rolling injuries 2014

Derek Holland out til mid-year

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/1/10/5296936/derek-holland-knee-surgery-rangers

"Holland, 27, tore cartilage in the knee on Tuesday in a fall at home that he described as a "freak accident."

every time i read an explanation like that i assume that it occurred during an advanced sex move. ken griffey jr slipped in the bathtub in 1989? maybe...during an advanced sex move

Justin Verlander is missing spring training.

clint barmes broke his collarbone while carrying deer meat . . . in an advanced sex move

i knew it

advanced sex move involving derek holland's dog wrigley

arthro elbow surgery for Jeremy Hellickson

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/2/3/5373474/jeremy-hellickson-elbow-injury-jake-odorizzi

awwww

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/2/12/5404644/cole-hamels-injury-biceps-tendinitis-phillies

mariners:
franklin gutierrez to miss season with gastrointestinal problems
iwakuma out 4-6 weeks with freak finger injury
taijuan walker suffering shoulder soreness

freak finger injury even worse when you attach advanced sex move

those hafta be some serious GI problems

perhaps the iwakuma and gutierrez injuries are connected via a botched advanced sex move

(i.e. when you're knuckle-deep into the intestines, do NOT suddenly bend your finger)

Of all the times to have this thread open and while my boss is in my cube.

the ONLY nsfw mlb injury thread on the internet!

(sorry leee!)

mark mulder blew out his achilles (in an advanced sex move)

Damn that sucks.

I probably should have used different words seeing how this has turned into a sex thread, but that's really terrible for Mulder, his comeback would have been an amazing story.

Travis Snider hurt his finger cutting sweet potatoes in an advanced sex move

we should have a FAP where we eat a dinner of injury-causing foods

rated r

can someone explain how this "advanced sex move" thing got started?!

well, you place the catcher's mask on your partner's face...

well...when two people love each other...

xp lol

We have "Hot" Karl Malone to thank imo

Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
The Braves have released Mat Gamel. He reinjured his right knee (two ACL surgeries the past two years) last week.

jesus, this guy

was just about to post this. feel bad for him.

Miguel Sano to have Tommy John surgery

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/248012161.html

Cameron Maybin is hurt.

@DSzymborski
Bad MRI news on Cameron Maybin. Ruptured biceps, out a few months.

Luke Hochevar will miss a couple months with a UCL strain

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/5/5474456/mlb-roundup-luke-hochevar-out-until-june-with-ucl-injury

Princess Valiant could miss April

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/6/5477380/cole-hamels-injury-phillies-rotation-spring-training

‏@AdamMcCalvy

First #Brewers injury of the spring is a weird one: K-Rod stepped on a cactus. Not sure how long he'll be out.

so advanced

elbows exploding everywhere

Shins, too.

Or maybe just those of Jose Iglesias

So depressed for Jarrod Parker, I really liked his second half last year and was anxious to see him play this season. A second surgery is very bad news.

And now Aroldis Chapman.

...struck by a liner.

Game called in the sixth. Geez.

Pitchf/x data reports the pitch was a 99 mph fastball.

Doesn't he have the tendency to stay up after he releases the ball? Was that a factor?

Ehh, don't really feel like watching it happen.

‏@BNightengale
The #Reds medical staff says absolutely Chapman will pitch this year although not until May

that's good news

really frightening

josh johnson out at least a month after trying to lift his entire $8 million salary with his right hand

Johnson is getting into Pavano territory.

Profar may be gone til July

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/rangers-second-baseman-jurickson-profar-out-10-12-weeks-with-torn-shoulder-muscle?ymd=20140323&content_id=69979264&vkey=news_mlb

The Curse of Kinsler

and Yu will miss opener w/ stiff neck

and Kershaw! MRI.

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/26/5551828/clayton-kershaw-injury-dodgers-opening-day-scratched

@washingnats
#Nats RHP Doug Fister is going on the 15-day disabled list to start the season. He has a lat strain. #Nats #Nationals #MLB

Dave Hernandez of the dbacks is getting tommy john.. guy has nasty stuff.

