OLIVERA GRANTED VISA

MAY 12,2015

Cuban phenom, infielder HECTOR OLIVERA has been granted a visa to travel to California to take a physical to complete the contract he signed with the Dodgers in March. The Offensive Cuban All-star, will then report to the Dodgers minor league training facility to work out. It's not clear how much minor league time Olivera will need before making his MLB debut. The current Dodger infield has been performing well but three of the four starters only are signed through 2015.
The Dodgers were selected by Olivera after a competitive bidding process signing a six year $60+ million dollar deal, despite having a slight ucl tear in his throwing elbow.

NL EAST SIGNIFICANT INJURIES

NL EAST INJURIES

METS

VIC BLACK (RP)      Shoulder / Possible return late April
JERRY BLEVINS (RP) Fractured Arm / Mid-season at the earliest
JOSH EDGIN (RP)   Tommy John Surgery / Out til 2016
BOBBY PARNELL (RP) Tommy John Surgery / May
CESAR PUELLO (OF) Back Fracture / June at the earliest
ZACH WHEELER (SP) Tommy John Surgery / Out til 2016
TRAVIS D'ARNAUD (C) Fractured Hand / June

NATIONALS

ERIK DAVIS (RP)      Tommy John Surgery / September
NATE MCLOUTH (OF)            Shoulder / Late April
ANTHONY RENDON (3B)   Knee  /  May
CRAIG STAMMEN (RP)  Forearm Surgery / Out til 2016

MARLINS

AARON CROW (RP)    Tommy John Surgery  /  Out til 2016
JOSE FERNANDEZ (SP) Tommy John Surgery / Late June

BRAVES

MIKE MINOR (SP )     Shoulder  / Late May
SHAE STEVENS (RP) Tommy John Surgery / Out til 2016

PHILLIES

CHAD BILLINGSLY (SP)  Elbow Surgery / Late May
MARIO HOLLANDS (RP ) Tommy John Surgery / Out til 2016
CLIFF LEE (SP)    Flexor Tendon  /  August

NATHAN SIDELINED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK

Bad news for the Detroit Tigers,JOE NATHAN says he will not even be picking up a baseball for a week because of right elbow problems.

Anytime a pitchers throwing elbow is the issue, you have to hold your breath. With the plague of Tommy John issues the past four years, you never know when a mild day to day problem becomes a season ender.

Marlins Pitcher AARON CROW had season ending Tommy John surgery today.

Twins Prospect has TJ Surgery

Twins pitching prospect B.J. Hermsen will undergo Tommy John surgery today.