Earlier Wednesday, we got wind of the fact that Casey Blake could be headed to the disabled list. Now, from Steve Dilbeck, we find out it's all but a certainty, and that Dodgers trainer Stan Conte thinks Blake could end up missing up to four weeks because of his grotesquely swollen elbow.
Casey Blake Could Miss Four Weeks With Elbow Injury
“It’s one of those situations you can’t play around with,” Mattingly said.
Asked about how Blake’s elbow would be treated, Mattingly said doctors might “open it up and flush it out.”
Mattingly said he didn’t know exactly what “open it up” entailed.
Blake will be treated, and Blake will be fine, but this isn’t exactly a bit of minor inflammation. From the sounds of things, his elbow is enormous - so enormous and gross that, quote, “[Blake] also forbade Conte from explaining the details of his infection.” Of course, this might be one of those cases where the less we know, the better, anyway.
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