Wilson Ramos broke his hand.

and jose reyes taken out in the 1st inning with some sort of hamstring problem. man, reyes' hamstrings. :(

don baylor carried off the field after catching vlad's ceremonial first pitch

lock thread.

Assumed Vlad was out there to hit the ceremonial first 58-footer.

Broken leg!

How bizarre.

don baylor carried off the field after catching vlad's ceremonial first pitch

just learned that Baylor has had the same disease, MM, for 11 years that I have. It knocks the shit out of your bones.

Carlos Gonzalez left Wednesday's game after swallowing his dip

"swallowing his dip" is just a euphemism for an advanced...well you know

TJ surgery for Matt Moore

adam wainwright: hyperextended right knee

i stepped away from watching the game for about 20 minutes, and i totally missed it. ugh. hope this doesn't knock him out for months or something.

colorado springs sky sox utilityman matt mcbride broke his foot during a home-run trot

Michael Pineda out 3-4 weeks with Grade I strain of the Teres Major muscle below his right shoulder. Rub some tar on it.

Matthew Kory:
"Robinson Cano returned to New York and fans chanted 'Sellout' at him which is weird because only 37,484 people were there."

(more like 8000 with the weather)

Matt Cain cut his finger while trying to cut a sandwich into "fancy triangles".

http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/05/05/a-list-of-sf-giants-not-going-to-fresno-plus-tonights-lineup/

Is that what they call it these days

uh oh jose fernandez is getting an mri

basically every pitcher will be TJ'd by August

@timmarchman
If you have a starter who's 24 or younger with a K/9 of 10 or above just send him to Europe for a year. http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/t1xUr …

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=t1xUr

imo we should cancel the 2015 season, give every pitcher on 40-man rosters/ba's top 20 prospects tommy john on nov. 1, 2014, and start fresh

― mookieproof, Friday, April 25, 2014 8:24 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

@injuryexpert
Sabathia headed to see Dr. Andrews for a consult on the knee. Raises the concern level a notch. Yankees say no meniscus damage.

ROBOT PITCHERS NOW

jose fernandez to dl

shit, yeah

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/miami-marlins-right-hander-jose-fernanez-to-disabled-list-with-right-elbow-sprain?ymd=20140512&content_id=75230810&vkey=news_mlb

TINSTAPP

@JCRMarlinsbeat
Source: #Marlins anticipate Fernandez will require season-ending elbow surgery.

yikes

fucking hell

http://crow202.org/2009/cat_cant_have_nice_things.jpg

ffuuuuuuuu

TINSTAAP <--note the lack of extra P

Depressing, first Harvey, now Fernandez, something must be wrong surely.

That's awful. Throw Strasburg in, too--I don't know, is it even worth all the caution? Or maybe just don't ever bring up a pitcher until he's 22.

Harvey debuted at 23...just picking numbers out of the air, but so much for that theory.

On this podcast, one of the guests says he was particularly alarmed by JF throwing his curveball 54 times in one game. Something to do with supination and pronation.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23559

Anyway, hard throwing + MLB intensity + extreme velocity = busting your arm, it seems.

I wonder if converted catchers are the new market (in)efficiency(?) in pitching. those dudes werent throwing sliders at 13. then again kenley jansen is one of the few to be super successful.

motte was a converted catcher, but it didn't save his elbow

Jose Fernandez was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and surgery was recommended by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in the initial diagnosis.

Tom Verducci says lowering the mound would help. Also this:

"Most every sport increases action and drama as the game draws near to its end; football teams can go to a hurry-up offense, hockey teams can pull their goalie, basketball teams can shoot more three-pointers...but the closer baseball games get to their conclusion the more they slow down and the less likely teams are to get a hit, which makes the excitement of the comeback less likely.

Let's use the National League as an example. From the seventh through ninth innings, nearly one out of every four at-bats ends in a strikeout (24.1%). In those innings, batters are hitting .232.

