Toby Hall has decided to have surgery on his torn labrum, JJO says.
So the Astros will void Hall's contract (meaning your depth chart is C1 - Q, C2 - Palmisano, C3 - Towles), but the question arises: Who pays for the surgery? The Astros - who had him under contract when things got so dire in his shoulder that they blew apart from stress (dramatic, I know)? Or the White Sox - who had Hall under contract when he initially hurt his shoulder?
"We're going to need somebody that's going to be able to go out there two, three or maybe four days and catch," Wade said. "And it doesn't fit with what Toby's desires are. He wants to get to the point where he's out catching on a regular basis. After discussing with him, he's going to opt to have the surgery done to repair the labrum.
"He's had this issue. He dislocated this shoulder back in the latter parts of spring training in 2007 with the White Sox and never had it surgically repaired. But the recommendation is at this point that in order for him to continue his career at the level he wants to continue it to go ahead not waste time and get the surgery done."
Pretty brutal, because Hall had a great shot of making the 25-man roster.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
