2018 injury roll/discussion

a corker to start

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/02/14/travis-wood-suffered-a-crossbow-accident-this-offseason/

“He’s got a split-finger now,” Ron Gardenhire said of Travis Wood.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) February 14, 2018

https://i.imgur.com/5s5rdRP.jpg
per tradition, i just want to go ahead and put dr andrews up here

"I've learned my lesson...no more live action D&D."

KM, you invoke Dr Andrews, Dr Andrews will get work.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/tigers-bryan-garcia-slated-for-tommy-john-surgery/

It’s a good thing I didn’t know how to invoke Dr Andrews until now. I probably would have frivolously invoked him in all sorts of situations

Yankees manager Aaron Boone announces that infield prospect Thairo Estrada sustained a gunshot wound in his right hip during a robbery attempt at the end of January. He is in good spirits and expected to play the majority of the season.

— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) February 16, 2018

supposedly the bullet is still in his hip and there are no plans to remove it

\m/

a life of problems at the airport.

Astros’ first baseman Yuli Gurriel underwent surgery on the hamate bone in his left hand and could be sidelined for five to eight weeks.

justin turner out for an indeterminate amount of time but probably in the range of a couple of months with a broken hand

maybe less ... "four to six weeks"

TJ surgery for M's David Phelps

sounds like TJ for mets' rafael montero

which might be a blessing, at least financially, as he's out of options and wasn't going to make the team

Bumgarner's pitching hand was broken by a line drive.

a's randy johnson-esque prospect aj puk headed for TJ

nathan eovaldi has loose bodies, if you know what i mean

Sal Perez out a month or two with an MCL sprain induced by luggage

the Giants winning three World Series in this decade curse continues:

Lincecum is dealing with a blister on his right middle finger, slowing down what was going to be an already tight schedule to make the Opening Day roster.

He was signed on March 7 and has thrown just two live batting practices since arriving in camp. Lincecum was supposed to pitch Friday against the Padres but scratched because of the blister.

"It's not bad today," Lincecum said. "Definitely desensitized. Just because it's feeling better one day doesn't mean it's 100 percent ready to go. Kind of rebuild that callus over the hole and then take the next step."

The next step will be to return to Texas with the Rangers, resume his throwing program and then go on a medical rehabilitation assignment to Double-A Frisco. The Rangers have no timetable on when he'll be able to rejoin the team.

very reminiscent of the steelers winning four super bowls in the 70s curse -- most of those players are struggling now, and the rest are dead

its a blister. a bit much for a curse.

Phillies' Pat Neshek to the DL with a shoulder strain.

Braves lose Tyler Flowers to the DL with an oblique strain.

Aaron Hicks (NYY) DL'd w/ intercostal muscle strain.

Nelson Cruz slipped on the dugout steps after hitting a home run Saturday against Cleveland and was removed from the game. While his X-rays were negative, he'll also be having an MRI Sunday, so there remains the possibility that the issue is more than a minor one. The severity of the issue should become clear when the results of the MRI are released.

The Padres placed Wil Myers on the disabled list with nerve irritation.

Christian Yelich suffered an oblique injury but the severity is not yet known for the Brewers outfielder.

Adam Eaton was removed from Thursday's game against the Mets with an apparent injury.

This is bad news for the Brewers as Corey Knebel goes down with an injury. pic.twitter.com/wpJGeBnbi9

— Justus Cleveland (@JustusCleveland) April 6, 2018

yeah that does not look good

Yelich to DL

ditto Anthony Rizzo w/ lower back tightness

travis d'arnaud has a partially torn UCL, may need tommy john

time for plaweckin' ball

Texas Rangers transferred RHP Tim Lincecum from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Blister on right middle finger.

that's a hell of a blister

fucking kiermaier out 13 weeks, why can't this dude stay on the field

tell your kk posse to stop sliding headfirst

mike napoli wrecked his knee in a minor league game and could be done for good

he appeared to slip on the (home) plate in one of those bullpens-in-foul-territory while tracking a popup

Hunter Pence, sprained thumb

a mercy spraining

kris bryant hit in the head by a german marquez fastball. sounds like he'll be ok, last i saw said he had a laceration but no concussion. scary though

Tim Beckham out til at least June after "core surgery" (English, please) bcz of course he's my fucking HACKING MASS 3b

Seager out for entire season ffs

Corey, that is.

Whoa

Randal Grichuk, right knee sprain

What about a thread for extended DL stints for guys already on the DL, por ejemplo:

Brian Buxton was on the DL for migraines... broke his toe after fouling a pitch off it in a rehab game.

