File this one under "Shocking!"

You guys are never going to believe this. Sean Burnett has elbow discomfort and is going to see Dr. James Andrews to get a second opinion on his arm. Stuff like that never happens to Pirate pitchers, right?

OK, this really isn't that funny, or at least I'm sure it isn't to Burnett. But it does go to show just how right Zach Duke was to give the finger to the Pirates' doctors and get the second opinion right off the bat. Burnett was having trouble last month and the doctors told him he was fine and to rest his arm a bit. He tried to come back and things haven't gone well and now he's getting another opinion. To quote some Scrubs... are the Pirates' doctors real doctors, or are they doctors like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?

That all being said, I think Dejan is right when he says Burnett's career is in jeopardy right now. If he's got another major elbow problem and has to have another major surgery, he'll be 26 or 27 before he can even get back to AAA, if he can pitch again. He'll have made the official move from "prospect" to "Adam Hyzdu" at that point, I think.