Some Bad News for Chris Denorfia

Let's say you're Chris Denorfia. You've probably already had a pretty bad spring. Despite the fact that you've hit well at just about every level of the minors and that you're 26 years old and not getting younger, it was already kind of looking like you'd begin the season back in AAA or at best on the bench behind a psychopath that runs into walls and can do little more than get on base (something that you're actually quite good at). So you probably feel like things aren't going so well. To make things worse, you strain your forearm. You have to get an MRI because the team says so. Then the MRI results come back.

Outfielder Chris Denorfia was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Denorfia, 26, will have Tommy John elbow ligament transplant surgery, general manager Wayne Krivsky revealed.

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"Our worst fears were realized," Krivsky said. "His pain went more from the forearm to closer to the elbow. [The MRI] was a very smart thing for us to do so we could find out what it is. Unfortunately for everybody, it's a serious injury."

Denorfia will go on the disabled list and will be out for at least six months. Kremchek is expected to perform the operation Tuesday in Cincinnati.

That is one bad spring, my friends. It's hard not to feel pretty awful for Chris Denorfia at this point. Of course while Denorfia is the big loser in this whole scenario, the Reds fans are not winners in the whole thing. The final bench spot is now assured to go to Chad Moeller or Norris Hopper.

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