OR

Jake Lamb on the DL for AC sprain in his left shoulder, developed tendinitis in his right elbow, will miss another couple weeks.

Adam Eaton remains "shut down" from all baseball activities indefinitely...

yesterday Joe Panik with a thumb and out six weeks, today Johhhy Cueto with an elbow, TBD.

The strain in Hyun-Jin Ryu’s groin was severe. He tore the muscle off the bone, Dave Roberts said.

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) May 3, 2018

9:55am: Molina will miss at least four weeks after suffering a “pelvic injury with traumatic hematoma,” the Cardinals announced (Twitter links via Joe Trezza of MLB.com). They’ve placed him on the DL and recalled Kelly. The club also recalled reliever Mike Mayers, who will take Dominic Leone’s place. Leone is headed to the DL with “right arm upper nerve irritation.”

8:11am: Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina underwent surgery Saturday after being hit in the groin by a foul tip, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak confirmed to Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals are now expected to go without Molina for at least a month.

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brutal to watch

Kershaw out for 10 days (+?) with bicep tendinitis

Wade Miley, strained oblique, 4-6 weeks

Robinson Cano, broken hand

AJ Pollock out 4-8 weeks with a thumb injury

I guess Cano got an 80 day PED suspension today.

Votto left a game last night and is sitting out tonight with some back tightness.

arguably best player in the NL to date

xp

Kenyan Middleton will be having Tommy John.

Yu Darvish, right triceps tendinitis

Ronald Acuña Jr, left ACL sprain, 10-day DL
Pretty amazing he was able to walk off the field yesterday after that tumble.

Mookie Betts, abdominal strain!

icymi, TJ surgery for Jordan Montgomery

Andrelton Simmins, sprained ankle

nooooo, he's too much fun to watch

He's underplaying it (party due to embarrassment)... feels frustrated he had to go to the DL.

And now Strasburg's annual injury report, pulled after 2 innings with a shoulder issue, sent to hospital for MRI. What a year!

mentioned on the BFIB thread, but alex reyes is now out for the year again

well that took long enough

https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-kole-calhoun-placed-on-disabled-list/c-279510682

evan longoria broken hand

Good news for that kid on the Giants* who isn't getting any quality playing time because he's cockblocked by Panik (who is quite possibly the most terrible leadoff hitter in recent memory).

*Alen Hanson:
2018: .338/.377/.690, 11k:5bb, 5HR, 3SB as a bench/reserve player

former pirate great

Hunter Strickland punched a door after coming out of game last night. He fractured his pitching hand and is having surgery. Out at least six to eight weeks.

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) June 19, 2018

lewis brinson 1, hunter strickland 0

https://deadspin.com/the-beef-between-lewis-brinson-and-hunter-strickland-is-1826964878

strickland is such a weirdo

INJURIES OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)

What a week. Hunter Strickland lost a heavyweight-championship bout with a wall. Brandon Morrow’s pants gave him more trouble than the hitters. And it wasn’t even safe to watch baseball’s most beloved mascot perform his customary merriment.

Because all of that happened just this week, what better time to recap The Top Five Injuries of the Year (So Far)? And here’s the best part:

To select this prestigious list, I called on baseball’s preeminent injury authority (non-Dr. James Andrews Division) — former Giants pitcher (and three-time Injury of the Year winner) Jeremy Affeldt.

As a man whose three Injury of the Year honors were all due to mishaps away from the field (separating frozen hamburgers, hugging his son after a road trip, playing with his kids at a lake), Affeldt offers a clear understanding of the most critical factors involved in assessing the creativity and degree of difficulty involved in these calamities:

A) How much abuse would they elicit from teammates?

B) How embarrassing would it be to tell your trainer or general manager what happened?

“With all of my injuries,” he told Useless Info, “I’d think, ‘How am I going to explain this to (GM) Brian Sabean?’ He’d usually just look at me and walk out of the room. And I’d think, ‘Hmmm, he and I probably aren’t going to have dinner any time soon.’”

So … as GMs stomp out of rooms all across our fair land, are you ready for this year’s top five injuries? Let’s announce them now!

FIRST PRIZE – Cubs closer Brandon Morrow attempts to take off his pants in the closet after returning from a road trip, fails to nail the landing, winds up on the disabled list with back spasms.

Affeldt’s take: I put that No. 1 because it was most relatable to me. It felt like something I would have done. Just taking your pants off and you blow out your back? I’m surprised it never happened to me. I don’t know how I missed that one.

SECOND PRIZE – Royals catcher Salvador Pérez squats a thousand times a week and comes out of that feeling just fine. But he takes a funny step while carrying his suitcase up the stairs after arriving home from spring training — and lands on the DL with a torn MCL. Our unprofessional diagnosis: Samsonitis!

