Generally once spring training begins, managers have two key worries that they put before everything else: get players in shape, and keep them healthy. If the role of fifth starter isn't quite settled by the first game in April, it's not good, but it's not horrible either. The team still has 162 games to figure it out, so there's no real rush.What's much worse is when a player you were counting on to fill a role on your pitching staff finds out he's going to need surgery, which is what Minnesota Twins pitcher Boof Bonser just found out Tuesday. Bonser is going to have to go under the knife for a some shoulder surgery.
Twins reliever Boof Bonser will have exploratory surgery on Wednesday in St. Petersburg to try to get to the bottom of why he's having shoulder problems.All of which means that Bonser is going to miss at least several weeks of time depending on what Dr. Eaton finds in his shoulder. While the Twins weren't sure whether or not Bonser was going to be a long reliever and spot starter out of the bullpen or a late-inning setup man for Joe Nathan, they were hoping to at least have a choice in the matter.
The surgery will be performed by Rays' team physician Dr. Koco Eaton.
Now it seems they'll be looking for another young arm to step up and claim the gig, but hey, they're the Twins. I guarantee they'll find somebody.
