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| Height: 6-0
Weight: 215
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Nov 18, 1968, Tampa, FL Contract: Signed through 2009 |
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November 29, 2007 Gary Sheffield began a rehab program this week for the shoulder surgery he underwent in October, and he remains on track to be ready for spring training, according to the Detroit Free Press. That said, he may be limited to DH duty, as the Tigers have stated he may not be ready to play the outfield by then. |
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October 8, 2007 Gary Sheffield underwent shoulder surgery Monday and is expected to be fully recovered for spring training, according to the AP. He'll wear a sling for about a month before beginning his rehab. Sheffield hit .303 with 21 homers before the All-Star break, and he hit just .203 with four homers in the second half, after his shoulder became a major issue. |
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October 5, 2007 Gary Sheffield has decided to undergo surgery on his right shoulder. The procedure will happen on Monday, according to the Detroit News. Sheffield believes he'll be fully recovered when he reports to spring training. Sheffield hit .303 with 21 homers before the All-Star break, and he hit just .203 with four homers in the second half, after his shoulder became a major issue. |
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October 4, 2007 Gary Sheffield will make a decision today on whether to have surgery on his right shoulder, according to the Detroit News. "They want to meet in the morning and discuss everything," Sheffield told The Detroit News by phone. "From there, I'll either have the surgery or not. I'm not sure what's going to happen until I meet with the doctor." When asked if retirement was a possibility, Sheffield responded, "It's hard to say," he said. "It's one thing to go through rehab. It's another thing to go through surgery with rehab. That's the part where you keep asking yourself, 'What am I doing and why?'" Check back over the next day or two as we learn what Sheffield's decision is. |
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October 1, 2007 Gary Sheffield should know by Thursday whether he will undergo surgery on his ailing right shoulder or simply rehab the injury. "It's going to be a tough decision either way," Sheffield told the Detroit Free Press. "It's based on what they (the doctors) tell me, and then I go from there. The more times you have surgery on something, the more chances you're taking. This (would) be the third surgery I've had on this shoulder." Regardless, Sheffield's health will be a concern the remainder of his career. |
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September 6, 2007 Gary Sheffield was activated from the DL Thursday and was back in the starting lineup for Tigers, batting third and serving as the DH. His return was an uneventful one, as he went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts. Owners should know that Sheffield could very well struggle over the final month, especially in the power department, so be careful to keep expectations reasonable. |
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September 4, 2007 Gary Sheffield thinks he'll be ready to play when he's eligible to be activated from the DL on Thursday, according to the AP. Sheffield has been out while dealing with a nagging shoulder injury. |
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September 2, 2007 Gary Sheffield (right shoulder) has started swinging a bat during rehabilitation sessions in Florida, the Detroit Free Press reports. "The shoulder's not clicking anymore, whatever that means," Jim Leyland said. |
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August 28, 2007 The Tigers hope Gary Sheffield will be ready to return from the DL when he is eligible on September 6. "That's what the thought process is," GM Dave Dombrowski said in the Detroit Free Press. "After the game (Sunday), they told me he made significant strides, but apparently he didn't feel as good (Monday) morning. We always knew that if it got to where we knew for sure that he wouldn't play (by) the middle of this week, we'd put him on the DL, because we need another person here to help us win games." Sheffield was placed on the DL Monday with a shoulder injury that has plagued him for awhile. |
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August 27, 2007 The Tigers placed Gary Sheffield on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a sore right shoulder, according to the AP. The move is retroactive to Wednesday. Sheffield hopes to return this season, but given how much pain he's been dealing with, nothing is set in stone. |
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August 27, 2007 Gary Sheffield said he might not travel with the Tigers for their trip to Kansas City for a series that begins Tuesday. In fact, when asked if it's possible that he might be done for the season, Sheff said, "I can't say. I really can't say," according to the Detroit Free Press. His shoulder is so sore right now, that he can't even do light exercises. He may end up undergoing surgery to repair the problem at some point, though he's holding out hope of continuing his season. |
