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Mejia MCL Tear

seawolf17
May 02 2011 01:39 PM

...sez the Twitters.

[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2011/05/bad-news-for-mejia

Edgy DC
May 02 2011 01:48 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Teufel!

metirish
May 02 2011 01:49 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Damn


BY ANDY MARTINO

From the Mets:

Righthanded pitcher Jenrry Mejia was examined today by Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altchek and was found to have a complete MCL tear of the right elbow. Mejia underwent an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.

Surgical treatment has been recommended, but Mejia is expected to seek a second opinion.
In his last start for Buffalo (AAA) of the International League on April 29, he left after 4.0 innings with discomfort and was flown to New York to be examined. In five starts for the Bisons, Mejia was 1-2 with a 2.86 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 28.1 innings. Mejia went 0-4 with a 4.62 ERA in 33 games, three starts for New York in 2010.



that's a Tommy John fix right?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 02 2011 02:05 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Tommy John's for the ulnar collateral ligament. But, yeah, same neighborhood.

Better that than a shoulder problem... but damn. Cross your fingers and whisper "Josh Johnson, Josh Johnson."

Vince Coleman Firecracker
May 02 2011 02:17 PM
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Yeah, there's no MCL in the elbow.

Sucky news.

Edgy DC
May 02 2011 02:25 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.)

That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right?

Vince Coleman Firecracker
May 02 2011 02:29 PM
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No, I think they mean the UCL. But there's a whole lot of news sources just copy and pasting the MCL in the elbow thing.

Ceetar
May 02 2011 02:34 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Edgy DC wrote:
So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.)

That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right?


no, the report is correct. it's the elbow.



[url]http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp

metirish
May 02 2011 02:42 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Jennry Mejia will need Tommy John. Mets reporting injury as MCL -- same ligament, different nomenclature. UCL, MCL, same thing.

Per tweets

Vince Coleman Firecracker
May 02 2011 02:47 PM
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Never seen it called the MCL before. Odd. Here's wikipedia:

The medial collateral ligament of the knee is one of the four major ligaments of the knee.


From From Miriam Webster's medical dictionary:

Main Entry: medial collateral ligament
Function: noun
1 : a ligament that connects the medial epicondyle of the femur with the medial condyle and medial surface of the tibia and that helps to stabilize the knee by preventing lateral dislocation—called also MCL, tibial collateral ligament; compare lateral collateral ligament
2 : ulnar collateral ligament


So I guess it could be called the MCL. Learn something new everyday (I still think it should be called the UCL).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 02 2011 02:48 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Same here. Huh.

'Zat mean I can throw with mah feet?

metirish
May 02 2011 02:52 PM
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No matter, he's not coming back any time soon. Is Omar being g blamed yet?, haven't seen anything but it won't be long now.

Ceetar
May 02 2011 02:58 PM
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metirish wrote:
No matter, he's not coming back any time soon. Is Omar being g blamed yet?, haven't seen anything but it won't be long now.


I've seen a bunch of Jerry/Omar blame. (leaving out Warthen? dunno why)

I have a hard time believing his reliever work last year led to this.

Ashie62
May 02 2011 05:36 PM
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Pure coincidence..See ya in 2 years Jenry.

Nymr83
May 02 2011 07:36 PM
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I thought ALL athletes who had TJS went to see Dr. James Andrews!

This sucks.

Ashie62
May 02 2011 07:45 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Ceetar wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.)

That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right?


no, the report is correct. it's the elbow.



[url]http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp


The picture looks like Rodans "Thinker" if you look long enough.

MFS62
May 02 2011 09:48 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

Ashie62 wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.)

That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right?


no, the report is correct. it's the elbow.



[url]http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp


The picture looks like Rodans "Thinker" if you look long enough.

Next thing you're going to tell us is that the eyes in the picture follow you when you move.
The news still sux, though.
Later

Ceetar
May 02 2011 09:49 PM
Re: Mejia MCL Tear

MFS62 wrote:
Ashie62 wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:
So, we're talking knee? (I know human anatomy like I know Pakistani geography.)

That's certainly not good news, but it's a relief, relative to the elbow, right?


no, the report is correct. it's the elbow.



[url]http://www.hss.edu/conditions_elbow-throwing-injuries-mcl-tommy-john.asp


The picture looks like Rodans "Thinker" if you look long enough.

Next thing you're going to tell us is that the eyes in the picture follow you when you move.
The news still sux, though.
Later


Unless you're Dan Warthen, Scott Hairston, Tim Byrdak, or Willie Harris, no, they don't follow you when you move.