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Utley's knee

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First I wanna say, by no means do I want to celebrate an injury to anyone.. I just wanted to throw this out there and ask some questions.. Obviously Brown is out till at least May, and they are saying he won't have much power all year even still. I would be surprised if there weren't further complications either. What I want to ask about Utley's knee is, if he is struggling with tendentious before the season has gotten going, how likely is it that it won't bother him throughout the season? Is this the kind of thing that is going to demand extra off days? Will it decrease production when he plays? Is it going to limit his abilities as a defensive 2Basemen? Any docs or trainers here at TC wanna chime in? I would consider it real bad news for the Phillies to see these injuries. Without Utley, their thinning offense is substantially less imposing.