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Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy MD Jan 12 2012 01:48 PM

You can find the 2011 thread here. If someday you cannot, look for it in threads started in February 2011. If you follow that link, you'll see that the first post of that thread is essentially the same as the first in this one --- a report that Johan is throwing. In this case, long-tossing:

Centerfield Jan 12 2012 04:58 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: 2012 Injuries

Every time I hear that phrase I think of Moises Alou.

Ashie62 Jan 12 2012 05:45 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: 2012 Injuries

Rubin and the twitterverse are starting in on Johan already..Geez..

Edgy MD Feb 22 2012 11:15 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Rubin wrote: Ike Davis traveled to NY for additional tests related to his physical. Not an ankle issue. Adam Rubin wrote: I wouldn't be automatically alarmed. Last year physical discovered anemia w/ Ronny Paulino. But it's often just a minor blood reading off. Adam Rubin wrote: Terry Collins said Ike Davis already has been cleared and will resume practice tomorrow.

metirish Feb 22 2012 11:23 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I know they have their affiliation with the HSS but do they need to fly a player from Florida to NY for what sounds like routine tests?

Ceetar Feb 22 2012 07:09 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: I know they have their affiliation with the HSS but do they need to fly a player from Florida to NY for what sounds like routine tests? I read this more of a doctor thing than a Mets thing. But I don't get it either. Somewhere (and I'm not paying a whole deal of attention) I saw someone say that the Mets were being extra cautious and doing extra tests or something this year.

Ashie62 Feb 22 2012 09:01 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Can't hurt.

Edgy MD Feb 23 2012 06:54 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Adam Rubin wrote: Ike Davis is back and his bubbly self.

Frayed Knot Feb 27 2012 07:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Stop me if you've heard this one ... Joel Zumaya: Out for the year with tear in elbow. He didn't pitch at all in 2011 and hasn't reached the 40 IPs mark since 2006 This time he lasted all of a dozen pitches into his first batting practice of the spring after being picked up by the Twinkies this winter. He only recently turned 27

Edgy MD Feb 27 2012 08:02 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Rubin wrote: Ike Davis is back and his bubbly self.

Frayed Knot Feb 27 2012 08:41 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Adam Rubin wrote: Ike Davis is back and his bubbly self. Does this mean he has rabies and is foaming at the mouth?

Frayed Knot Feb 28 2012 07:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Scott Sizemore (not Grady ... and not even Ted*) - slated to man 3B for Oakland this coming year after being acquired from the Tigers in mid-season - is out for the year on account of a knee injury suffered just two hours into his first workout. You hear stuff like this and Zumaya (see above) and it all makes Muffy look down-right Ripken-esque. * None of these current and past Sizemores are related as far as I can tell, even though Sizemore is one of those names I don't think I've ever heard except for in baseball where it seems almost common. Scott, btw, is part of that whole SE Virginia mob who all grew up right around the same time (and seemingly all as 3B or SS) and was in fact just two years behind Dabid Rye in the same HS. Wright (age 29), Zimmerman (27), Upton x2 (27 & 24), Mark Reynolds (28), Cuddyer (32), Sizemore (27)

Edgy MD Feb 28 2012 07:32 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It's the new Hillsborough High, home of the talented and the tormented. Gary Sheffield Dwight Gooden Mike Heath Carl Everett Jose Alvarez Gene Nelson Chris Ray Al Pardo Floyd Youmans Jason Romano Elijah Dukes Vance Lovelace Rich Puig (!!)

Vic Sage Feb 28 2012 08:56 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

lets not forget TOM Sizemore... excellent tough guy character actor whose career was partially derailed by drugs and legal problems. He went to Wayne State U, but did not, to my knowledge, play baseball.

Edgy MD Feb 28 2012 09:01 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Tom Sizemore played Pete Rose in the TV movie Hustle. Bam!

Ceetar Feb 29 2012 10:03 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ryan Howard set-back in recovery, out indefinitely. Ty to the rescue.

Edgy MD Feb 29 2012 10:45 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I worry that that team can get by with an average offense --- or even summat below average. Halladay really made a believer out of me last year.

TransMonk Feb 29 2012 11:59 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Back issue has Mets' Havens out

Edgy MD Feb 29 2012 01:02 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Gruzbt.

