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Joe Blanton has not pitched since May 14th against the Braves. Even in that game his elbow was bothering him and he gave up two home runs over 5 innings. The Phillies ultimately lost 3-5. Since then he has been on the DL with as far as I can tell has only been publicly diagnosed as "crankiness". He has since been resting his elbow in the hopes that it would heal itself but after a bullpen a few days ago he felt the same symptoms. It's a shame really as Blanton was predicted to win 15-30 games by 100% of Blangraphs readers.

Here is what Blanton had to say about his injury. "I think I'm just trying to stay attuned with what's going on," Blanton said. "But it feels the same as it did before. It's not, 'Oh, maybe you just have some soreness.' It's the same as it was. So the rest period didn't work, so we'll see where we go from here."

Any future updates on Blanton's health will be covered and posted here on Blangraphs.