Quite a blow to the Red Sox this season.
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Quite a blow to the Red Sox this season.
Against the advice of both Doctors James Andrews and Neal ElAttrache.
Did the Mets medical staff move up north?
I bet the delay in the season made it easier for him to finally swallow that bitter pill. Not surprised at all after he collapsed last season. Tommy John surgery has been speculated since then.
Even pitchers who haven't needed TJ need to learn how to become finesse pitchers. Yu Darvish did pretty well last year after accepting his fastball wasn't so fast anymore. Jon Lester could do with the same lesson. He looked "meh" this spring.
Noah Syndergaard has a torn UCL. Tommy John time for Thor.
Also Padres reliever Andres Munoz and at least one other name I can't find right now since the Chris Sale news.
At least 4 guys in a short period. Is this abnormal, or just averaging out?
Also Padres reliever Andres Munoz and at least one other name I can't find right now since the Chris Sale news.
At least 4 guys in a short period. Is this abnormal, or just averaging out?
Like I mused earlier, I wonder if some of them decided to bit the bullet considering the unknown delay of the season.
I think with Thor, everyone--even the Mets' medical staff--knew that his elbow was a ticking time bomb and he was just trying to delay it with stuff like platelet-rich plasma therapy. After 2016, he was looking to be one of the best pitchers in the league for a good, long time, but since then it's been a roller coaster of injuries.
And looking through previous years, this doesn't really represent any sort of statistical outlier. By this time in 2018, eight players had already gone down for Tommy John surgery.
If they agree to go that late with the playoffs, they might have to use neutral sites in warmer states. Even the current WS dates are later in the year than they should be for the weather.
@Ar-Pharazon has a really good point there... I'm specifically thinking of Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, which had to be suspended due to torrential rain in Philly, and the game wasn't finished until two days later because the rain transitioned into a snowstorm overnight. That's pretty early for snow, at least in PA. But if you're pushing the playoffs deeper into November, scenarios like that become more likely for teams in northern cities.
I like the idea I saw somewhere of throwing divisions out, have each team play a 3 game series vs every other team (87 games), then just take the top 8 for the playoffs, throw out the leagues too.
Instead they will do something stupid like in 1981 where the team with the best records in baseball didn't make the playoffs.
Instead they will do something stupid like in 1981 where the team with the best records in baseball didn't make the playoffs.
The issue with this, of course, is that fans will really like it, and the stagnant traditionalists that still run things will lose their minds.
So, if there's literally half a season, does that count as half a year vs players service time?
What about if they don't play at all this year? You know the owners are already thinking about that one.
You also know a half season will nullify most, if not all, performance clauses. No chance in hell of getting 200 innings or whatever the clause is.
What about the contracts themselves? Do they expire at the same time they would with a full 2020 season?
What about if they don't play at all this year? You know the owners are already thinking about that one.
You also know a half season will nullify most, if not all, performance clauses. No chance in hell of getting 200 innings or whatever the clause is.
What about the contracts themselves? Do they expire at the same time they would with a full 2020 season?
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