Edgy MD Mar 03 2012 02:17 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

And so... we're under way. Hairston suffers oblique re-injury By Adam Rubin Scott Hairston strained the same left oblique muscle that prompted him to finish last season on the disabled list, the outfielder said. Hairston, who suffered the injury swinging in the first inning of Saturday's intrasquad game, expects to receive a cortisone shot Monday. Terry Collins said he is "concerned" and "worried" about Hairston because it is a repeat of last year's severe issue. The manager said lefty-hitting Adam Loewen will now get more reps in center field. Hairston has been slated to be the primary backup to Andres Torres in center field as well as the righty-hitting backup for the bench. Loewen started three games with the Toronto Blue Jays last season in center field, and also manned the position for 16 games at Triple-A Las Vegas in 2011. Hairston strained the left oblique Aug. 23 of last season against the Philadelphia Phillies and did not return. "Same as last year, pretty much," Hairston said about the current issue. "I felt it on the swing out there. I felt it grab. And once I felt it grab, I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to take another swing. ... I wouldn't think it's as serious as it was last year. I think right now, the way I feel, it's one of those things where I know it's injured, but it's not severe." If Hairston were to start the season on the DL, the righty hitters in camp who could step into a backup outfield role include Vinny Rottino. The Mets also could be in the market for outfield help at the end of spring training, since they already were not sold entering camp about whether Loewen or Mike Baxter would be productive enough to be the lefty-hitting backup outfielder. Hairston said he worked out during the offseason without issue, but his left side started feeling sore the past couple of days. "But it's just really something that comes out of nowhere," Hairston added. "I took BP today and I felt pretty good. But once you get in a game-like situation, you get the adrenaline going and you're trying to hit a 92 mph fastball instead of a 56 mph one in BP. I think that quicker reaction and the muscles firing, when all that happens -- if you have an injury, or you're rebounding from injury -- you become vulnerable if you're not fully healed. I guess that was the case. "If I were to guess, I might have had some scar tissue there from before. And it was probably close to being fully healed. But the strenuous work that you do as a ballplayer when you're on the field, maybe I did a little too much. Maybe I wasn't doing my routine the way I should be. I don't know. Maybe it's just the way my body is. With the injectoin, probably it will speed things up. Last year I didn't get one. This year hopefully it will be different and I'll be back as soon as possible." Said Collins: "I'm concerned. I certainly can't address how long it's going to be, but I'm concerned about it. ... The only thing that scares me about Scott is he did it bad last year. His was bad."

Edgy MD Mar 03 2012 02:33 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Flores sidelined with a sore shoulder. Wright scratched with sore left side.

Ceetar Mar 03 2012 02:39 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Flores sidelined with a sore shoulder. Wright scratched with sore left side. as is alluded to by Collins and others in some of these reports, I kinda wish some of these guys would work out a little less.

Edgy MD Mar 04 2012 08:29 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

[list=1][*]Zach Lutz: Icing his elbow after taking a plunk from Bobby Parnell in today's intrasquad game. Lutz missed significant time last year, twice sustaining concussions after being hit in the head by pitches. [/*:m] [*]Reese Havens: Cortisone shot coming tomorrow. [/*:m] [*]Scott Hairston: Cortisone shot coming tomorrow. [/*:m] [*]Ike Davis: May be subject to "strategic rest" this season. [/*:m] [*]David Wright: Expected to debut at home on Thursday. [/*:m][/list:o]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 04 2012 09:49 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

[*]David Wright: Expected to debut at home on Thursday. Thursday, August 18, to be precise.

Edgy MD Mar 05 2012 07:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Davis expresses will to live.

Edgy MD Mar 06 2012 01:39 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Beato pulled after heading to the mound for a second inning. Looks like shouldery concerns.

Ashie62 Mar 06 2012 07:34 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

[*]David Wright: Expected to debut at home on Thursday. Thursday, August 18, to be precise. Or this.. [url]http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/350152/david-wright-(rib-cage)-wont-play-this-week

Edgy MD Mar 06 2012 08:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Reading about everyone else's injuries definitely brings some perspective.

