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July 25, 2006

Under The Knife: On the Road Again

by Will Carroll

Taking advantage of the 21st century, Will files this UTK from his latest road trip, including updates on Derrek Lee, Jose Guillen and Johnny Damon.

July 24, 2006

Under The Knife: Weekends--Your Source for Pain Proliferation?

by Will Carroll

The Rangers and Brewers get top starters back, the Braves and Mets have to ponder their hurts as one chases the other, and the same fork seems to be sticking out of Derrek Lee and the Cubs.

July 21, 2006

Under The Knife: The Whirlwind

by Will Carroll

While trying to catch his breath, Will provides updates on injured Yankees, one very important Brewer and a healing knuckleballer.

July 19, 2006

Under The Knife: Multipliers

by Will Carroll

Updates on Jeff Kent, Jason Kubel, Nick Swisher, Tim Wakefield and Jered Weaver highlight this Wednesday edition of Under the Knife.

July 18, 2006

Under The Knife: Muse

by Will Carroll

Will has news on Pedro, Jose Reyes, Marcus Giles, David Wells, Javy Lopez, and more.

July 17, 2006

Under The Knife: Angel Not in the Outfield

by Will Carroll

The Barry Bonds saga continues, there's another staph infection in Toronto, Darin Erstad's time in Anaheim may be over, and Jered Weaver makes his first appearance in UTK.

July 15, 2006

Under The Knife: Weekend Update

by Will Carroll

Travel pushes the last UTK of the week back a day, as Will comes in with updates on David Wells, Carlos Beltran and many others.

July 10, 2006

Under The Knife: Which Limp?

by Will Carroll

Will runs down the list of players who will use the All-Star Break to recover from injury, perhaps missing the game in order to do so.

July 7, 2006

Under The Knife: Backing It Up

by Will Carroll

Playing safe with Pedro, more bad news for Eric Gagne, and some numbers to back up an observation, all in today's UTK.

July 6, 2006

Under The Knife: Older and Smarter?

by Will Carroll

Will ponders the PED debate, and checks out what's up with Ben Sheets, Johnny Damon, and Rich Harden, and whether they'll be able to contribute to their club's stretch runs.

July 5, 2006

Under The Knife: Break-dancing

by Will Carroll

Will examines how teams will be using the break to help Kevin Millwood and Justin Verlander, and what the A's and Red Sox have to worry about with the trade deadline coming up.

July 3, 2006

Under The Knife: Newberg Recap

by Will Carroll

Will recaps his night in Texas, and has news on Pedro, Mark Mulder, Kevin Millwood, and others.

June 30, 2006

Under The Knife: Dead Arm

by Will Carroll

All the latest injury news on Carlos Delgado, John Patterson, Alex Rios, and Manny Ramirez.

June 29, 2006

Under The Knife: Sidekick III

by Will Carroll

College baseball claims another victim. Plus, Will has news on Matt Clement, Wily Mo Pena, Doug Davis, Magglio Ordonez, and others.

June 28, 2006

Under The Knife: Get Well Soon

by Will Carroll

Updates on Kerry Wood, Robinson Cano and others highlight this UTK, but it's a different kind of injury that is at the forefront of Will's mind today.

June 26, 2006

Under The Knife: In the Cards

by Will Carroll

The Cardinals' Mark Mulder leads off a group of updates that includes Bonds, Derrek Lee, the Red Sox' rotation, and more.

June 23, 2006

Under The Knife: The Source

by Will Carroll

The NL Central is about to get a lot more interesting, as we had the recent returns of Roger Clemens and Albert Pujols, and can look forward to the upcoming return of Derrek Lee.

June 22, 2006

Under The Knife: The Fight for Youth

by Will Carroll

Will has lots of news on NL Central rehabs involving Kerry Wood, Derrek Lee, Albert Pujols and Ben Sheets, and he shares a horror story from youth baseball.

June 21, 2006

Under The Knife: Solution

by Will Carroll

Will has a proposal for MLB and the MLBPA, and has some injury news on Cliff Floyd, Milton Bradley, Shannon Stewart, and others.

June 20, 2006

Under The Knife: Game Seven/Game Six

by Will Carroll

Will has some health updates from the Land of Famous Baseball Players, involving Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, A.J. Burnett and Moises Alou.