CHICAGO — It’s official — White Sox right- hander Jake Peavy is done for the season. The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner will have surgery on a detached right shoulder muscle Wednesday and hopes to be throwing again by spring training.
He said his career isn’t in jeopardy, and he plans to be pitching again for the White Sox by early next season.
Peavy, 29, was hurt delivering a pitch Tuesday night in a game against the Angels. The team described the injury as a detached latissimus dorsi muscle.
“Obviously, this is unchartered territory because it’s not common. While (pitchers) have torn lats, they’ve never completely torn it off the bone with no attachments left,” said Peavy, who took off his shirt in the locker room Friday to show how far his muscle had retracted.
Footnotes.
Scott Rolen was a late scratch from the Reds’ lineup against the Phillies because of a sore back. Rolen is batting .292 with 17 home runs and 57 RBIs. He was voted to his sixth all-star team.
• The Phillies’ Wilson Valdez was a late scratch because of a sore left wrist.
• Rookie Stephen Strasburg will start the Nationals’ first game after the all-star break, July 16 at Florida, then stick to a regular turn in the rotation until exhausting his 160-innings limit for the season. He has thrown 98 innings in 2010 — 42 2/3 in the majors and 55 1/3 in the minors.
• Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau’s concussion kept him out of the lineup for a second straight day and might prevent him from playing in the All-Star Game.
• Chipper Jones was a late scratch from the Braves’ lineup because of back spasms.
• Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo played long toss for the first time since straining his oblique muscle, although there is no timetable for his return.
• Orioles catcher Matt Wieters (hamstring) and left fielder Felix Pie left the game against the Rangers after getting hurt running on the rain-slicked field. It wasn’t clear the exact injury for Pie, although he pointed to his upper left leg.
• Geoff Jenkins, who finished his career No. 2 in home runs for the Brewers, signed a contract valued at a dollar and officially retired with the team.
