Subject: NOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:48 pm
Wily Mo Pena's oblique strain is much more significant than expected, and he's likely to miss a month.
Anyone likely to miss a month with an oblique strain also has a real chance of missing 6-8 weeks. It's awful timing for Pena, who was going to get to enter the season as a regular. Now it's possible he'll be a fourth outfielder when he gets back if Elijah Dukes gets off to a hot start in his place. Alex Escobar could also make the team as a part-timer.