Edgy MD Mar 07 2012 07:46 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Pedro, Pedro, MRI His shoulder's sore, we must know why

TransMonk Mar 08 2012 07:16 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metsblog wrote: Andres Torres was scratched from this morning’s lineup with tightness in his right hip. According to MetsBlog.com’s Matthew Cerrone, Torres felt tightness while stretching with the team yesterday morning, after which he refrained from baseball activity and spent the day in treatment. Torres has been replaced in today’s lineup by Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who will also bat leadoff.

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 07:29 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Keep it coming. [list]Centerfield Depth Chart [crossout]Andres Torres Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay Kirk Neiuwenheis Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff[/list:u] Fates, what else you got?!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2012 07:30 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I keep getting more and more of a vibe that Kirk N. will arrive sooner than expected.

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 07:37 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Depends on whose doing the expecting. If you expect him to arrive before he's expected, he's expected, to hammer a semantic point. It's the nature of reinforcements. Virtually all arrive before you would like them to. Because their arrival comes in response to an unwanted breach in the line. But I think wise teams leave breachable spots in there --- not bad players, so much as players they have little commitment to beyond tomorrow --- and so leave places for the coming talent to manifest itself.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2012 07:46 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Okay, then. How about "before the conventional wisdom"? I think he'll be on the team by May 1. I would say that most people (at least up to now) have been projecting him later than that.

TransMonk Mar 08 2012 07:48 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metsblog wrote: According to MetsBlog.com’s Matthew Cerrone, Torres felt tightness while stretching with the team yesterday morning...

Frayed Knot Mar 08 2012 07:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

And is the Duda-(maybe more)-sized Adam Loewen really a potential CF candidate? A quick perusal of his BB-Ref pages shows him playing there over a handful of games during his (admittedly brief) minor league and major league stints, but has been much more likely to, unlike baby, find himself in a corner.

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 07:55 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It all depends on context. Like "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae, he's number one on the charts this morning.

Frayed Knot Mar 08 2012 08:03 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Then, using the same analogy, even if circumstances find him there I wouldn't expect him to be the answer up the middle for anything other than the shortest of short-terms. Not that being Adam Dunn-ish in proportions automatically means he moves & fields like him too, but I suspect it's not coincidence that you don't see a lot of CFers of his size and shape.

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 08:10 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

To the extent that you can believe the official numbers, he's two inches taller than Duda, but 20 pounds lighter. I don't expect him there for long either, certainly. Like "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae, being number one doesn't necessarily make him any good.

Ceetar Mar 08 2012 08:15 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

They're also probably not going to baby Torres, so if he's aching he'll still play. He's just filler. Adam is mostly an emergency backup right now, particularly if Hairston is already swinging when camp goes north.

metirish Mar 08 2012 08:18 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I would agree with calling him "filler" if he wasn't the starting CF and there was someone of youth coming mid-season.

Ceetar Mar 08 2012 08:21 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: I would agree with calling him "filler" if he wasn't the starting CF and there was someone of youth coming mid-season. Well, there is! he's filling the roll of starting CF for roughly as long as Nieuwenhuis takes to confirm that he's outgrown with AAA, as the Mets front office has hinted that he has. Barring Torres needing a hip replacement, what I find most interesting is if they'll slide Torres into a super-sub 4th OF type guy for Nieuwenhuis even if he's doing alright. As Edgy said, are they leaving an opening in the ranks for him to push through, or waiting for someone to fall?

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 08:24 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'm not sure I get you, Gael. Loewen isn't really the starting centerfielder. I mean, I describe him as number one, but that's more like, in this instant, he's number one. But we have little reason to think Torres has been incapacitated beyond a few days, do we? And even so, New-win-hice is starting today, not Loewen. And I think many of us expect Newness to appear by mid-season, if not sooner.

HahnSolo Mar 08 2012 09:17 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: And even so, New-win-hice is starting today, not Loewen. And I think many of us expect Newness to appear by mid-season, if not sooner. Which will make Mrs. Solo a very happy Met watcher.

Frayed Knot Mar 08 2012 10:58 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Of course the jury is still out on whether Nieuwenhuis will ever be a major league CF too. Many think he'll wind up in a corner spot - either from the very start or at least eventually. Either way, my instincts tell me he'd be better out there over a short/medium run than Loewen.