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August 22, 2007 Gary Sheffield is expected to miss at least the rest of the Tigers' current homestand while he tries once and for all to calm down an aching right shoulder that has bothered him for much of the last two months, MLB.com reports. "It's time for me to shut it down and get myself right," Sheffield said, "because I'm doing myself and the team a disservice by trying to play hurt. It's one thing to be hurting and one thing to be injured. And I'm on the side of injured." |
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August 8, 2007 Gary Sheffield returned to action on Wednesday, going 1-for-4 at the plate. It was his first start since August 1, as he was battling a sore left shoulder. A cortisone shot Sunday seemed to do the trick, but his status for Thursday's game will depend on how the joint responds to Wednesday's action. |
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August 7, 2007 Gary Sheffield got a cortisone shot in his left shoulder on Sunday and should be back in the lineup within a couple of days. Sheffield, who has missed four straight games because of an ailing right shoulder, got a shot in the left shoulder because he had been overcompensating and it became aggravated. "I'm not sure I'll get all the strength back," Sheffield told the Detroit Free Press. "I'm hoping to get enough back to play." Sheffield will be a risky fantasy play until he proves he can produce despite playing at less than 100 percent. |
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August 6, 2007 Gary Sheffield missed his fourth straight game Monday with a sore right shoulder, according to the AP. However, he said he is more encouraged than worried about the injury. Sheffield said he may return to action after another day or two of rest. |
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August 4, 2007 Gary Sheffield, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, was feeling better on Saturday, but manager Jim Leyland doesn't expect the slugger to be ready to play until at least Monday, according to the AP. He has been sidelined with the injury since August 1. |
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August 3, 2007 Gary Sheffield will not need to go on the disabled list, as his shoulder injury isn’t as serious as he first feared. The AP reported that Sheffield’s collar bone was pushed out of place and causing numbness and soreness in his right shoulder. Sheffield said the injury happened when he fell on his right elbow in a collision with second baseman Placido Polanco on July 21. Sheffield began taking medicine on Thursday and started therapy and rehab on Friday. |
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August 2, 2007 Gary Sheffield admits he's concerned about his ailing right shoulder. "There's numbness in my grip," Sheffield told the Detroit News. "My whole right side [doesn't feel right]. Even when I'm wiggling the bat like I do, I get numbness in my hands. I don't know what's going on." Manager Jim Leyland says he'll give Sheffield some rest if that’s what the slugger needs to get healthy. |
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August 1, 2007 Gary Sheffield will see a doctor in Detroit once the team returns from an 11-game, 10-day road trip, which ended on Wednesday. Sheffield, who missed two games after getting a cortisone shot in his sore right shoulder last Wednesday, finished the road trip with a .152 batting average (5-for-33). He acknowledged pain in his shoulder after getting one hit in 11 at-bats during the series against the A's, according to the AP. |
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July 27, 2007 Gary Sheffield, who had a cortisone shot on Wednesday, was back in the lineup on Friday after missing two games because of a sore shoulder. He aggravated the shoulder in a collision with Placido Polanco last Saturday while playing right field. |
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July 26, 2007 Gary Sheffield sat out his second straight game Thursday due to a sore right shoulder, according to SportsTicker. The injury resulted from a collision with Placido Polanco last Saturday. Sheffield was to have a cortisone shot last night, so it's not really a surprise he had to miss today's game. |
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July 26, 2007 Gary Sheffield sat out Wednesday's game because of pain in his right shoulder that resulted from a collision with Placido Polanco last Saturday. According to the Detroit News, Sheffield was to receive a cortisone shot on Wednesday night – his second one in two weeks in the same area. It's unclear how much more action Sheffield will miss, if any. He has been playing through minor pain like this for years, but fantasy owners should expect the occasional day off over the final few months of the season. |
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July 26, 2007 Gary Sheffield sat out Wednesday with a sore right shoulder, the AP reports. He's considered day-to-day. Ryan Raburn, who took Sheffield's place for the night, wound up hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. |
