Durant is happy with his decision, healthy after surviving
a midseason injury, and looking to show the world why he made the right decision.
Not exact matches
While Halladay remains one of thegame's best,
injuries to Dustin McGowan and Shaun Marcum have left the BlueJays with 24 - year - old Jesse Litsch as the only reliable arm behind Halladay.During a
midseason demotion last year Litsch cut down on throwing his cutterand relied more on a four - seam fastball that made him a more overpoweringpitcher down the stretch.
With fullback William Floyd out until at least
midseason with a severe knee
injury and free - agent pickup Johnny Johnson on the shelf with a bad back, D - Love, by default, is San Francisco's featured back for a second straight season.
Max Scherzer, who missed Game 1 and Game 2 due to a hamstring
injury, will attempt to thwart the Cubs and
midseason acquisition Jose Quintana.
He sat out the following season after sustaining the foot
injury and undergoing an operation to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, then returned to form and was playing well last year, until an accident in a crucial
midseason game against Florida Southern nearly cost him his life.
Squad depth and the
midseason additions of Pato Rodriquez and McGree helped Newcastle overcome a host of
injury setbacks, but Boogaard's break and the transfer of Andrew Nabbout to Urawa Red Diamonds had seemingly been too much for Newcastle in recent weeks.