Affeldt’s take: It’s a suitcase deal. It’s one of those things you do all the time. The worst part is, you do it at home, and then you have to make the phone call to the trainer. So you call him and he says, “What’s up?”And you say, “I was just carrying my suitcase up the steps and I blew out.” And the trainer’s like, “Whaat?” It’s the most awkward conversation ever….And just the irony of that, for a catcher? I could easily make that No. 1.

THIRD PRIZE – Mariners masher Nelson Cruz hits a home run in the second game of the season and successfully trots around the bases without incident – then unsuccessfully tries to hop down the dugout steps and lands on the DL with a sprained ankle.

Affeldt’s take: My thing is, if I’m a player on that team, I’m probably going to be laughing at that one. I mean, the most un-athletic move you could possibly have is blowing out doing something you do every day — walking down the steps. You ever notice that nobody ever does that after they strike out? When you strike out, you walk down those steps nice and slow. But when you hit a home run, you’ve got so much more energy going. You see guys and they’re out of breath and you say, “You’re out of breath after a home run trot?” But it’s because there’s an adrenaline rush. There’s so much excitement, you almost don’t breathe. So the moral of the story is: Act like you did it before. Take your time. Make it down the steps.

FOURTH PRIZE – Giants third baseman Evan Longoria stands in the batter’s box as Derek Holland throws a side session with no plans to swing – but still somehow turns an ankle and misses a game.

Affeldt’s take: You see hitters do that all the time, standing in, just tracking balls. They’re not standing close. They’re not getting out of the way of any pitches. They’re just standing there because it’s a bullpen session — and you roll your ankle? I put that at No. 4 just because I like the ones with athletes being un-athletic. That’s just funny to me, probably because I’ve done that so much myself. I’ll hit a golf shot sometimes and say, “Seriously? How does a professional athlete hit a shot that bad?” So when you roll your ankle just standing in, I guarantee all the guys in the clubhouse say, “That’s an athletic move.”

FIFTH PRIZE – In order to score the first run of his career, Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has to run 90 consecutive feet to score on a sacrifice fly at Citi Field. That goes so well, he somehow lands on the DL with two sore hamstrings.

Affeldt’s take: I’m thinking, you run down the line and then you have to tell the trainer, “I tweaked my hamstrings.” And he says, “You mean ‘hamstring.’” And you have to go, “No. Both of them.” I mean, I don’t know how that’s possible, to blow out both of them. I know in our training room, we used to hang these things on the wall. I know because I was on there a lot. If you look bad on the field or do something really dumb and go on the DL, they’d put you up there. I hope they have one (in Yankee Stadium) because this is going on that wall.

NOT IN THE TOP FIVE SHOCKER – Hunter Strickland blows save, punches wall, loses unanimous decision, ends up on DL with broken hand.

Affeldt’s take: Here’s why that’s not in my top five. More people do that than you’d think. I could tell you hundreds of guys I’ve watched who got mad and punched something. They just didn’t break their metacarpal.

MINOR LEAGUE BONUS INJURY – Thanks to the Orange County Register’s Jeff Fletcher for alerting us to this one: Angels prospect Taylor Ward got promoted from double A to triple A last month. Alas, his journey from Mobile to Salt Lake had to be delayed for 10 days — because he cut his finger while packing (and had to wait it out on the DL).

Affeldt’s take: I actually feel bad about this one. Your whole goal is to get called up. And now you cut your finger packing and you can’t get called up? That’s really unlucky — but it is really funny.

BONUS MASCOT INJURY – The Phillie Phanatic aimed his fabled hot-dog launcher toward the seats of Citizens Bank Park on Monday — and launched a duct-taped hot dog directly into the face of poor Kathy McVay. Her glasses went flying. Her eye turned into a black-and-blue puffball. And she wound up in the emergency room. But other than that, her 15 minutes of fame have gone splendidly.

Affeldt’s take: My advice would be: When you’re shooting a cannon, try not to aim at people’s faces. You’re not doing the launch-angle thing to hit a home run. So how ’bout just hitting a little infield pop-up? But all injuries caused by mascots should be on this list — because those are epic.

braves move (good canadian kid) mike soroka from the 10-day DL to the 60-day

Kris Bryant, shoulder inflammation

Lorenzo Cain, groin strain

Danny Salazar of the talent-rich AL Central is out for the season.

I think I drafted him pretty high in our league too.

Did he even play a game?

poor man's bieber anyway

Gleyber Torres, hip strain

If the doctors celebrate after Brian McCann’s successful knee surgery do you think he’ll get mad?

