It may not talk, but it still says a lot.Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton will not pitch in the team's final two games before the All-Star break and will "probably" miss the All-Star Game, manager Joe Torre said Saturday.Torre claims that Broxton's toe has only been bothering him since last Sunday, but in reality, Broxton got a cortisone injection for the same issue way back in the middle of June.
Torre said he and third base coach Larry Bowa noticed Broxton limping off the field after the Dodgers beat the Brewers, 12-8, in extra innings on Friday.
"We interrogated him [Friday] night and finally got it out of him," Torre said. "It's been bothering him since Sunday, so he's not going to be available for us."
How has he done since the procedure? Not well. In 7 2/3 inning pitched, Broxton has surrendered 9 hits, 9 runs, 6 walks, and has struckout 12.
To put that into perspective, in the time prior to his toe problem, Broxton had pitched 33 innings and had only given up 12 hits and 5 runs. He also had 53 strikeouts to 11 walks over the same period.
The contrast between the two performances is clear, and now, so is the problem.
