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Originally Posted by tdomeski
Venters has an appointment with Dr. James Andrews early next week. Venters says he thinks everything is fine (he had TJ in 2006 and says this feels nothing like that injury).
We'll see. Two TJ's could very well end his career.
O'Brien had more on Venters-
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-b...-these-braves/
relevant quote below-
"I did a little more research into his workload and found this: In the past 3 seasons, only four major league relievers have had a season with as many as 85 appearances, and two were Braves – Venters in 2011 and Peter Moylan in 2010. Both have had multiple injury problems since.
The only other two with as many as 85 appearances in the past three seasons were Pedro Feliciano, who pitched in 92 games for the Mets in 2010, and Randy Choate, who pitched in 85 for the Rays in 2010. But Choate only had 44-2/3 innings in those 85 apps. Feliciano had 62-2/3 innings in his 92-appearance season.
Again, Venters had 88 innings in his 85 appearances in 2011.
Of the pitchers with the 25 highest single-season appearance totals in past three years (each had at least 77), only four had as many or more innings as Venters’ 88, and none of those four had as many as 80 appearances."
It's no wonder his arm is hurt.