Mariano Rivera

Recall my post from two days ago, I snidely remarked that Joe Torre would pitch Mariano three days in a row following his MRI.

I was wrong. Torre only pitched him that day.

Now, Mo is expereincing continuing discomfort. From the Headline in this morning's NY Post, "Mariano Could Be Out for a While"

"The plan is to rest Rivera for a couple of days - but if he experiences pain again the next time out, Rivera told The Post he would shut it down for a much longer time. "

Given there are only 30 days left in the season, I'd expect any shutdown to last until the last 5 games of the season with Mo tuning-up in games #158, 160 and 162.

In the mean time, expect Farnsworth and Proctor to split duties -
with a little Brian Bruney and Octavio Dotel thrown-in if Proctor and Fanrsworth show the wear and tear of a seaso's worth of abuse.