Now here's the context you need to know about that batting average. The worst hitting in the league's history occurred in 1908, when batters hit .239 for the season. So what is happening in today's game is that the late innings have turned into a brand of offensive baseball that is worse than the deadest of the Deadball Era years."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20140513/jose-fernandez-miami-marlins-injury/

""Most every sport increases action and drama as the game draws near to its end... basketball teams can shoot more three-pointers"

just want to point out that what actually happens at the end of close basketball games is a long series of timeouts, fouls, and free throws.

it's the worst part about basketball

There's a bit of a disconnect between the theory and the reality.

Texas SPs Harrison and Perez likely out for the year

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/27/77/34/6289206/3/628x471.jpg

Brandon Belt underwent surgery on Tuesday to have two pins installed in his fractured left thumb, manager Bruce Bochy, but the timetable for the first baseman's return remains six weeks.

The pins are expected to stay in for four weeks, and Belt would spend two weeks after that preparing to return to the lineup.

http://sad-ucl.github.io

ben zobrist dislocates his thumb sliding headfirst; headfirst haters huffy

Beltran to DL w/ 37-yo man's elbow

@SportsCenter
Baseball's Tommy John epidemic continues: Rangers LHP Martin Perez will have surgery for partial tear in his elbow ligament.

ban headfirst slides (for sake of my fantasy team)

votto getting a knee mri, did not travel with team

cliff lee had an mri on his elbow

dammit now the old people are getting hurt

prince fielder considering season-ending surgery:

http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=10970992

has anyone ever done an analysis of the worst seasons, injury wise? i suppose it would have tons of caveats but one way to do it would be to take the number of games on the DL and then look at how those players were projected to perform during those games, pre-injury, by ZIPS/Steamer Rest-of-season forecasts

The Curse of Kinsler

xp

@BNightengale
The Texas #Rangers have a whopping 14 players on the DL.

Nolan Arenado of the Rockies broke his finger with a headfirst slide.

A.J. Ellis sprains ankle during no-hitter celebration, goes on DL

@jonahkeri
Yup, he was already written into tomorrow's column MT @RyanPBoyer Yordano Ventura lit up by Astros/leaves with injury after velo drops to 91

top royals prospect kyle zimmer, the fifth overall pick in 2012, hasn't pitched in game action this year due to tendinitis. now he's out 6-8 weeks with a lat injury, might be back in time to make three or four starts in august

Jesse Biddle, the Philadelphia Phillies' top pitching prospect, had to miss a start earlier this week because of headaches after he reportedly was hit on the head during a hail storm last Thursday.

(presumably by hail)

he had whooping cough last year!

johan santana has a torn achilles, no doubt due to throwing too many pitches in a no-hitter two years ago

The San Diego Padres have placed second baseman Jedd Gyorko on the 15-day disabled list with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

heralded rockies prospect eddie butler, after being shelled in his big league debut friday, has been placed on the 15-day DL with a rotator cuff issue

at least he'll presumably be paid as an injured major leaguer, unlike chris withrow, whom the dodgers optioned just before he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. gotta be a grievance for that, tho, as he never even pitched for the AAA club

oh, the option on withrow was rescinded so that's cool

cuddyer dl'ed again, can't stay healthy

tommy john for matt wieters

Jane Lee ‏@JaneMLB 2h
Pomeranz punched a wooden chair out of frustration on his way back to the clubhouse last night.

Jane Lee ‏@JaneMLB 3h
Pomeranz to the DL with a fractured right hand. Scribner called up from Triple-A.
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he's a lefty -- rub some dirt on it

Or wear a protective glove made of leather!

Gavin Floyd was having a really good game against the Nats but his rebuilt elbow went pffft in the 7th. He had a bulge like a ping pong ball sticking out of it as he left.

