Posted at 8:38 a.m., Monday, March 19, 2007
Padres lefthander David Wells has diabetes
Advertiser Staff
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Padres left-hander David Wells has Type 2 diabetes, which the team says is controllable.''It's something he'll have to manage and something we'll have to help him manage,'' chief executive officer Sandy Alderson said today. ''It's not unprecedented by any means.''
Wells was diagnosed two weeks ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported in today's editions.
Asked if he feels less energy at times, Wells said: ''It depends.'' He declined further comment today.
Manager Bud Black said Wells needs to meet with doctors.
''From what I've been told, it'll be manageable,'' Black said.
The 43-year-old old signed a one-year contract in January to return to his hometown Padres as the No. 5 starter. The 6-foot-3, 248-pound Wells has often battled his weight, and was scratched from a start late last season due to gout in his right foot.
