Jemile Weeks Heading To DL

Oakland A's 2008 first-round pick Jemile Weeks was off to a terrific start to his 2010 season. Unfortunately for him and the A's, Weeks' hot start will have to be put on pause for the time-being. Weeks injured his left hip on Thursday night when he was trying to beat out a groundball. He fell to the ground and stayed down for a few minutes before leaving the field. Weeks has been diagnosed with a strained left hip flexor, according to A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman. Weeks will be placed on the Midland Rockhounds' disabled list and will return to Arizona where he will treat and rehab his injury.

The injury is eerily similar to the one that cost Weeks the final six weeks of the 2008 season and the first six weeks of the 2009 campaign. Weeks tore his left hip flexor in July 2008 when he was with the Low-A Kane County Cougars while trying to beat out a groundball. This injury isn't believed to be as serious as the 2008 incident, but it is still a concern that it is becoming a recurring injury.

When Weeks does return, he will come back to a .304 average and an 859 OPS. He was batting .316 with two homers over his last 10 games before the injury.



(athletics.scout.com)