By Ken Gurnick A year ago, Javy Guerra came to Spring Training as the Dodgers’ closer. This spring, he’s fighting to stay in the Major Leagues. That’s what can happen when you get hit in the face with a line drive, have knee surgery, strain an oblique muscle and have shoulder surgery, all while your father is undergoing and recovering from emergency heart surgery. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at MLB
Tag Archives: Javy Guerra
Beckett, Dodgers pitching strong against Indians
By Ken Gurnick Josh Beckett threw three scoreless innings and Cuban defector Yasiel Puig slugged a three-run homer as the Dodgers beat the Indians Sunday, 5-1. Beckett allowed his lone hit, a double to Yan Gomes leading off the second inning, then struck out the side to escape his only jam. Mark Lowe, Javy Guerra and Josh Wall followed with scoreless single innings of relief. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at MLB
Guerra joins Team Mexico for Classic
By Ken Gurnick RIght-handed reliever Javy Guerra is a late addition to the roster for Team Mexico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic after a bullpen shuffle between Mexico and the United States due to injury. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at MLB
Honeycutt excited by pitchers at Dodgers minicamp
By Ken Gurnick The Dodgers kept last week’s Young Guns pitching minicamp under wraps. So, nobody outside the organization saw Clayton Kershaw throw a bullpen session with no pain in his right hip, or Javy Guerra throw pain-free coming off collarbone surgery, or Ronald Belisario throwing his nasty stuff off a mound. But pitching coach Rick Honeycutt saw all of that and more.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at MLB