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 11:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yeah, little doubt in my mind too. The main advantage Loewen has at this point is the capacity to sit on a big league bench without making too many people feel particularly guilty about wasting development time. If the Mets have a gap in center that lasts longer than a weekend, I certainly imagine they'd look to fill it with a New rather than a Low. They have enough chinks in their defensive armor. Nonetheless, they have a chance to look at both NOW!!!!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2012 11:11 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: They have enough chinks in their defensive armor. Is it time for a "Fire Edgy" rally?

Edgy MD Mar 08 2012 11:22 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Sign me up.

Vic Sage Mar 08 2012 02:33 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

[list]Centerfield Depth Chart [crossout]Andres Torres Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay Kirk Neiuwenheis Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff Vic Sage [/list:u]

Ashie62 Mar 08 2012 08:30 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: Of course the jury is still out on whether Nieuwenhuis will ever be a major league CF too. Many think he'll wind up in a corner spot - either from the very start or at least eventually. Either way, my instincts tell me he'd be better out there over a short/medium run than Loewen. Kirk has had his own health issues...

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2012 06:47 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Of course the jury is still out on whether Nieuwenhuis will ever be a major league CF too. Many think he'll wind up in a corner spot - either from the very start or at least eventually. Either way, my instincts tell me he'd be better out there over a short/medium run than Loewen. Kirk has had his own health issues... Well, he got hurt last season which set his readiness back somewhat but isn't, at least as far as I know, anything that's an ongoing concern. What IS still up in the air for those planning who's going to be the CF in CF over the next number of years is that not everyone is sold on the idea that Kirk is ever going to possess the skills to be an everyday ML CFer; that his speed, glove, instincts, etc. are more suited to one of the corners over the long term.

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2012 06:52 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

That's a pretty good list, although you did leave out a few people so I fixed it for you [list]Centerfield Depth Chart [crossout]Andres Torres Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay Kirk Neiuwenheis Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff =#0080FF]Mike Piazza Nancy Pelosi Nelson Mandela That guy in your office who walks kind of funny Snooki Vic Sage [/list:u]

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 06:57 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'd put myself higher that list, at least above Snooki. I'm not particularly fast but I can catch and hey, i'm in my (baseball) prime! As for Nieuwenhuis, He appears fine at CF right now, but he can sorta fake it by still being young and more nimble/quicker than most expect him to be in a couple of years. Part of it's also who the Mets project to have in the corners.

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2012 07:12 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yeah, I don't think anyone's projecting him to be a disaster out there; in the short term he should certainly be adequate at worst. It's in the long-term where things become a little more questionable and I'm just warning against the idea of too quickly penciling him in as the CF of the future. And of course this is all assuming that he proves he can hit ML pitching because, without that, this whole argument gets tossed out the window anyway.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2012 07:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Raul Reyes. He's sort of been the guy at every level who plays centerfield after somebody else gets promoted or hurt. But he had a nice breakthrough season last year, and it'll be interesting to see if he can pull it off in 2012 at Buffalo --- you know, after Nieuwenhuis* gets promoted or hurt. *What a vowel dump this guy is. Can we use an abbreviation? It takes so much concentration to type that name.

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 07:14 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: *What a vowel dump this guy is. Can we use an abbreviation? It takes so much concentration to type that name. could just go with Kirk. or Captain. Cap? N-House?

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 07:18 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

btw, not to distract from the awful need for this thread, Lucas Duda has a stiff back and won't play today. Torres doens't appear to be back in the lineup either.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2012 07:47 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yeah, well, I'm writing that off as "no need to put the big guy on a bus to Disneyworld" move.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2012 07:48 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'm terrified.

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 08:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, well, I'm writing that off as "no need to put the big guy on a bus to Disneyworld" move. I sense a super-overly cautiousness to the Mets right now, but still wish these random things would stop piling up.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2012 08:08 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm terrified. That just means you care, Dear.

Ashie62 Mar 09 2012 08:11 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Or this guy..Angels in the OF

Ashie62 Mar 09 2012 08:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Edgy DC wrote: They have enough chinks in their defensive armor. Is it time for a "Fire Edgy" rally? Jeremy Lin is a Met?

