Officially Worried About Huston Street

Thinking back to last season makes me feel even worse.

Jim Tracy really ran Street into the ground at times, using him four consecutive days from June 8-11, and then six times in seven games from August 16-23. About 10 ten days after that was when Street came down with biceps tendinitis That injury cost him 20 days of action. He looked okay when he returned, but his slider wasn't as sharp and his overall performance just wasn't as smooth.

Now we're talking about shoulder tightness three days into March.

RED FLAG



The team and Street are obviously going to make it sound as minor as possible, but this just has a Taylor Buchholz from 2008 and Jeff Francis 2008 into spring 2009 feel to it.

Overuse...

Leading to limited effectiveness...

Leading to "minor" soreness...

Leading to...

I'm nervous.