Filed under: Athletics, MLB Injuries
Spring training has barely begun, but the Oakland A's have already had to shut down Rich Harden for "a few weeks," according to the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser. Harden experienced some lat stiffness and when he couldn't get loose after 10-15 pitches, and the A's made the decision to shelve him until sometime in March.
After being traded by the A's to the Cubs in 2008, Harden returned to Oakland this offseason to try and compete for the club's fifth rotation spot this spring. He spent 2010 with the Rangers, struggling with the strike zone (6.1 walks per nine innings) and with several injuries.
How this affects his chances to compete for that last rotation spot will probably depend on how much time he ends up missing, but it's certainly not the way he wanted things to start.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/02/17/athletics-rich-harden-shut-down-with-oblique-stiffness/
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