TIM BYRDAK RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mets News: Tim Byrdak starts throwing, eyes July return
Mets News:
Tim Byrdak threw in an extended spring training game Saturday for the first time since undergoing surgery in August to repair a torn anterior capsule in his pitching shoulder.
The Mets are eyeing July for a return to the majors for Byrdak.
Byrdak, 39, could provide a welcome complement to overworked Scott Rice. Rice, while effective, has appeared in 31 of the Mets...
Mets Sign Tim Byrdak To Minor League Deal
As reported by Adam Rubin Of ESPN NY, Tim Byrdak will be signing a minor-league deal with the Mets for 2013
While a bit of an odd move considering Byrdak just had surgery on a torn anterior capsule and the recovery time is over a year, the Mets may just be looking to add some depth that may be able to contribute to some extent for the 2013 season.
This may be something that is beneficial...
Another One Bites The Dust: Tim Byrdak
Mets left-handed reliever Tim Byrdak, aka The Byrdman, aka Hulk Hogan, was placed on the DL friday with a sore shoulder. Ok, no problem. Like most Mets fans, I figured he was bound to wind up there with a dead arm at some point this year consider how much this guy is used. But when the results of an MRI showed a torn anterior capsule of his left shoulder, I was angry.
When...
Tim Byrdak done for the season
According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York the New York Mets received news on Monday afternoon that an MRI revealed that lefty reliever Tim Byrdak has a torn anterior capsule in his shoulder. According to Rubin:
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Surgery is a possibility, although treatment for the injury has not been finalized, according to the team. Starters Johan Santana and Chris Young...
Byrdak To DL With Sore Shoulder
The New York Mets have announced that left handed reliever Tim Byrdak has been placed on the 15 Day DL with a sore left shoulder.
Byrdak, 38, will have an MRI in New York on Monday and will be examined by team doctors from the Hospital for Special Surgery.
The Mets lefty specialist is 2-2 for the season with a 4.41 in 56 appearances spanning 30.2 innings.
Tim Byrdak’s dominance, Torres’ BB rate, Wright’s records
If you ask most National League lefty batters which southpaw they hate to face in the late innings, undoubtedly most would say Aroldis Chapman of the Reds, who has limited LHB to a .367 OPS while recording an 8.67 K/BB ratio. But the Mets have quite a weapon of their own to neutralize big lefty batters late in the game in Tim Byrdak. Last year Byrdak limited lefties to a .604...
Can the Mets compete with Tim Byrdak’s workload?
In his last 10 games Tim Byrdak has faced 11 batters. He has done an outstanding job, retiring 10 of the 11 batters and the only one to reach base drew a walk. Byrdak is a lefty specialist and manager Terry Collins is maximizing his use in that very role. Last year Collins did an outstanding job getting Byrdak to face a LHB in 65% of his PA. This year he is on a similar pace, facing...
Byrdak believes he will be ready for Opening Day
Less than one week after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, New York Mets lefty specialist Tim Byrdak told reporters he is happy with his progression thus far and will begin throwing Friday. While general manager Sandy Alderson called an Opening Day return a “long shot” for Byrdak, the left hander believes otherwise, saying:
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How on earth will Mets replace Tim Byrdak’s 37.2 IP?
Lefty reliever Tim Byrdak underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery to repair his torn meniscus and will be out for a minimum of six weeks. Last season, his first year with the Mets, Byrdak posted a 3.82 ERA and a 1.407 WHIP. That performance so overwhelmed the team’s brass that they rushed out and signed the 38 year old to a contract for 2012. Now the team is scrambling...
Byrdak To Have Torn Meniscus Surgery
Left-handed reliever Tim Byrdak will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, a team official has confirmed.
Byrdak had been complaining of a sore knee that has bothered him the last few weeks.
He was sent to New York this morning for further testing at the Hospital For Special Surgery in Manhattan.
Surgery has been scheduled for Tuesday (tomorrow).
Byrdak was...
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