Ashie62 Mar 09 2012 08:14 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy cannot be fired..He could take the baseball and go home I guess.

themetfairy Mar 09 2012 12:18 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

David Price of the Rays injures himself toweling off between innings.

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 12:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

themetfairy wrote: David Price of the Rays injures himself toweling off between innings. This Yankees-Rays rivalry really heating up!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2012 01:04 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

If this happened to a Met, we'd all be saying that the cheap-ass Wilpons hire incompetent laundry people who don't know how to use fabric softener.

Ceetar Mar 09 2012 01:14 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Also, what does it say about me that I sorta get how it could happen?

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2012 02:33 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: IWhat a vowel dump this [Nieuwenhuis] guy is. Can we use an abbreviation? It takes so much concentration to type that name. How 'bout simply: Newhouse? Or New House?

Edgy MD Mar 09 2012 02:45 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Done.

Fman99 Mar 09 2012 08:54 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I thought I injured myself into a towel, I was all dizzy and what not. Then I took a nap and I felt OK.

Ashie62 Mar 09 2012 09:36 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Fman99 wrote: I thought I injured myself into a towel, I was all dizzy and what not. Then I took a nap and I felt OK. Sound like you got off into a towel dude.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 09 2012 09:46 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: Fman99 wrote: I thought I injured myself into a towel, I was all dizzy and what not. Then I took a nap and I felt OK. Sound like you got off into a towel dude. That sounds so tawdry. Me, I have dalliances with MY locker room attendant.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 10 2012 04:31 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

According to various sources, David Wright is to miss "at least another week."

Ashie62 Mar 10 2012 04:56 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: According to various sources, David Wright is to miss "at least another week." How about a one month oblique? [url]http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=As6krHwie08T.PoHySenw2URvLYF?slug=ap-mets-wrightout

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 11 2012 08:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Centerfield Depth Chart Andres Torres [crossout]Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay [crossout]Kirk Neiuwenheis[/crossout] - Out with a (say it with me) oblique strain. Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff Mike Piazza Nancy Pelosi Nelson Mandela That guy in your office who walks kind of funny Snooki Vic Sage

MFS62 Mar 11 2012 09:12 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Centerfield Depth Chart Andres Torres [crossout]Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay [crossout]Kirk Neiuwenheis[/crossout] - Out with a (say it with me) oblique strain. Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff Mike Piazza Nancy Pelosi Nelson Mandela That guy in your office who walks kind of funny Snooki Vic Sage Snooki will have to take her uniform off to pee. And the pictures will go viral in mere minutes. Anyhow, speaking of resuming, my kid Zach Lutz is playing again. I hope he gets a decent looksie until Wright returns to the lineup. Later

Edgy MD Mar 11 2012 10:54 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Torres is healthy? Not in the lineup today.

Ceetar Mar 11 2012 11:02 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Torres is healthy? Not in the lineup today. played yesterday though.

Ashie62 Mar 11 2012 11:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Loewen surging to the top.

Edgy MD Mar 11 2012 11:51 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Four pitch walk Ramirez, and Santana gets lifted after 42. Schwinden on to face Stanton. Two out, bags juicy.

metirish Mar 11 2012 01:21 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Jon Heyman ? @JonHeymanCBS Wright and byrdak flying to ny to be checked out. wright may need shot. #mets what happened?

themetfairy Mar 11 2012 01:47 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: Jon Heyman ? @JonHeymanCBS Wright and byrdak flying to ny to be checked out. wright may need shot. #mets what happened? Rausch must be rabid....

Ceetar Mar 11 2012 02:13 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: Jon Heyman ? @JonHeymanCBS Wright and byrdak flying to ny to be checked out. wright may need shot. #mets what happened? not healing properly. apparently they're thinking about ultrasound guided cortisone shot, but it's hard to know for sure because most of this is beat writers and Mets execs acting as doctors. I imagine the doctor he sees tomorrow will have the real info.

Ashie62 Mar 11 2012 05:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

So who plays 3B in April when Wright is out? Turner?

Ceetar Mar 11 2012 05:56 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: So who plays 3B in April when Wright is out? Turner? official word still seems to be Wright. but yeah, Turner/Cedeno is next on the depth chart.

