Shawn Chacon

Notebook: Chacon gets MRI - Tribune-Review

When I saw that headline, I thought about my standard signal for detecting an as-yet unreported injury - a decrease in strikeouts and an increase in walks. (I know some of the more pretentious sports analysts would have said "K:BB ratio" or such.)

Then I realized that Chacon's typical rates are at levels I would normally consider to be at injury level!

Of course, I then read the article and quickly learned Chacon needed an MRI on his knee.

Regardless, the Pirates got hosed even if Chacon remained healthy.