Baseball Digest Daily

Baseball Digest Blog

Monday, July 24, 2006

Royals Sweeney to Begin Rehab

Courtesy of the Royals Media Relations Department...

SWEENEY TO REHAB IN BURLINGTON
Royals first baseman/designated hitter missed 75 games with bulging disk in back

KANSAS CITY, MO (July 24, 2006) — The Kansas City Royals announced today that first baseman/designated hitter
Mike Sweeney will begin his rehab assignment at Single-A Burlington beginning Tuesday, July 25. The longest tenured current Royal was placed on the 15-day Disabled List on May 3 and then transferred to the 60-day D.L. on June 16.

Sweeney has missed KC's last 75 games with a bulging disk in his back. Prior to his injury, Sweeney was hitting .176 (12-68) with three doubles, two home runs and six RBI in 20 games for the Royals. The five-time All- Star and three-time Royals Player of the Year has hit .300 or better in five of his last seven seasons.

posted by Joe Hamrahi at 3:44 PM  

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Blog Home

 

Previous Posts

Stay up to date with Baseball Digest Daily!
E-mail Address:
Subscribe: Unsubscribe:
 
Powered by Sunken