Vic Sage Mar 12 2012 08:36 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

That's a pretty good list, although you did leave out a few people so I fixed it for you [list]Centerfield Depth Chart [crossout]Andres Torres Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay Kirk Neiuwenheis Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff =#0080FF]Mike Piazza Nancy Pelosi Nelson Mandela That guy in your office who walks kind of funny Snooki Vic Sage [/list:u] that's not fair. I could outhit Pelosi... and in the field, she can only play Left.

Ceetar Mar 12 2012 08:56 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Torn Meniscus for Hulk Hogan. surgery tomorrow.

TransMonk Mar 12 2012 10:32 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I hat this thread. I hat this thread. I hat this thread.

Ceetar Mar 12 2012 10:37 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I still don't know what to make with Wright. He's maintained he could play with it. There's no damage or anything, but he got the shot. Is he just going to play in a couple of days when it settles in? Or is he setting up for tearing his body in half the next time he takes a hard swing? Is it possible that Wright's going to insist he's fine in a couple of days, claim the shot healed him, and just ignore it now that he knows nothing is wrong? This is the guy that refused an MRI and played with a broken back for a month.

Edgy MD Mar 12 2012 10:48 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

That's a lot of questions. My issue: is this related to the broken back?

Ceetar Mar 12 2012 10:50 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: That's a lot of questions. My issue: is this related to the broken back? I wouldn't think so, so far removed from it supposedly being healed, but who knows.

Frayed Knot Mar 12 2012 12:50 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Just as long as they tell us in advance when the funeral is.

Ceetar Mar 12 2012 01:00 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: Just as long as they tell us in advance when the funeral is. ooh, it'll be a lot of fun following the media criticism of which players do and do not show up.

Ashie62 Mar 12 2012 08:12 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

David's MRI was fine.

Ceetar Mar 12 2012 08:15 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: David's MRI was fine. yup. Seaver's flying in for the Eulogy.

Ashie62 Mar 12 2012 08:15 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Just as long as they tell us in advance when the funeral is. ooh, it'll be a lot of fun following the media criticism of which players do and do not show up. Show up for what?

Edgy MD Mar 12 2012 08:18 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I think he meant showing up for the funeral. Attendance counts!

Ashie62 Mar 12 2012 10:03 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

lol

Ashie62 Mar 12 2012 11:18 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Let me work on David's ribs.

Edgy MD Mar 13 2012 10:17 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Supposedly, The Tejada Groin is the last straw for Terry Collins, and he has spoon-fed the media their day's story by publicly blowing a gasket. I wonder if he privately or publicly links Tejada's groin to him reporting "late" to camp.

Edgy MD Mar 13 2012 02:03 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ronny C. dealing with knee tendonitis. What page do we reach by opening day?

Ceetar Mar 13 2012 02:10 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

you didn't even mention Carrasco's knee thing.

Edgy MD Mar 13 2012 02:28 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It exists whether I mention it or not, for I am not God.

Ceetar Mar 13 2012 02:31 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

you're not? But I slaughtered a pig for you and everything..wasted.. [url]http://espn.go.com/mlb/injuries/_/league/nl good list of injury updates around the majors. some other long lists on that list.

Ceetar Mar 14 2012 07:07 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Mike Kerwick wrote: David Wright said he has small tear in his rectus abdominus. "It sounds a lot worse than it is." Expects to be in opening day lineup. that's the "six pack abs" muscle. lay off the weights dude.. Sounds like 'good' news, but on the other hand an actual tear is more than tightness and perhaps means more caution. Shouldn't be much beyond OD if he doesn't make it though.

Edgy MD Mar 14 2012 07:44 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar Mar 14 2012 07:48 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Rubin retweets some Nats writer that says that's what kept Zimmerman out. That's exactly what Zimmerman had last year when he had surgery, missed 60 games. He tried rehab 1st. Good info from this site: [url]http://espn.go.com/fantasy/blog/_/name/bell_stephania/id/6467339 Only real red flag i see is this line: Failure to recover with conservative treatment often ends up being one of the best indicators for surgery. And the big win on the Mets doctors part: To recap, Zimmerman initially suffered a minor strain during spring training. Little more than a week into the start of the season Zimmerman severely aggravated the injury on a headfirst slide into second base.

