Moyer hospitalized
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Moyer hospitalized
Veteran lefty Jamie Moyer is expected to spend the next few days at Thomas Jefferson University hospital as doctors attempt to pinpoint the cause of renewed pain in his surgically-repaired groin/lower abdomen.
Here's team doctor Michael Ciccotti on the situation, which he says should not at this point prevent Moyer from returning for the start of spring training.
"As you know, seven weeks ago Jamie had a sports hernia repair by Dr. Bill Myers, who is a national expert," Ciccotti said. "And he had it done at Hanehman University, where Dr. Myers is, and everything went very well. And maybe since the weekend he started to have some increasing discomfort, some symptoms, and that prompted us to have him come to Philadelphia to be evaluated. He saw Bill Myers. Our feelng was we would have him admitted to Thomas Jefferson. We're in the midst of evaluating him. He's very comfortable. He's walking. He's up. He's doing his normal routine. And we're in the midst of evaluting him and treating him for this increase in pain. He's getting some tests, a MRI. We'll be monitoring him over the next several days. He's continuing to exercise as his comfort allows. That's really where we're at right now. His recurrent discomfort or pain is what prompted him to be evaluated and to come up here to be seen by Dr. Myers, who has done the surgery, so he could get a better perspective on it."
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The Phillies have made several minor league signings over the past week. The headliner is probably DeWayne Wise, a 32-year-old utility man who is best known as the guy who saved Mark Buehrle's perfect game with an outstanding leaping catch at the wall.
Wise hit .225/.262/.366 in 153 plate appearances for the White Sox. The Phillies also have signed 31-year-old Wilson Valdez, another utility man who hit .256/.326/.337 in 95 plate appearances for the Mets.
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Wow it is is Thanksgiving--Not Wish you well Jamie.— KINGOFZED
All the best to JM....speedy recovery...see you in the spring.— psuwelsh- Like I've said before, the Phils are going to see to it that Moyer dosen't pass his physical and dosen't make the '10 roster. This nothing of a blurb leaked by the team is laying ground work towards that.— thorshuffle
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- Why would the Phillies not want Moyer to pass his physical? Regardless if he's physically able to play next year, or if they don't want him back, they have to PAY him. Baseball contracts are ironclad and his money is guaranteed. If you don't understand how baseball works don't make idiotic comments.— Eilex826
- Best regard to JM and we hope you are feeling better soon. Sorry to have you in Jeff for the holiday. GBA— vc bear
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- Good luck Jamie ... please recover soon!— Phront_Runner
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- They don't want him to pitch again because he was just plain awful last year and he's on the other side of 40. If he fails his physical his contract will be paid by insurance, not the team payroll. So know how the game works Eilex826 before you shoot your mouth off dope!!— thorshuffle
- thorshuffle...in case you're not totally aware of how a baseball contract works, it is not fully insured. A team rarely recovers 100% of the money and the insurance on the contract only pays out under certain circumstances. For instance a pitcher coming off shoulder surgery makes it difficult, if not impossible, to get insurance for a shoulder. You, nor I, have no idea how exactly the insurance coverage is written. What insurance company, in this day and age, would guarantee that much much money to a 46 year old pitcher? Hmm..— Eilex826
- thorshuffle -- how do you know the Phillies insured Moyers' contract?— paolibulldog
- I'm fully aware of how the system works. While the coverage may not be 100% it will be a large percentage of the remainder of the contract. Since Moyer's deal was signed before the start of last season and the injury occured during that contract the contract will be insured if he's physically unable to perform. You're trying to argue about getting insured after the fact. I'm not saying that at all.— thorshuffle
- Never saw more fans worry more about how a team spends than how much in the last 125+ years said team actually won.You would think the money is actually coming out of their own pockets.I wish more people would worry about things like how are we going to pay back China for the Trillions of dollars we've borrowed from them the last 8-9 yrs and how if we lower taxes we can pay them and the other countries that own our 12 Trillion dollar PLUS debt back.— GeorgeDumbyaBush
