the O's to cut Guthrie's contract. If he is supposed to be their ace, and he is, why would you make such a move to antagonize the guy?
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Pete's reply: We said the same thing about them renewing Markakis last year, but it worked out. Guthrie still will make $200,000 more than Markakis after his second year, and Markakis drove in 112 runs.
Posted by: Big Bill | March 8, 2009 5:37 PM
Typical Orioles. Lowballing their "best" pitcher to save a couple dimes. Where is all the MASN money going????
Posted by: Sean | March 8, 2009 7:32 PM