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July 25, 2007 Gary Sheffield was implicated, along with Barry Bonds, during an interview of a Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative chemist on HBO on Tuesday night. According to the Detroit News, Patrick Arnold claims both Sheffield and Bonds took "the clear," a steroid Arnold is credited with creating. Arnold pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute steroids in 2006 and was sentenced to three months in prison. Sheffield is seemingly immune to the multiple off-the-field distractions that seem to follow him around and the steroid investigations continue to move at a snail's pace, so don't expect this to affect Sheffield's play in the near future. |
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June 29, 2007 Gary Sheffield has dropped the appeal of his three-game suspension and will instead serve a reduced two-game suspension on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Detroit News. Sheffield was suspended three games after a May 31 incident in which he was ejected for allegedly throwing his bat at an umpire and has decided to accept a reduced sentence for the betterment of the team. |
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June 15, 2007 A day after Craig Monroe struck out five times in five at bats, Gary Sheffield will replace him in left field on Friday night in Philadelphia. Manager Jim Leyland told the Detroit News he may play Sheffield instead of Monroe for “maybe a couple of days.” |
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June 14, 2007 Gary Sheffield says he has "no idea" when his appeal of a three-game suspension will be heard, the AP reports. Umpire Greg Gibson ejected Sheffield after the slugger argued a strike call, then broke his bat on a groundout and threw away the piece of wood still in his hands. The Tigers play nine straight games in NL parks beginning Friday, for what it's worth, visiting Philadelphia, Washington and Atlanta, so there may be some incentive for Sheffield, who's been mostly a DH this season, to serve the suspension over this time frame. |
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June 1, 2007 Gary Sheffield was suspended three games by Major League Baseball for his "aggressive actions directed at umpire Greg Gibson," the AP reports. He has appealed. |
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May 31, 2007 Gary Sheffield was ejected in the top of the fifth inning Thursday night by plate umpire Greg Gibson after arguing a called strike, then breaking his bat on a groundout and angrily throwing the piece of wood still in his hands, according to the AP. After running halfway to first, Sheffield whirled and came back at Gibson. Tigers manager Jim Leyland and catcher Ivan Rodriguez ran out of the dugout to restrain Sheffield, who repeatedly poked his finger toward Gibson's face. Sheffield could face and fine and/or a small suspension for his actions. |
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May 5, 2007 Gary Sheffield will not take part in today's game, as he will be attending his grandfather's funeral, according to the Detroit Free Press. Pudge Rodriguez will DH in place of Sheffield, who hopefully will be back in the mix tomorrow. |
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April 22, 2007 Gary Sheffield was out of the lineup Sunday for the first time all year. He is hitting just .119 so far this year and is hitless in his last 12 at-bats. |
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April 12, 2007 Gary Sheffield hasn't earned a hit in his past four games, so Tigers manager Jim Leyland plans to start Sheffield in the outfield Thursday in an attempt to spark his bat, according to the Detroit Free Press. "I'm trying to get him going a little bit -- try something different," Leyland said. "Change the scenery a little bit. He's having a tough time adjusting to the DH thing. He's always been a player (in the field). He's still the DH, but I'm going to play him out there a couple of games (in the four-game series in Toronto that opens tonight). He'll be more active out there, and maybe he'll get started." |
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March 18, 2007 Gary Sheffield returned to the Tigers on Saturday after missing time to handle a legal matter and went 2-4 and scored a run. He hadn't played since Monday. Sheffield's lawyer, Rufus Williams, said Thursday that his client "is involved in a legal proceeding for a baseball-related matter brought about by a previous agent." "He's not himself yet," manager Jim Leyland said, adding that he didn't expect Sheffield to miss any more time with the legal issue. |
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March 16, 2007 After missing several exhibition games, Gary Sheffield is expected to return against Toronto Saturday, according to the AP. Manager Jim Leyland isn't concerned about the time the slugger has missed. "He's got 34" at bats, Leyland said. "That's right up there with the leaders." |
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March 16, 2007 Gary Sheffield probably will not be in the lineup when the Tigers play the Phillies Friday, though Jim Leyland expects to have him in the mix Saturday, the Detroit Free Press reports. Sheffield is away on "personal business" that has been cleared with the Tigers. |
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February 26, 2007 Gary Sheffield says he doesn't plan on cooperating with George Mitchell's steroid investigation, the USA Today reports. "he (players) association told us this is just a witch hunt," Sheffield said. "They don't want us to talk to them. This is all about getting (Barry Bonds)." |