Tatis Jr. dislocated shoulder. Could miss up to six months. 
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MLB 2021 season: Corn-Driven Humidity
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Just saw a "News Flash" on MSNBC, the All-Star game will be in The Mile High City.
Now...who was it, that stated such last week
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It's official, crank up the humidor.
And btw, the Red-Legs are 3-1 and raking it.
Now...who was it, that stated such last week
??It's official, crank up the humidor.
And btw, the Red-Legs are 3-1 and raking it.
I know, we're only a few games into the season, but with Houston's loss last night, the Phillies are now the only undefeated team in MLB (not counting the Nationals, who still haven't played any). I'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts. 
Tatis Jr. dislocated shoulder. Could miss up to six months.
That's the same shoulder that was nagging him in spring training. I'm not shocked, as he has a gigantic swing--even longer than Kris Bryant's--but that's a huge blow for the Padres, who now need to pray that Ha-Seong Kim can adjust to American pitching really, really quickly. (He hit like a moon monster the last few years in the KBO, but the KBO's talent pool is generally a step down from the NPB, which already is roughly at a AAAA level; the KBO equates to AA / AAA. I'm trying to think of the last Korean hitter whose skills translated well to MLB. Jung-Ho Kang?)
And KB has perpetual arm and shoulder problems. I'm surprised Baez doesn't have the same issues with his violent swinging for Evanston.
Baez has atrocious plate discipline and he'll swing at anything within a hundred miles of home plate, but he actually has a really smooth, compact swing, which allows him to turn on an inside fastball and pull it into the gap (or just smash it over the fence). Coming up through the minors, he actually did have a really violent swing--I saw him a few times at Iowa and I was astounded that he wasn't clubbing himself in the head with how wild his follow-through was--and it led to him having some nagging back injuries that caused him to develop some bad habits. When he got called up to the majors, though, Bill Mueller took him on as basically his pet project and worked with him to cut his swing in half (and John Mallee continued that work after Mueller resigned). That had a two-fold effect: While it eliminated pitchers' ability to jam him--before Mueller rebuilt Baez's swing, you could basically guarantee a grounder to short by throwing a fastball or changeup low and inside--it also exacerbated Baez's issue with plate discipline; because his swing became so much more compact and tight, it made it more difficult for him to connect on breaking balls low and away, which he's chased his entire career.
To this day I don't understand why opposing teams don't just spam him with low and outside curveballs all day long like they're playing a video game; he doesn't have the wingspan to reliably connect with them on a consistent basis, and that pitch could be out by the tanks in Cantigny Park and he'd still go after it like Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner. That's one of the reasons I'm very hesitant about signing him to a long-term deal: He has a LOT of defects at the plate, but his lightning-quick bat speed is enough to cover up most of them. One really nasty wrist or elbow injury, though, and that terrible plate discipline turns him into a black hole of suck in the lineup. (Remember, he's never drawn more than 30 walks in a season. That's, like, Corey fuckin' Patterson levels of being allergic to walks.)
Malee and Davis (of all people) had more luck getting Javy under some semblance of control. He really looks so bad when he swings and misses, which he does a lot.
If the last couple years are any indication, Iapoce might be the worst batting coach in history.
Oh, how quickly you forget the days of Gene Clines, Jeff Pentland and Rudy Jaramillo...
I'll admit it's a big club
Boston "Red" Sox marathon inspired uniforms that we'll see April 17th and 18th
Well, that's certainly a thing.
I have no idea what they're going for with that uniform...design. Yuck.
So after looking more into this, it seems shoulder surgeries can be pretty risky procedures with a lot of potential complications, which is fair enough.
I'll admit it's a big club
Boston "Red" Sox marathon inspired uniforms that we'll see April 17th and 18th
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Congratulations, they've found something even uglier than "Turn Ahead The Clock" unis.
...despite the fact that Colorado has even more restrictive voting rules than Georgia.
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If Tatis has surgery now (and hopefully has no lasting effects, particularly with his labrum), he'll have roughly 22 months to rehab and get back into shape, so it's hard to see a downside.
No, it doesn't.
In fact, Colorado's voting laws are quite a bit more open than Georgia's. Care to amend your horseshit claim?
...which happens to have even more restrictive voting rules than Atlanta.
No, it doesn't.
In fact, Colorado's voting laws are quite a bit more open than Georgia's. Care to amend your horseshit claim?
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Per AJ Preller, Tatis, who has a tear in his labrum, is going to go on the IL for ten days and try to power through his shoulder issues.
I can see trying to avoid surgery, but admitting there's a labrum tear and hoping he'll be back in the minimum seems completely ridiculous.
I can see trying to avoid surgery, but admitting there's a labrum tear and hoping he'll be back in the minimum seems completely ridiculous.
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