[情報] Matsuzaka to miss at least a month, likely more

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http://soxblog.projo.com/2011/05/matsuzaka-to-mi-1.html Matsuzaka to miss at least a month, likely more 6:02 PM Wed, May 18, 2011 Tim Britton BOSTON -- It might be a long time before Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches again for the Red Sox. Matsuzaka was diagnosed with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament and a strain to his common flexor mass, the result of an MRI taken on Tuesday by team medical director Dr. Tom Gill. For now, Matsuzaka will be shut down for two weeks before being re-examined. Manager Terry Francona said, though, that a return to throwing even then would be "ambitious." "That is the first time that he will be looked at, but I don't think that we should expect him to be ready to throw then," said Francona. "We've got to let him have some time down, and then let him, when he pitches again, let him go out there and feel where he's free and easy, where he doesn't have to guard against anything, so he can think about pitching and not his arm." Matsuzaka hasn't felt right since he departed his April 29 start against the Mariners with stiffness in that right elbow. Anyone watching the right-hander could tell that, even after he returned with some extra rest, he wasn't pitching the same. Matsuzaka confirmed that he had altered the way he pitched, throwing fewer fastballs and more curveballs to compensate for a drop in velocity of roughly two miles per hour. "The feeling of the pitches changed after the Mariners. That's something I modified to," Matsuzaka said through interpreter Kenta Yamada. "I couldn't throw as fast as before. But within this condition, I tried to do my best to modify it. I was fortunate enough to win against Minnesota. But if I continued this pitching, I wouldn't help the team." Matsuzaka said he might seek a second opinion during his two weeks off, as the MRI revealed an injury "worse than [he] expected." Surgery, however, is not a concern right now. The ulnar collateral ligament is the one involved in Tommy John surgery. "At this point, it's difficult to throw with this pain. I usually have a high tolerance, but this time it's hard for me to keep throwing," he said. "I can't really do anything for now, so all I can do is focus on this treatment and rehabilitation." When Matsuzaka does get back to throwing, it will still be a while before he returns to the hill for Boston. Francona said the usual timetable calls for equal amounts of downtime and rehabilitation, meaning the most optimistic forecast has Matsuzaka back in roughly one month. It's more realistic to expect him to be out longer than that. "You can kind of do the math," Francona said. "If the guy is down three or four weeks and it takes three or four weeks to get back to the mound, you're not going to get on a big league mound real quick." That said, the manager is glad the Red Sox caught it when they did -- albeit two weeks after the discomfort started for Matsuzaka. "I'm glad we got him looked at. I don't know that he really wanted to," Francona said. "I'm glad we did this before it turned into something, I guess, that maybe couldn't be manageable." Alfredo Aceves will take Matsuzaka's spot in the rotation on Saturday. 簡要重點： 1. 隊醫診斷松坂尺骨周圍韌帶扭傷，兩周後需要再複檢。 2. 松坂說對水手早早退場後就發現球速催不上去，所以開始曲球連發。 3. 松坂說目前的診斷比他想的還嚴重，他打算在複檢前尋求第二見解。 4. 事實上尺骨周圍韌帶傷得太重的話是要開 TJ 的，不過目前還不用擔心需要動刀。 5. 最快一個月能歸隊，但若歸期超過一個月也是很正常的。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.137.137.107