PLAYING TIME: Baker out for first half
Mar 24 2013
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| National League | American League | |
| Cubs | Scott Baker expected to miss first half of season | |
| Updating previous report, Chicago Cubs SP Scott Baker (elbow) is expected to miss the first half of the 2013 season because of an elbow strain he suffered in a spring training game. Source: Chicago Sun-Times - Gordon Wittenmyer | |
| BHQ take: Rough spring for Baker, with repeated elbow-related setbacks. His six straight 75+ BPV seasons say he is skillful when healthy, but this marks second straight season he has been plagued by balky elbow. The news opens way for Carlos Villanueva, originally slated to open season in... |
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