Proctor, Seeing a Doctor

Scott Proctor is making that scary trek to Alabama to meet with Dr. James Andrews and my only question is why did it take this long?

Proctor was traded to the Yankees along with Bubba Crosby for Robin Ventura in 2003. In 2004 he pitched poorly in 25 innings, in 2005 he pitched poorly in 44.2 innings, and in 2006 he actually pitched quite well, in get this a very Torre-esque 102.1 innings! In 2007, he pitched 54.1 innings for the Yankees with a deceiving 3.81 ERA (1.51 whip, 5.30 FIP) before being traded to the Dodgers. Proctor got away from Torre where he could finally rest his arm, or did he? Torre signed with the Dodgers in 2008, and years of overuse of a bad reliever showed, as he had a 6.05 ERA in 38.2 innings. Then he had shoulder surgery, and now it hasn't heeled and he's seeing Dr. Andrews, never a good thing.

Scott Proctor had one good year, and Torre overused him, business as usual. In 2002 Steve Karsay threw 88.1 innings with a 3.26 ERA. He got hurt the next year and since 2002 he's only thrown 37.2 innings with a 5.97 ERA. In the first half of2004 Paul Quantrill threw 56 innings witha 3.05 ERA, in the 2nd half he threw 39.1 innings with a 7.09 ERA, he pitched poorly for 3 teams in 2005, and hasn't seen the majors since.

It's safe to say Scott Proctor won't be seeing the majors any time soon, following the path Torre lays out for his relievers like Karsay and Quantrill. I mean this stuff is legendary, there is even a blog named after him. I liked Proctor, he wasn't all that good but he took the ball whenever he was called upon, I'm sure he pitched through a lot of pain for the benefit of the team, but alas now he's paid the price, I wish him well on whatever he does next, because the history of these post-Torre abused players doesn't look promising.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in LA. If I was Cory Wade I would watch out, Kuo has alraedy gone on the DL, you are next.