Kent Merckers career is over

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The other day Mercker thought he blew out is elbow against the Phillies and today its been confirmed.


[quote][b]Under the knife[/b]

The fact that Kent Mercker was able to throw another pitch in the 10th inning Friday after feeling a burning sensation in his elbow on a wild pitch to Ryan Howard was fairly remarkable. An MRI and further examination by Doc Kremchek today revealed that Mercker had completely torn his ulnar collateral ligament and suffered an 80-percent tear in his flexor tendon. Mercker will undergo reconstructive surgery Thursday, but that's more for golf purposes than baseball. His career is done.

Also today, Brandon Claussen had arthroscopic surgery to clean out his left shoulder and repair a small tear in his rotator cuff. The procedure took 75 minutes.

[b]Source:[/b] [url="http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/spring/"]http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/spring/[/url][/quote]


[quote]Kent Mercker will require Tommy John surgery after it was discovered he had completely torn his ulnar collateral ligament and suffered an 80-percent tear in his flexor tendon. He's out for the year.

The 38-year-old Mercker was already expected to retire at season's end, so it looks like his career is over. Even if he changed his mind and wanted to try a comeback, he'd have a tough time returning in the second half of next year.

[b]Source:[/b] RotoWorld[/quote]

[Guest WhoDeyForever]

Well shit, Mercker was doing great the last few weeks. Now its all over...Good luck to Mercker to whatever he does

[-Dan_Bengals_FL-]

Tough luck for Mercker and Reds fans. Sad to hear.

[Nati Ice]

kremcheks a moron... i want a second opinion

[gatorclaws]

Krems is a moron, but Mercker is done.