Baby Snakes Kazuma Hashimoto Down and Out for Year
A blow for <Kazuma Hashimoto:player#3309> today -- team doctors confirmed he will miss 14 months with a damaged elbow ligament. <Hashimoto:player#3309> suffered the injury throwing a pitch. Although officials from the <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> are confident he'll make a full recovery, doubts will persist about <Hashimoto:player#3309>'s ability to return fully fit with an injury of this nature.

This season <Hashimoto:player#3309> has gone 1-0 with an ERA of 2.25, posting 16 strikeouts in 24 innings.