Broken olecranon (tip of the elbow bone), wtf. At least it wasn't the TJ ligament.

all the st. louis cardinals have shoulder injuries

Yonder Alonso to DL with ailing wrist; a mainstay of my All-Stinko team

uuuuuuugh

Evan Gattis, bulging thoracic disc, 15-day.

bronson arroyo, tommy john

bronson arroyo, soon to retire, surely

here comes jimmy mod with the negative vibes

uh oh

Masahiro Tanaka flies back to New York for MRI on right arm

Arroyo has another year on his D-Back contract, he will try to come back.

If Arroyo somehow gets a bit back on his fastball from the surgery and recovery like some others have had, I could see him pitching into his 40s. He even talked about it on this interview a couple years ago.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/qa-bronson-arroyo-master-craftsman/

BA: To be honest with you, I think I could pitch as long as I can throw the ball 87-88 mph. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to do that. Physically, weight-room-wise, on the mound, I don’t feel much different than when I was 30. I’m 36 now.

The prime of my life, as far as velocity and strength, was in 2006. I was probably throwing the hardest when I first got traded here. I was 88 to 91-92. I don’t get the ball up to 90 mph much any more. I’ve had four outings here in the spring — granted, it’s spring training and there’s not a lot of adrenaline going — and I’ve only hit 89 once. I’ve been living at 87-88.

If I can keep doing that, I think I can pitch as long as I want to. My mind is better. You get more comfortable being out there in jams. You’re not panicking in situations. As time goes on, everything is easier — except keeping your velocity.

Tanaka to DL

Various hernandezeshave made a living throwing mid-80's slop xp

NYY keep finding new and exciting ways to hover at .500. Hoping tanaka has an extended shutdown phase and they're officially out of it by mid august. I know I am the only one who cares in the affirmative about nyy

yadier molina and brandon phillips both out with torn thumb ligaments

(rumor has it that they were thumb wrestling and things got too intense)

Masahiro Tanaka has a partially torn UCL and will undergo nonsurgical rehab, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday night.

In a best-case scenario, the Yankees ace will miss six weeks, Cashman said. If rehab doesn't work, Tanaka likely will need Tommy John surgery.

whoa

btw has nonsurgical rehab *ever* worked for a partially torn ucl y/n

iirc dr andrews (who is actually a james bond villain) usually says "go ahead, try the nonsurgical rehab" before cackling maniacally and then muttering "and i'll see you soon afterward for the ol' TJ" to himself

Theeeeeere we go

i ask again - does anyone else think dr. andrews is evil?

cc out for year

btw has nonsurgical rehab *ever* worked for a partially torn ucl y/n

it has, not often

too late to coax Andy & Roger out of retirement again?

takashi saito came back from a partial tear using PRP

Saito credited his unlikely recovery from a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow that he suffered in July to a cutting-edge medical procedure, which, to his knowledge, had never been tried on a major league pitcher.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/03/sports/sp-dodfyi3

matt cain is 'getting a second opinion from dr. james andrews'

sounds like he's going to be out for a while.

RIP matt cain

you don't talk to dr. james andrews without getting something amputated the following weekend

At least he got his money.

anyone else hear the rumor that dr andrews is tommy john's abandoned bastard son

yeah, the writing is on the wall for Cain.

Cliff Lee exited tonight's game against the Nationals in the third inning, gesturing toward his elbow.

guess cliff won't be a waiver trade either. and he's due $25m next year

It's been reported that Cain does not need TJ surgery!

Eric Hosmer likely out 3-4 weeks with broken hand

Unconfirmed reports that Dr. James Andrews was seen limping out of the backroom of his lair office, bleeding heavily and with an axe protruding from his left calf. simultaneously, Matt Cain was seen sprinting out of the front door of the building, waving his arms and shouting "call 911! 911! He's lost his mind!". Gunshots and bloodcurdling screams were heard in the building shortly before Andrews and Cain emerged, with some observers noting "evil cackles" from a voice resembling Andrews.

lol

an actual quote, this time: "Andrews did reportedly recommend a course of action for the "loose bodies" in Cain's elbow, and the Giants "are digesting it." Presumably, that recommendation was arthroscopic surgery, and if the procedure is deemed necessary, it could cost Cain most of the remaining season."

was gonna say, there's no way andrews let him out of there without recommending ending his season in some way

The jack kevorkian of MLB

loose bodies, tight butthole (sorry)

^^^not sorry

loose bodies, tight butthole, can't lose

fixed

you guys and yr sphincter jokes

btw Matt Harvey wants to throw one major-league inning this year; the Mets should sit on him to prevent that.

