Daric Barton out with Appendicitis

by Zonis on Feb 28, 2005 1:41 AM EST

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=2001607

Str. off the AP Wire.

PHOENIX -- Oakland Athletics catching prospect Daric Barton was taken to a hospital Sunday night with appendicitis and was scheduled to have surgery.

Team spokesman Jim Young said Barton is expected to return to camp sometime this spring. He had already been limited with an elbow injury.

Barton was acquired by the A's in December from St. Louis in the trade that sent ace Mark Mulder to the NL champion Cardinals.

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Daric update

Daric was operated on a few hours ago. He will not hit again until sometime in April. It will set him back 3 or 4 months, but, he'll be OK.

by Goodfella on Feb 28, 2005 9:46 AM EST reply actions

?! What?!

3-4 months? I think thats a misprint

by ohad @ Minor League Ball on Feb 28, 2005 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Daric

Based on Adrian Beltre's experience.

In 2001 Adrian Beltre. Beltre missed much of spring training and the early part of the season with appendicitis and associated complications.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove2002/dodgers.html

By the way, what's your guess? 3 or 4 days?

by Goodfella on Feb 28, 2005 5:31 PM EST reply actions

Had a botched operation. It was so bad, it really wiped out his whole year. I think he problems with infection and they ended up cutting on him again to repair some stuff that wasn't done right. I think 2-3 months is about right as long as everything went well. Everyone is different, we'll just have to see.

by slurve on Feb 28, 2005 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

He can start

working out after 1-3 weeks, and they hope to get him some time in spring training.

by Blez @ Minor League Ball on Feb 28, 2005 6:42 PM EST reply actions

According to this article

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/oak/news/oak_news.jsp?ymd=20050228&content_id=952926 &vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp

Barton will be out for about 7-10 days, and may be cleared for light exercise as soon as Wed.

by Zonis on Feb 28, 2005 9:08 PM EST reply actions

New modern

I had my appendix removed the "old fashioned" way. Barton's operation was a novel "arthoscopic" appendectomy that will allow him to recover much faster.

by CatsBack2Back on Feb 28, 2005 11:34 PM EST reply actions

Dude

3-4 months? Yeah, if Dr. Nick from the Simpsons performed the operation. He'll probably be able to play half of ST

http://www.as-future.blogspot.com/

by blee1134 on Mar 1, 2005 12:40 AM EST reply actions

MLB?

Was he expected to start the season on the A's? I think I heard something about a switch to 1B or DH to get him in the lineup quicker, but I doubt this really does anything to his timetable to get to the big leagues...maybe I'm missing something

by phiago on Mar 1, 2005 2:31 AM EST reply actions