Orioles reliever Dennis Sarfate might learn Friday that his season, and potentially his career,...

Orioles reliever Dennis Sarfate might learn Friday that his season, and potentially his career, could be in jeopardy, but suddenly baseball isn't his main concern.

"Really, the last couple days I've been kind of hanging out with my daughter, taking her for walks," said Sarfate, who is on the disabled list with a blood circulatory problem. "Baseball is a great game, I am so thankful to God that I have had the opportunity to play it. But my life and my livelihood, me taking care of my family and all that, is definitely more important. So baseball has been the last thing I have been thinking about."

Sarfate, 28, will undergo an angiogram at 9 a.m. Friday to determine the cause of numbness in the middle finger of his pitching hand that forced him out of a game May 1.

Sarfate could find out cause of numbness soon -- baltimoresun.com
This has the potential to be very, very not good.

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Freel news in there too.

Do I hear the thunderous hoofbeats of our cavalry approaching? Potentially 2 roster spots opening..

Freel’s status unclear

Infielder-outfielder Ryan Freel (head trauma) was supposed to play in at least one game of a doubleheader for Double-A Bowie on Thursday as part of a rehabilitation assignment but sat out both ends, leading to speculation that his time with the Orioles is ending.

“We expect there will be a resolution in a day or two that will be to everyone’s satisfaction,” Orioles club president Andy MacPhail said.

MacPhail would not confirm whether Freel, who is making $4 million this year, would be traded or released. He said the possibility of Freel playing again on a minor-league rehab assignment for the Orioles is unclear.

“His status is still up in the air,” MacPhail said.

Dealt to Baltimore from the Cincinnati Reds in December as part of the Ramon Hernandez trade, Freel became the odd man out with the Orioles. He had just two hits in 15 at-bats spanning nine games before being hit in the head by a pickoff attempt April 20. He said he didn’t fit with the Orioles but hasn’t publicly asked for a trade or his release.

by mpire on May 8, 2009 8:51 AM EDT reply actions

i hope it's a trade

because he’s still a useful guy. but if they gotta release him they gotta release him.

by pipkin on May 8, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

first and foremost i wish him well. hopefully this isnt anything major.
but yea, whats up with the pitchers coming over from the astros? albers, patton, and sarfate all with career threatening situations since we got them. crazy. thank god nothing has happened to mike costanzo and his .180/.323/320 in AAA…

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on May 8, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions

They got Tejada

so, really, who is complaining?

The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST

by the fix is in on May 8, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

worst case scenario?

don’t know much about these kinds of health issues… what’s the worst case scenario here that the doc could tell Sarfate? why could it be career threatening?

by dan the man on May 8, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions

I'm not doctor

But I do watch House.

I’m sure there are worstcase scenarios that involve amputation, paralysis or even death.

by dkdc on May 8, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

I can tell you one thing

its not lupus. It’s never lupus.

by cdavis627 on May 8, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

i was going to say

its not whipples. i love house, and if there’s one thing ive learned, its that everything might be whipples, but nothing is.

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on May 8, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Reliever Dennis Sarfate’s condition isn’t life or career threatening. He has a “stretch injury” in his middle finger, and won’t be allowed to throw for a month.

by dkdc on May 8, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions