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Oft-injured Texas Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy, at Triple-A Oklahoma City after not making the Rangers' rotation out of spring training, has been put on the seven-day disabled list after feeling soreness in his right shoulder.

When then-Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy suffered life-threatening brain injuries after he was struck in the head by a line drive in September, MLB said it accelerated its efforts to come up with acceptable protective headgear for pitchers.

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Major League Baseball is looking at ways to protect pitchers from being injured by batted balls such as the one that struck Doug Fister in the head, and says hat liners are a possibility in the minors next year.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy feels nearly normal again just more than three weeks after undergoing brain surgery following a frightening injury in which a line drive off the bat of the Angels' Erick Aybar struck him Sept. 5.

Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy has walked a few steps and is making encouraging progress in his recovery from surgery after getting hit in the head by a line drive last week.

Stephania Bell discusses the injury statuses of a number of star players and whether they're worth trusting down the stretch.

The Athletics have placed right-handers Brandon McCarthy and Tyson Ross on the 15-day disabled list in the latest injury-related moves for their rotation.

The Green Bay Packers are dealing with two significant injuries among their line backing corps, coach Mike McCarthy said. Nick Barnett (wrist) and Brandon Chillar (shoulder) missed practice Wednesday and are both set to receive second medical opinion...

2009 Season: Since Brandon McCarthy made the most starts of the remaining group of possibilities for next season (Matt Harrison, Dustin Nippert, etc.), we'll call him the fifth starter. McCarthy showed he could actually pitch deeper into games. He ...

By Byron Anderson The Texas heat is here and so are the injuries. Pitcher Brandon McCarthy on the DL with a stress fracture in his shoulder blade. You have to feel sorry for McCarthy who seemed to have turned the corner on his injury plagued past ...

Brandon McCarthy scattered nine hits in his first career complete game and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Injury-plagued pitcher Brandon McCarthy agreed to a $650,000, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

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