Edgy MD Mar 14 2012 07:52 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Failure to recover with conservative treatment often ends up being one of the best indicators for surgery. That's sort of inane, isn't it? Sort of like failure to win your felony trial often ends up being one of the best indicators for imprisonment.

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2012 07:55 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar wrote: Mike Kerwick wrote: David Wright said he has small tear in his rectus abdominus. "It sounds a lot worse than it is." Expects to be in opening day lineup. that's the "six pack abs" muscle. lay off the weights dude... Keith went into a mini-rant the other day about the emphasis on core training and the seeming explosion in oblique injuries. "I never did a sit-up or crunch in my entire career ... hell, I didn't even know what an oblique was!"

Ceetar Mar 14 2012 07:57 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Failure to recover with conservative treatment often ends up being one of the best indicators for surgery. That's sort of inane, isn't it? Sort of like failure to win your felony trial often ends up being one of the best indicators for imprisonment. yeah. probably. I think it's making the assumption that if it doesn't heal, it's not that it needs more time, it's that it needs to be fixed. there was some thought that Wright had plateau'd in his recovery, which concerns me. Keith certainly goes on and on about that. I tend to agree, but neither of us are experts on muscles.

Edgy MD Mar 14 2012 09:19 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Shortstop Depth Chart [crossout]Tejada Cedeño[/crossout] Quintanilla Valdespin [crossout]Havens[/crossout] Turner Malo [crossout]Wright[/crossout] Flores Satin Fisher Romero Pascucci Coronado Lutz Murphy

metirish Mar 14 2012 09:32 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

On Zimmerman Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, a close friend of Wright's, suffered a similar injury during spring training last year, required surgery and missed nearly two months. Wright is not that concerned at this stage, but he has yet to play in a game since the discomfort first described by the team as in the "rib-cage area" surfaced 10 days ago. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ ... -1.3601846 for a team that really can't afford any injuries this ST has been awful.

Vic Sage Mar 14 2012 12:25 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Shortstop Depth Chart [crossout]Tejada Cedeño[/crossout] Quintanilla Valdespin [crossout]Havens[/crossout] Turner Malo [crossout]Wright[/crossout] Flores Satin Fisher Romero Pascucci Coronado Lutz Murphy Vic Sage Oh, put me in coach, I'm ready to play today...* * by John Fogerty

Ashie62 Mar 14 2012 04:38 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

So Zimmerman lost 3 months to this but with David its' no problem? I will be shocked if David plays any games in April.

Ashie62 Mar 14 2012 04:43 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Failure to recover with conservative treatment often ends up being one of the best indicators for surgery. That's sort of inane, isn't it? Sort of like failure to win your felony trial often ends up being one of the best indicators for imprisonment. yeah. probably. I think it's making the assumption that if it doesn't heal, it's not that it needs more time, it's that it needs to be fixed. there was some thought that Wright had plateau'd in his recovery, which concerns me. Keith certainly goes on and on about that. I tend to agree, but neither of us are experts on muscles. Wright's agent will not let David on the field anything less than 100 percent..Its almost payday.

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2012 05:21 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: So Zimmerman lost 3 months to this but with David its' no problem? I will be shocked if David plays any games in April. No, Zimmerman lost 3 months because he re-injured himself during the season and required surgery. Wright's not at that point.

themetfairy Mar 14 2012 05:37 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Frayed Knot wrote: Ashie62 wrote: So Zimmerman lost 3 months to this but with David its' no problem? I will be shocked if David plays any games in April. No, Zimmerman lost 3 months because he re-injured himself during the season and required surgery. Wright's not at that point. Yet....

Ceetar Mar 14 2012 05:46 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

themetfairy wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Ashie62 wrote: So Zimmerman lost 3 months to this but with David its' no problem? I will be shocked if David plays any games in April. No, Zimmerman lost 3 months because he re-injured himself during the season and required surgery. Wright's not at that point. Yet.... Well some good work and caution on the Mets part have kept Wright from possibly reinjuring it. But I guess it's still a possibility that it doesn't heal fully without surgery. I wonder if ultrasound guided cortisone is the conservative methods Zim tried.

