Getty Images Twins right-hander Anthony Swarzak is expected to be sidelined for a month after fracturing two ribs in what the team is calling a “non-baseball activity.”
Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports that it happened on January 25, so the Twins hope he can be back on a mound by the end of this month.
With pitchers and catchers arriving at spring training next week Swarzak will definitely be behind everyone else, but his spot as a long reliever seems fairly secure after throwing 199 innings with a 4.67 ERA during the past two seasons.
UPDATE: General manager Terry Ryan revealed that Swarzak suffered the injury “playing around and wrestling” with teammates while in town for Twins Fest last week.
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- sportsdrenched - Feb 6, 2013 at 4:08 PM
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Nothing wrong with a little sparing.
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- lazlosother - Feb 6, 2013 at 4:13 PM
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If this were Joba there would be about 67 “fat toad ass” commnets by now.
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- lazlosother - Feb 6, 2013 at 4:13 PM
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Comments….. *&%#*&!
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- Tim OShenko - Feb 6, 2013 at 4:22 PM
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Why do I get the feeling he’ll still be out (but listed as day-to-day, as opposed to on the DL) in early May?
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- rgledz - Feb 6, 2013 at 7:56 PM
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Hopefully the Twins training staff didn’t check him out. If they did he might be out until June….or dead in a week. Never can tell with those crazy Twins doctors. I bet he was wrestling with Jack Morris……..we should ask Craig…..it’s probably Jack’s fault…..damn Jack Morris.
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- mnwildfan15 - Feb 6, 2013 at 9:52 PM
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The boys got drunk and start goofing around shit happens
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- dluxxx - Feb 7, 2013 at 10:41 AM
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At first I thought that maybe Carl Pavano paid him $20 to shovel his driveway… I’ll just pretend that’s what really happened…