- Ben Carsley, BP

Lewis Brinson, an anchor of my HACKING MASS team, hip inflammation

Todd Frazier, strained rib cage

TJ for Garrett Richards

good lord

RHP Kyle Funkhouser recently sustained a fracture to his 5th metatarsal in his right foot after turning his ankle on an uneven sidewalk while walking home after a game. The injury will require surgery & we expect him to make a full recovery & be ready for Spring Training in 2019.

— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) July 24, 2018

(a prospect)

Strasburg, nerve impingement

Bryant, shoulder

I was only half-listening to Cubs pregame but apparently it's due to the abbreviated follow-through in Bryant's swing? Doug Glanville seemed to be saying KB is going to need to rethink his swing to stay healthy.

Da Bum:
I’m growing concerned that Bryant had a chronic shoulder issue that explains his disappearing power the past two years. Talk me down from the ledge Jay!

Jay Jaffe:
I dunno how chronic it is, but the link between the shoulder issue and lesser power is almost certainly more than a coincidence. That said — and I say this without having not looked closely — I wonder if Bryant has gone too far in the other direction when it comes to tweaking his swing to cut down on strikeouts, a change he made a couple years ago. It might be time to review that.

looks like...yep, that's right *mimes putting on headphones* it looks like kris bryant's performance is officially under jay jaffe review

Tonight OF Aaron Judge sustained a chip fracture of the right wrist (ulnar styloid bone). No surgery has been recommended. The Yankees approximate a 3-week time period before Judge can swing a bat in a game situation.

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 27, 2018

Altuve DL'd (first in career) w/ sore right knee

Johnny Cueto was placed on the 10-day DL (retroactive to Sunday) with a right elbow sprain (2nd time this season, has never had TJ)
Pablo Sandoval was placed on the 10-day DL with a right hamstring strain

J.A. Happ was sent home Tuesday due to contracting hand, foot and mouth disease. That could result in the lefty starter not being able to face the Red Sox on Saturdayat Fenway Park

— George A. King III (@GeorgeAKingIII) July 31, 2018

it's catching

LOLYankees

Johnny Cueto was placed on the 10-day DL (retroactive to Sunday) with a right elbow sprain (2nd time this season, has never had TJ)

TJ scheduled, will be out til 2020

man

Jake Lamb will have season ending surgery to repair torn rotator cuff.

Panda out for season w hamstring surgery

Tommy Pham: fractured foot

Panda out for season w hamstring surgery

― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:57 PM (yesterday)

lol, I think I saw this happen in person... was it caused by him legging out a triple last Sunday?

it was after a triple on a tag up, sliding home he hurt it. video here
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/pablo-sandoval-leaves-with-hamstring-injury/c-287988012

reds RHP/SS prospect hunter greene, the second overall pick in last year's draft, and who hit 103 at the futures game a few weeks ago, is out 'for the season' with a UCL sprain

From the clubhouse: Lance McCullers Jr. left tonight's game with right elbow discomfort.

— Houston Astros (@astros) August 5, 2018

George Springer with a left thumb injury sustained while attempting to steal 2nd. Doesn’t look good for Georgie

Kenley Jansen, irregular heartbeat

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24339788/kenley-jansen-los-angeles-dodgers-expected-miss-month-irregular-heartbeat

Cardinals' Weaver misses start after cutting finger on food tray

Luke Weaver's fight with dinner prevented him from taking the mound Sunday.

The St. Louis Cardinals right-hander was scratched from his start against the Kansas City Royals after slicing the index finger of his pitching hand on aluminum foil that was covering a tray. The team attempted to glue the wound to allow him to pitch, but it would not hold.

"He cut it on the piece of the topping," Cardinals interim manager Mike Shildt said, according to ESPN.

"It's on his right index finger. He probably could have started, but it just made sense to not push it and have him throw 90 or 100 pitches. We didn't want him to miss another start."

Tyson Ross filled in for Weaver and allowed two runs over six innings while striking out four.

Leonys Martin has been battling a life-threatening bacterial infection that attacked his internal organs. He is currently in stable condition, and is improving. Chris Antonetti addressed the Indians about the situation this afternoon.

— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) August 13, 2018

Trevor Bauer to DL with small fibula fracture

Weird, initial X-Rays said negative.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said following Monday's game that Brian Dozier will be sent for further testing after an EKG test for cardiac rhythms revealed "abnormalities."

That's 2 Dodgers with heart issues in the past few days.

Back to Bauer, this means his regular season is done ja?

One day after Brian Dozier said Zyrtec triggered his dizziness, Ross Stripling said soft beds at the Ritz-Carlton hampered his back. This team is like Consumer Reports.

