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that it's possible that Rice already diagnosed him with a partially torn rotator cuff, and decided to let him swing but not throw. Adrian Gonzalez went through that last year I believe, and was fine because as a 1B he wasn't throwing the ball anywhere. It wouldn't hurt Rendon's long-term prospects.
*shrugs* It's not a concern to me either way, I just dislike Churchill's "I wonder if it could be" approach. I can do that - I just talk on message boards to amuse myself. He's supposed to be a journalist.
~G