Sunday, September 30, 2012

HBT: Howard drops pipe on toe, done for season

Ryan Howard?s season ended last year when he was getting out of the batter?s box, but this year it ended in the on-deck circle.

According to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com, Howard will miss the rest of the season?due to a broken big right toe. Howard suffered the injury Thursday when he dropped the lead pipe he uses as a warm-up bat in the on-deck circle on his foot. Seriously. The fracture was confirmed with an X-ray yesterday in Miami.

This is a fitting end to a disappointing season for Howard, who didn?t make his season debut until July 6 after Achilles tendon surgery. He ended up batting just .219/.295/.423 with 14 home runs, 56 RBI and a .718 OPS in 292 plate appearances, including an ugly .604 OPS and 45/5 K/BB ratio in 106 plate appearances against southpaws.

Chances are Howard will see some improvement with a full offseason to get back into shape, but he turns 33 in November and is still owed $20 million next season, $25 million from 2014-2016 and a $10 million buyout on his $23 million club option for 2017. This is one of those contracts where you keep looking back at it to see if it?s as bad as you originally thought. Yep, still bad.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/29/ryan-howard-to-miss-rest-of-season-with-broken-toe/related

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