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Gload has labral tear in hip
If Michael Martinez pinch hitting and Ross Gload sitting on the bench Tuesday night wasn't enough of a red light, a glance at the Phillies stats this season would also make one come to the conclusion that something just isn't right with Gload.
The 35-year-old Gload, one of the more accomplished, veteran pinch hitters in the big leagues, has 34 at-bats this season. Martinez, a 28-year-old who never played in a big league game before last month, has 37 at-bats.
The reason for Gload's lack of playing time? He's got a tear in his hip, an injury not unlike the one Chase Utley played through in 2008.
Of course, Utley's injury also required surgery following the '08 season.
I caught up with Ruben Amaro Jr. a little while ago, thinking Gload's injury wasn't all that serious.
Is the Gload thing just a minor, day-to-day thing?
Amaro: "It's not necessarily minor. He's got a labral issue. But we're going to try to manage through it."
Right now you don't think it's a DL thing?
Amaro: "No because I think it's one of those injuries, no dissimilar to Chase's in that he's got a tear in there, and he's either going to play it out and manage it. He'll probably play as much as he can, tolerate it as much as he can."
Was this going on before the season?
Amaro: "No, I don't think it was going on before the season, but it started to bother him a little bit as the beginning of the season started and it got progressively worse."
Plan on testing it (MRI)?
Amaro: "He's going to be able to play here pretty soon. Hopefully he'll be playing shortly."
The 35-year-old Gload, one of the more accomplished, veteran pinch hitters in the big leagues, has 34 at-bats this season. Martinez, a 28-year-old who never played in a big league game before last month, has 37 at-bats.
The reason for Gload's lack of playing time? He's got a tear in his hip, an injury not unlike the one Chase Utley played through in 2008.
Of course, Utley's injury also required surgery following the '08 season.
I caught up with Ruben Amaro Jr. a little while ago, thinking Gload's injury wasn't all that serious.
Is the Gload thing just a minor, day-to-day thing?
Amaro: "It's not necessarily minor. He's got a labral issue. But we're going to try to manage through it."
Right now you don't think it's a DL thing?
Amaro: "No because I think it's one of those injuries, no dissimilar to Chase's in that he's got a tear in there, and he's either going to play it out and manage it. He'll probably play as much as he can, tolerate it as much as he can."
Was this going on before the season?
Amaro: "No, I don't think it was going on before the season, but it started to bother him a little bit as the beginning of the season started and it got progressively worse."
Plan on testing it (MRI)?
Amaro: "He's going to be able to play here pretty soon. Hopefully he'll be playing shortly."
posted by Ryan Lawrence at
5:08 PM
2 Comments:
the total at bats comparison is meaningless—a backup position player on a team wrought with injuries vs a pinch hitter? really?
Yes, really. They're both reserves, bench players.
Martinez has made 7 starts this season (he wasn't playing as regularly as Orr or Valdez). Gload has made 3 starts.
If Gload was NOT playing through a hip injury, he would have been in line for more starts/playing time, especially with the struggles Francisco (in May) and Ibanez (in April) had gone through.
So, yes, really, the at-bats comparison holds up.
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