I should know the answer, but why? Is that a pension-qualifying thing or something?

no, he just wants peace of mind for the winter

Goldschmidt likely done for year w/ broken hand

apparently tanaka is supposed to play catch today

NOT disabling McCutchen after all

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11313418/pittsburgh-pirates-say-andrew-mccutchen-remain-active-roster

Glad to see the Yankees are being careful with their one great SP

Hyun-Jin Ryu left the Braves game tonight limping hard on his right ham.

always bothers me that the announcers no doubt said he was 'favoring' the injured hammy rather than the uninjured

Tulo needs hip surgery and will miss the rest of the season.

The Blue Jays have died.

twins' byron buxton was supposed to start the season in double-a, but was prevented from doing so by injuries until last night.

he didn't even get through five innings before being concussed in an outfield collision and taken off the field in an ambulance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7vg2rqK5s

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/8/13/6000617/yu-darvish-injury-rangers-elbow-inflammation-disabled-list

uh oh Angels

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/8/20/6051323/garrett-richards-injury-angels-knee-stretcher

swish had season-ending surgery on both knees

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards will be out six to nine months after an MRI showed he suffered a torn left patellar tendon, the team announced Thursday.

Richards, who was placed on the 60-day DL, is scheduled to undergo surgery next week. He sustained the injury Wednesday night against the Red Sox while covering first base in the second inning.

so sad for Richards, I love watching him pitch.

if richards were a yankee, hank would be demanding designated fielders by now

knee surgery for Manny Machado

pretty impressive what the o's are doing with no wieters, half a season of machado, chris davis sucking, etc.

Seems Lincecum is out for the rest of season, the scans revealed a broken soul.

Damn, his soul patch must have blown out.

i missed it by a few seconds but the red's SP Axelrod was pulled after 7 pitches with some sort of weird injury.

Stanton, fastball to face(?), now on stretcher.

o fuck

Getting ugly.

Someone needs to escort Fiers off the premises.

headley just hit also i think?

I guess I understand but Fiers was visibly shaken, it looked like he was nearly in tears after hitting Stanton, he's not really in shape to pitch right now

<3 Casey McGehee but seriously dude

damn

https://vine.co/v/OaupxpK5w0u

Game is a mess. Fiers then drilled Reed Johnson in the hand. Johnson was in the act of swinging. There were two strikes. He was called out. Is the hand not part of the bat?

Made the mistake of watching the MIL broadcast. Bet Waltz went off on that warning.

Ugh

Was at the game tonight; whole stadium went pale. Never had to watch grounds grew pour fresh dirt over a big blood stain before

I don't know how to link to it, but the Marlins TV broadcast of the near-brawl in the fifth was disgusting. Whoever that Marlins announcer is was calling for blood, cheering on McGehee during his rampage. He even acknowledged Fiers was shaken and the HBP wasn't intentional, but kept shouting this "when your big guy goes down, you gotta fight back" nonsense. Total, disgusting bloodsport BS.

ya - that's def unprofessional.

Here's the clip; it was Tommy Hutton

http://m.mlb.com/mia/video/v36169801/miamil-benches-clear-after-johnson-strikes-out

Doesn't look promising:

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/94278650/hit-in-face-marlins-slugger-giancarlo-stanton-suffers-laceration-fractures

Pretty awful.

pretty good:

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/cj-nitkowski-recovery-process-for-pitchers-after-hitting-a-batter-in-face-091214