Cuddyer hopes to play Saturday or Sunday
Posted on June 13th, 2008 – 7:34 PMBy Joe Christensen
MILWAUKEE — Twins right fielder Michael Cuddyer left tonight’s game in the second inning after being hit by a pitch on his right hand.
Cuddyer took his position for the bottom of the first inning but came back to the dugout in obvious pain. Head trainer Rick McWane took a look, and Cuddyer headed to the clubhouse for X-rays.
Jason Kubel has moved from left field to right field, and Delmon Young entered the game in left.
Updates as they come…
Update (8 p.m.): X-rays on Cuddyer’s hand came back negative, meaning no broken bones. He is listed as day-to-day. (Note, it’s Cuddyer’s right hand.)
Postgame update: After the game, Cuddyer said, “It’s not broken, which is a good thing. It’s sore, but hopefully it’ll be less sore tomorrow, and I’ll be able to play. Tomorrow, or at least Sunday.”
Cuddyer got hit on the knuckle on the base of his ring finger.
12 Responses to "Cuddyer hopes to play Saturday or Sunday"
Hopefully not the same hand he hurt before…that’d be most unfortunate.
probably broken, that’s too bad
I never liked the term “came back negative”. To me “Negative” would mean it came back with ban news.
It definitely is the right hand. It looked to me like it hit him just below the wrist, so it wouldn’t be his index finger, but another serious injury to the hand would be bad news.
I hope Cuddy is ok, but would the twins offense miss him if he weren’t there? Him and Craig Monroe are Lights Out.
Cuddy is starting to show signs of breaking out. He played for a week or two and got hurt. He came back and started off slowly, but he is the best right handed bat that we’ve got and we need to support him. He’s been through a lot the last couple years and I think the fans need to support him as much as they can…he deserves it…
Mike,
What has he been through that was tragic?
He stumbled around the bases and did a summersalt that will make blooper highlights for the next 20 years, and hurt his back. It was unfortunate to say the least, and I really like the guy too, but you make it sound like he’s Jon Lester, or Brett Butler, or Eric Davis, or Jose Rijo… people who came back from amazing tragedies, and terrible happenings in the baseball world. Cuddyer just signed a 3 year 24 million dollar contract and choked on the 8th digit. I tend to think that Delmon Young is a better right handed hitter than Cuddyer, and Mark Redmond’s stats say he’s a better hitter than Cuddyer, and Livan Hernandez might even be as good of a hitter as Cuddyer if given 500 at bats a season, lol. Ok, that wasn’t nice… but Cuddy has not battled cancer, come back after 21 elbow surgeries, beaten cocaine, blown knees, a ruptured vertebrae in his back, or Dave Dravecky, or Tom Browning after their arm nearly fell off (or in Dravecky’s unfortunate case basically did fall off). He didn’t get hit in the head and go blind like Kirby, or die trying to help people after a terrible earthquake like Roberto Clemente. He is just a slightly (3 year 18 million would have made more sense) overpaid right fielder who happens to be a very nice guy. So I do wish him well. I just really don’t think with the Twins offense he would be noticed one way or the other.
for some amusement and a sense of perspective, visit the Brewers’ blog at : http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/06/13/brewers-vs-twins-game-1.aspx#comments
What’s the over/under that one of Hernanderz or Boof stay in Milwaukee after the Twins get out of town?
Cuddy needs to be traded. He is not really producing this year. Get a prospect or 2 for him, bring up McDonald or Ruiz and the team will be better with Kubel as the everyday RF, McDonald or Monroe there for Lefties and a Rotation of McDonald/Ruiz and Monroe at DH
You don’t trade a guy 70 games into the season after you hand him a 3-year contract, especially when he’s dealing with a hand injury. First off, nobody would take his 3-year contract, and secondly, he is an elite defensive right fielder whose numbers will almost certainly begin to turn in the right direction. His minor league numbers show that, while he’s not really as good as his 2006 numbers were, he’s much better than his hitting line this year.
Trading Cuddy now would be a mistake unless you got a steal.