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) August 15, 2018

Dereck Rodriguez pulled his hamstring running onto the field during the Puig brawl last night.

10 Day DL

Sale

Didi Gregorius was placed on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday after receiving what manager Aaron Boone called "a pretty bad bruise" on his left heel Sunday.

#Cubs Darvish out for the year with stress reaction on elbow

— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) August 21, 2018

Wil Myers has been scratched from the Padres' lineup Wednesday due to a lacerated nose.

Advice: Myers suffered the injury when he got hit by a stray batting practice ball while standing near the third base bag ahead of Wednesday night's game at Coors Field.

when he got hit by a stray batting practice ball while standing near the third base bag

not to be a jerk but that wasn't a "stray" batting practice ball, that was myers not paying attention

Sean Manaea to the 10-day (shoulder)

Not a joke:

Josh Donaldson to 10-Day DL (calf)

that's a paper transaction so he can continue getting into game shape -- he's playing third in columbus today

and hit a grand slam

Not sure what to make of that, he didn't get included in the September call-ups and yet hit a grand slam against a guy who also didn't make the 40-man roster.

he's on a rehab assignment, backdated a few days before the trade. he'll be on the indians sometime next week. they're moving jose ramirez to 2B and kipnis to CF to make room for donaldson at 3B

columbus' season is over, so donaldson will now join double-a akron for its first-round playoff series starting tomorrow

what a disaster for the sanctity of eastern league playoff records

TJ for Ohtani

oof

https://i.imgur.com/5s5rdRP.jpg

goddammit

seemed like only approach after Sunday

uh, also ohtani hit a HR tonight (a 361-ft home run, but still). he's still cleared to hit

They say it's possible he could play the outfield next year even after TJ? I'm not sure how that would work -- outfielders still have to throw.

gleyber torres had TJ in late june last year, was hitting at the beginning of spring training and playing shortstop no later than the first week of april. so it seems like if he had the surgery now, he might not miss all that much time as a hitter next year. throwing in the upper 90s might be a good bit longer, tho

michael kopech, torn UCL, TJ on the way

tore it deleting tweets

lol Morbs

Gregor Polanco out for ROS with significant bone bruise in leg as well as shoulder issue.

other AL contenders are reportedly upset about the donaldson trade to clevo -- the jays certified him as major-league healthy and only healthy players can go through waivers (which i didn't know), so his immediate DL-ing and rehab stint should have been unnecessary

kinda sounds like the jays broke the rules and the other teams are mad that they were unable to reap the benefit while the indians did

brad peacock has hand/foot/mouth disease

sean manaea is having shoulder surgery and will be out until 2020

Re: the Donaldson thing... every team had the same opportunity as the Indians. The jays may have gotten cute with the rules, but I don’t see how the Indians had an advantage over anyone else.

well, the indians had the worst record of the AL playoff teams, so they got to make the waiver claim first

I think Donaldson cleared waivers? If he didn’t then, ya, I could see how that might be a problem.

indeed you are correct

James Paxton has some sort of virus and won’t travel with the #Mariners to Anaheim, Scott Servais said. Possible he could travel later but very unlikely.

— TJ Cotterill (@TJCotterill) September 12, 2018

Pedro Strop appears to have gotten hurt trying to beat out a throw to first base. Based on his reaction, it looks like a possible left hamstring injury. Devastating for the Cubs

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) September 13, 2018

Apparently (it is September after all) there were plenty of PH-eligible bats on the bench but Maddon left him in and now they're down 2 closers.

Michael Fulmer, meniscus, MRI, Dr. James Andrews, etc.

Trevor Story leaves game mid-AB (not plunked)... that's never a good sign.

#Rockies’ Trevor Story facing potential UCL damage in right elbow, sources tell The Athletic. Exact diagnosis not yet known.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 18, 2018

and that's . . . the rest of the story

Eddie Rosario reaggravated his strained hamstring and is likely out for the year.

no ligament damage for story, he'll be back in a few days

brandon morrow out for the rest of the season

also jose abreu hospitalized with an infection in his leg

no ligament damage for story, he'll be back in a few days

― na (NA), Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:35 PM (yesterday)

just saw that he pinch ran for someone last night and scored a run.

Francisco Lindor has sustained a right calf strain while preparing for ST. He has started rehab & is expected to return to Major League game activity in 7-to-9 weeks.

Get well soon & keep smiling!

We are confident that everyone will handle this news calmly & rationally ... pic.twitter.com/x19uXFClGC

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) February 8, 2019

the disabled list will be renamed the injured list