Michael Pineda out for 2012
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 04/24/12 11:45 PM ET ARLINGTON — The Yankees are waiting for a second opinion on right-hander Michael Pineda, who had a dye contrast MRI exam performed on his ailing right shoulder on Tuesday in New York.
Michael Pineda's career might not be over, but it's hard to imagine worse injury news. In 2004, Will Carroll described labrum injuries thusly: But if pitchers with torn labrums were horses, they'd be destroyed. Of the 36 major-league hurlers diagnosed
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 04/24/12 11:45 PM ET ARLINGTON — The Yankees are waiting for a second opinion on right-hander Michael Pineda, who had a dye contrast MRI exam performed on his ailing right shoulder on Tuesday in New York.
Michael Pineda has a tear in his right labrum and will undergo arthroscopic surgery next Tuesday, according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News (Twitter link). The 23-year-old will likely miss a full year, MLB.com's
The worst one, of course, was in Manhattan, where it was determined that Michael Pineda — who not long ago was expected to be the No. 2 starter on the Yankees' staff in 2012 — won't even throw his first pitch for them until sometime in 2013.
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