John Romano reports that Upton has a torn labrum in his shoulder and will need surgery this off-season.
 i found this story on raysindex.com

BJ Upton has a torn laburm in his left shoulder. It prevents him from swinging the bat with authority. It also caused the should to pop out of its socket in May, and it will require him to have surgery in the offseason.

When Upton is swinging well, he has one of the quickest bats in baseball. That is why a player as frail as Upton was able to hit 24 home runs last season despite missing a month of the season. This season he has 8.

also here is a quote from an earlier post that was on here,

"If I could swing the way I wanted to, there would be less doubles and more homers," Upton said. "A lot of my doubles have been off the wall or they one-hop the wall. If I could have really put a full swing into it, I think the story would be a little different."

Unfortunately for the Rays, other teams certainly are already aware of this. We are sure they know the pitch-locations that Upton avoids. That he is still able to maintain a solid OBP (.381) is testimony to just how great Upton can be.

so wow the bossman is playing with a torn labrum and is still having an amazing season even without power, i think that changing his game this season because of this injury may be a blessing in disguse, since he now walks a ton and is a speed demon on the bases, so combine this season with last season and BJ Upton is an MVP candidate who is capable of a 30-60 season with over 100 walks.

i wonder what the heater has to say about this that the player that they bash the most is takeing one for the team.