DENVER, CO - MAY 10: Pitcher Tim Byrdak #40 of the New York Mets works against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 10, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) Getty ...

Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Mets announced left-handed reliever Tim Byrdak has a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder and could have surgery. Byrdak, who was put on the disabled ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 28: Pitcher Tim Byrdak #40 of the New York Mets pitches in relief in seventh inning during the MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 28, 2012 in Los ...

WHITING — CJ Byrdak had a childhood most kids could only dream of. His dad, Tim, starred for South Suburban and had a three-year stint with the Kansas City Royals before undergoing Tommy John surgery ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Feb. 24 -- There is a point where not even the love of baseball is enough to keep a man in tow or traveling across the country in a rickety bus, with trees and strip malls ...

Tim Byrdak officially completed his arduous comeback from major shoulder surgery. One day after returning to the major leagues as a September call-up, the lefthander threw 11/3 shutout innings Monday ...

Tim Byrdak -- the same former Mets pitcher who once brought a live chicken into the clubhouse and called it "Little Jerry Seinfeld" -- pitched eight games for the Amazins last season but hasn't caught ...

* Turning point: Clemente Bonilla led off the game with a single, stole second, advanced to third on the Joliet catcher's error and scored on Billy Brown's ground ...

ST. LOUIS — Lefthanded reliever Tim Byrdak is suffering from an irritation of the L5 disk in his back that will lengthen his stay on the disabled list, the Astros said Wednesday. Byrdak, 36, will ...