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Rocco Baldelli, Anyone?

Turns out the illness for which he was being treated... wasn't what he really had, says a Providence, Rhode Island TV station:

Rocco Baldelli was misdiagnosed when doctors told him he had mitochondrial disease.

Eyewitness News spoke with Baldelli's father Tuesday, and he says it turns out Baldelli actually has a condition known as channelopothy.

Baldelli was at the Cleveland Clinic last week undergoing further tests when a doctor at the clinic determined that Baldelli had the treatable channelopothy.

Baldelli turned 27 in September. He's a free agent. Yes, he hits righthanded, but if he's healthy -- take a look at his 2004 season, where he had 16 HR and 57 RBI in a little more than a half season's worth of AB. Careerwise vs. LHP, he is .296/.347/.494, with far fewer K's. Might make a good platoon partner for Fukudome.

Have at it.

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