Mike Sweeney Hurt, Again

Ok, I'm starting to feel pretty bad for the guy. His oblique/back problems that were bothering him earlier in the season aren't the problem. They are injuries that really were just bad luck. Tonight, Sweeney was hit by a pitch on the hand. The guy just cannot catch a break. He just returned from the DL after colliding with a player in the Dodgers series.
The injuries are piling up for the Royals. Denny Bautista just had an MRI on his shoulder. He's throwing in the upper 90s, but is having pain when he throws his curveball. Bautista has already been out since early May. Hopefully, it's just a minor setback. But, with shoulder injuries, you never know. He could be out for a year and a half (Baird didn't seem to think this was the case, thankfully), which would put a major dent in the Royals' future rotation.
Affeldt is set to return tomorrow. I hope Affeldt is 100 percent healthy, otherwise he shouldn't be pitching. The last thing he needs to do is reinjure his groin again. At least the blister let him pitch 4 or 5 innings at a time. I often wonder what would have happened if they had left Affeldt in the rotation at the start of last year. He's wasn't pitching that poorly and his blister problems had ceased. Oh well, too late to do anything about that.