Carlos Zambrano had his MRI pushed back to Friday and is now an arthrogram (a fancy word that means their injecting dye into the joint). Doctors only perform this when they are worried there is something wrong inside the joint, namely the labrum, rotator cuff muscles, or the joint capsule. Given his symptoms and what he described feeling, I'd lean more towards the rotator cuff, then the labrum and then the capsule. Tomorrow I will have a PFX breakdown on my site.
More to follow as soon as I know it.
UPDATE: This is why they do these kinds of tests. Despite describing symptoms that mimic a more severe problem, Zambrano was diagnosed with a "minor rotator cuff strain, but no structural damage" according to team officials. The plan though is still unclear which still leaves me wondering a little bit. I guess this is good news but in terms of returning to pitch, noone is sure right now. It all depends on how long his symptoms last. These things are notorious for being minor but resulting in a DL stay of longer than the minimum. Everything needs to be perfect or else he could do major damage during pitching. Hopefully more updates will follow relatively soon, so everyone can fully plan their lineups.
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