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Video: Howard, Utley injury update

POSTED: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 7:59 PM

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Video: Ryan Howard and Chase Utley have been out of spring training games due to their injuries from last season. The Inquirer's Matt Gelb has the latest on Utley and Howard's injury and when they might return.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:17 AM, 03/15/2012

Well asked, @main.....

— 24sDad

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:48 AM, 03/15/2012

Name a team that's a contender that has no leadoff hitter and no cleanup hitter.

If Howard comes back the middle of next year and shows that he can hit, maybe $7.5m of his annual salary could be recovered by sending him to an AL team where he could DH. I didn't think Utley would make it through last year. Polly was great until he got hurt last year, but we can't expect him to contribute much to the oh-fense. Rollins is likely to have a couple of stints on the DL or to need considerable rest due to chronic hamstring problems. If anything happens to Ruiz, all bets are off. The notion that this team can contend seems a bit fanciful right now. Too bad the Phils didn't sign Mark DeRosa instead of the journeymen they did sign.

— bobdc