2020 injury roll/discussion

tampa lefty (and occasional 1B) brandon mckay: out for season with shoulder surgery

toronto righty nate pearson: on IL with elbow soreness

Strasburg will have surgery next week, Martinez confirms.

— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) August 22, 2020

Zack Wheeler got the fingernail on his right middle finger caught on the zipper of his jeans and he might have to have the nail removed. If that happens, he'd seem to be a long shot to start Monday.

i did lol

"We're not zipping jeans here"

-Brad Pitt, Oakland A's GM, 2002

braves breakout starting pitcher huascar ynoa broke his hand punching the dugout after a somewhat bad start

(his pitching hand, to be clear)

seems extreme

Mets currently have 17 players on the Injured List.https://t.co/u5Xo0qPX9P pic.twitter.com/z6eFE6bObQ

— Jason R.R. Martinez (@JasonRRMartinez) May 21, 2021

i don't want to be a dick -- pitchers do bizarre things with their bodies, almora ran into a wall, nimmo/davis/alonso/pillar were all hit by pitches and i begrudge none of it -- but it kinda seems like young professional athletes receiving state-of-the-art medical care should be straining fewer muscles

no mention yet of zach plesac getting mad after pitching badly, aggressively ripping off his shirt, and fracturing his thumb in the process?

OOTP is definitely adding that injury to their database.

i don't want to be a dick -- pitchers do bizarre things with their bodies, almora ran into a wall, nimmo/davis/alonso/pillar were all hit by pitches and i begrudge none of it -- but it kinda seems like young professional athletes receiving state-of-the-art medical care should be straining fewer muscles

― mookieproof, Friday, May 21, 2021 7:08 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

The public has long accepted the mantra of not always fielding the best possible team at all times, there is no risk in being overly cautious with assets.

sure, there's nothing wrong with being cautious. and you obviously can't run your catcher out there every day (unless you're mike matheney, who's had salvador perez catch 36 and DH 10 of the royals' 46 games).

but i also don't think the physical demands on michael conforto's body are all that great? he has to chase a handful of balls and run the bases maybe three times a game. yes, they play almost every day and travel and it's a grind, but also it's not really a contact sport. i don't mean to pick on conforto specifically -- shit happens -- but i feel like there are more players being sidelined for weeks at a time by strained muscles than seems strictly reasonable. be in better shape, you dang kids!

You might have a point with position players, outside of catchers.

It is doofy as hell that stanton and judge sit for 40 games a year but playing ( mildly) hurt and not fucking up your mechanics is a skill and they are literal giants so what do i know.

It’s Not Your Imagination: Baseball Players Are Getting Hurt a Lot

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/sports/baseball/mlb-injuries-soft-tissue.html

tyler glasnow: partially torn UCL, flexor tendon strain : /

love glasnow and he has a point about mid-season changes but c'mon man

Glasnow blames MLB crackdown on foreign substances for his UCL injury

https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-exits-game-against-reds

christ

Atlanta Braves' Mike Soroka unlikely to pitch in 2021 after tearing Achilles tendon again

MEDICAL UPDATE: Dylan Bundy left tonight's game due to heat exhaustion.

— Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) June 29, 2021

roberto pérez, the pirates' biggest free-agent signing of the past offseason (one year, $5m), will miss the remainder of the year after having hamstring surgery.

the 33-year-old catcher hit .233.333/.367 in 21 games and posted 0.7 bWAR, third-best among pirates position players

Ozzie Albies broke his foot last night, 60-day IL.

stephen strasburg came off the IL, pitched 4.5 innings, and went back on the IL

"The Nationals signed him to a seven-year, $245 million extension in December 2019, but because of injuries, he has made just eight major league starts since signing that contract, going 1-4 with a 6.89 ERA in those games." from espon

espn

archie bradley broke his elbow falling over the fence on the way to sunday's brawl in anaheim; out ~two months

kinda feels like the angels are turning into the mets this year

Aroldis Chapman is out with an infected tattoo.

Almost Mets-ian.

Ozzie Albies is back out with a broken right pinkie (headfirst slide), 13 innings after coming back from a broken foot.

Bob Melvin said Musgrove dropped a kettlebell on his toe. It will be a minimum of a couple weeks before he throws. Will depend on how it heals. Training staff will keep working with him to keep arm strong. #Padres

— Annie Heilbrunn (@annieheilbrunn) February 28, 2023

Lux likely out for season with torn ACL. Replay is pretty gnarly

damn, mets just lost both edwin diaz (a knee injury suffered in celebration after winning the huge game against the DR last night) and jose quintana, out until at least july for a rib surgery

Heard Altuve's out for a couple of months. That damn WBC.

Oh no no no.

Rhys Hoskins appears badly injured after going down while going after a ground ball. EMT’s out. Non-Contact left knee injury.

Awful.

pic.twitter.com/xAG8JmFYVX

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) March 23, 2023

Triston McKenzie to IL

Aaaaaand Verlander is injured. Go Mets!

Seriously? Jesus--$60 million and counting.

Hours before their 2023 opener, the New York Mets announced that right-hander Justin Verlander was going onto the injured list with a "low grade teres major strain" in his side – but will continue to throw and be re-evaluated in a week.

what a loss. guess he'll be stuck on .142/.225/.434 for the season

New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson could be done for the rest of the season after an MRI revealed a high-grade strain to his right calf.

Donaldson said the injury, evaluated by two doctors, was diagnosed as at least a Grade 2-plus right calf strain, and a possible Grade 3 strain -- high enough of a grade to be considered a tear.

Kelenic broke the foot kicking a water cooler last night after he struck out.

— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) July 20, 2023

Glad Jesse Chavez is finally starting to throw. That comebacker off the shin haunts me.

Sandy Alcantara had TJ performed this morning, will be back in 2025.

ugh