Hoffy's Bone Chips-Stats Link?

Trevor Hoffman notes that he and the club only considered surgery to remove bone chips over the last 3 months of the season. During that specific time period, Hoffy posted a 5.14 ERA with a 2.5-1 K/BB ratio - not exactly numbers that evoke Trevor Time. That said, it seems unlikely that they were cause of this late season slide. In September, Hoffman posted an excellent 1.15 ERA with a 10-1 K/BB ratio. It would be interesting to know exactly how the injury was bothering him and when the symptoms started, thought he implies that he never pitched in pain over the course of the season.

Like all the injured Pads, FF hopes for a speedy recover on the way to a big 2008 season.

PS - Root for AL teams for the '07 Series!