Update – 10:30 a.m.: Multiple reports filing in from Twitter that all have Escobar throwing a baseball just fine.
So, for now, he seems to be healthy.
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Update – 12:23 p.m.: Here’s a tweet from Adam Rubin: “@TheRopolitans Johan Santana played catch with him all week and said Escobar having trouble gripping a baseball would be untrue.”
Update – 11:59 a.m.: I sent out a tweet to all the beat writers down in Port St. Lucie to see if they can check in on Escobar. Still waiting for a response.
Update – 11:54 a.m.: Calcaterra called the Mets. Unsurprisingly, they have “no comment.”
Original post: Craig Calcaterra of Hardball Talk just tweeted this: “Just heard that Kelvim Escobar may be in worse shape than reported yesterday. Can't pick up a ball; could be seriously injured.”
Yesterday, we had heard that Escobar’s shoulder was “sore.” Now he can’t even pick up a baseball?
Something is fishy here.
Did the Mets work him out? Let him pitch for someone, anyone from the organization? Is there any way they could have gotten away with the “no physical” route, a la J.J. Putz?
All I can do is shake my head.