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Pirates’ Cunnningham Done For ‘09

Posted Mar. 9, 2009 7:31 am by Ben Badler
Filed under: Daily Dish, Training Room

The Pirates asked Jarek Cunningham to come to camp early this year to get him a head start at his new position. But he’ll have to wait until 2010 to start his first full season after tearing the ACL in his left knee during a drill on Saturday, according to MLB.com.

Cunningham, 19, will miss the entire 2009 season after hitting .318/.387/.507 in 43 games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League last summer. An 18th-round pick out of Mount Spokane (Wash.) High, Cunningham signed for an above-slot $100,000 bonus. He played mostly at third base and shortstop last year, but the Pirates were expected to move him to second base this year.

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That stinks…and I’m not even a Pirates fan. Their system needs all the help it can get. Why couldn’t have Littlefield torn his ACL while he was running towards Daniel Moskos with a contract and pen in his hands?

Posted by Tom | March 9, 2009 at 12:23 pm | Shortcut

Wow, bad luck. The reason he dropped to the 18th round in the first place was because of an injury keeping him from playing baseball his senior year. I drafted him in our dynasty league, so I was hoping for a steady rise through the minors. Hopefully this doesn’t label him as injury-prone, or move him from shortstop in the long run.

At least is wasn’t from a bad front office decision like Jason Kubel blowing out three knee ligaments in the 1st inning of his 1st AFL game a couple years ago, when he should not have been sent their in the 1st place. Here’s to a speedy rehab for Jarek.

Posted by Phil Case | March 9, 2009 at 2:01 pm | Shortcut

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