[新聞] Giants place Zito on 15-day disabled list
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Giants place Zito on 15-day disabled list
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com | 04/17/11 3:45 PM ET
PHOENIX -- Giants left-hander Barry Zito was placed on the 15-day disabled
list on Sunday with a right mid-foot sprain. He was replaced on the roster by
right-hander Ryan Vogelsong, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A
Fresno. Vogelsong was added to the 40-man roster. The Giants had one spot
open.
Zito was removed from Saturday night's 5-3 victory over the D-backs in the
second inning. X-rays were negative, and he underwent an MRI on Sunday that
substantiated the extent of the injury.
"We're going to have some more tests done," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said
on Sunday before the Giants concluded their three-game series against the
D-backs at Chase Field. "We'll have a little more information about how long
this is going to be. But there's no way he's going to be ready to pitch in
two weeks."
Zito left the clubhouse at Chase Field on crutches with a swollen ankle after
the game, which extended San Francisco's current winning streak to four in a
row. His personal streak of 356 regular-season starts without having missed
one because of injury is now at an end. Zito was next slated to start against
the Braves in San Francisco on Friday night, and Bochy said Vogelsong is
tentatively slated to fill that slot.
The Giants also had been on a roll without a member of the five-man staff
missing a recent start because of injury. The Giants used only seven starters
last year when they won the World Series for the first time since 1954, and
had been using the same rotation since Madison Bumgarner was brought up last
June 26.
"Knock on wood," Bochy said on Saturday. "They key to our success is that
they've made their starts. It's tough when you have to make adjustments to
your rotation. [Until now] we haven't had to do that."
With the addition of Vogelsong, the drop off may not be very extreme. He was
2-0 with a 1.59 ERA and 17 strikeouts in two starts this season for the
Grizzlies in the usually hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
As far as Zito's injury is concerned, while Arizona rallied in the bottom of
the second inning on Saturday from a 2-0 deficit, Zito dove forward to catch
a pop bunt by D-backs pitcher Joe Saunders in front of the mound. Zito made
the catch but as he readied himself for the next hitter, Giants athletic
trainer Dave Groeschner came to the mound at the urging of catcher Buster
Posey.
After some discussion, Zito took a warmup pitch and then walked off the field
accompanied by Groeschner and manager Bruce Bochy. Zito had already allowed a
pair of doubles in the inning, the second of which, struck by D-backs catcher
Miguel Montero, drove in two runs.
Zito said he felt his foot land strangely on the turf as he tried to push off
to make the play, although he didn't twist it.
"I was just pushing off to get the bunt," Zito said. "My foot went at a weird
angle. I threw the pitch, saw the ball come off the bat and went to go get
it. It's really odd. I put my weight all on one foot just to jump."
Zito is 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA in three starts this season. He hasn't won since
Sept. 19 in San Francisco over the Brewers and was left off last year's
postseason roster for all three rounds.
Zito is earning $18.5 million this year in the fifth year of a seven-year
contract that guarantees him $126 million. Since joining the Giants for the
2007 season, Zito is 40-58 with a 4.48 ERA.
This hasn't been a good season thus far for Zito. He was in a car accident in
Los Angeles on the eve of the March 31 season opener at Dodger Stadium.
Though he sustained a neck injury in the collision that totaled his rental
car, Zito made his first start as scheduled on April 3 during that four-game
series. He threw six innings that day in a 7-5 loss.
"I was able recover to from that accident, and it was huge," Zito said.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog,
Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject
to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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