Fman99 Mar 14 2012 07:06 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Mike Kerwick wrote: David Wright said he has small tear in his rectus abdominus. I had a girlfriend in college that let me tear into her rectus. She was a wild one. Wait, what?

Edgy MD Mar 14 2012 08:32 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Failure to recover with conservative treatment often ends up being one of the best indicators for surgery. That's sort of inane, isn't it? Sort of like failure to win your felony trial often ends up being one of the best indicators for imprisonment. yeah. probably. I think it's making the assumption that if it doesn't heal, it's not that it needs more time, it's that it needs to be fixed. there was some thought that Wright had plateau'd in his recovery, which concerns me. Keith certainly goes on and on about that. I tend to agree, but neither of us are experts on muscles. Wright's agent will not let David on the field anything less than 100 percent..Its almost payday. I don't believe a word of this. Payday is two years away. And really, seeing as he's already earning $15 million a year, payday is every two weeks.

The Second Spitter Mar 15 2012 04:55 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Fman99 wrote: Mike Kerwick wrote: David Wright said he has small tear in his rectus abdominus. I had a girlfriend in college that let me tear into her rectus. She was a wild one. Can she still walk?

metsguyinmichigan Mar 15 2012 05:16 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Say we lose Wright for a month. Who plays third? Murphy?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 15 2012 05:28 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yeah, I think Muffy 3B, Turner/Valdespin//Havens at 2B

Ceetar Mar 15 2012 05:52 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, I think Muffy 3B, Turner/Valdespin//Havens at 2B I dunno..Collins seems serious about keeping Murph at second. Turner at third seems more probable.

Edgy MD Mar 15 2012 06:46 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I think his seriousness could evolve.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 15 2012 07:30 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, I think Muffy 3B, Turner/Valdespin//Havens at 2B I dunno..Collins seems serious about keeping Murph at second. Turner at third seems more probable. I doubt that. Moving Muffy to 3rd and installing an actual infielder at 2nd would improve the D at a time when the offense is presumably suffering without Wright. I have my doubts that the Muffster lasts at second for long. I mean how he plays there is one a million big mysteries for this team. Besides, for all his terrific attitude, Tyrna is not a particularly good ballplayer, which is why I think it's just as likely that Valdespin and/or Havens get the next shot at full-timing second base.

Ceetar Mar 15 2012 07:32 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah, I think Muffy 3B, Turner/Valdespin//Havens at 2B I dunno..Collins seems serious about keeping Murph at second. Turner at third seems more probable. I doubt that. Moving Muffy to 3rd and installing an actual infielder at 2nd would improve the D at a time when the offense is presumably suffering without Wright. I have my doubts that the Muffster lasts at second for long. I mean how he plays there is one a million big mysteries for this team. Besides, for all his terrific attitude, Tyrna is not a particularly good ballplayer, which is why I think it's just as likely that Valdespin and/or Havens get the next shot at full-timing second base. Havens isn't even healthy yet right? I don't think either of them have a real shot at breaking camp with the team, which is the month Wright would miss. Does switching Murphy and Turner really make that much of a difference defensively, including on May's defense when Murphy slides back over without the added month of practice?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 15 2012 07:38 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: Yeah, I think Muffy 3B, Turner/Valdespin//Havens at 2B I dunno..Collins seems serious about keeping Murph at second. Turner at third seems more probable. I doubt that. Moving Muffy to 3rd and installing an actual infielder at 2nd would improve the D at a time when the offense is presumably suffering without Wright. I have my doubts that the Muffster lasts at second for long. I mean how he plays there is one a million big mysteries for this team. Besides, for all his terrific attitude, Tyrna is not a particularly good ballplayer, which is why I think it's just as likely that Valdespin and/or Havens get the next shot at full-timing second base. Havens isn't even healthy yet right? I don't think either of them have a real shot at breaking camp with the team, which is the month Wright would miss. Does switching Murphy and Turner really make that much of a difference defensively, including on May's defense when Murphy slides back over without the added month of practice? Well, my D comparison was Muffy and an Actual Infielder*, not Muffy and Tyrna. I think they're both suspect defensively and it will be interesting to see how long the Mets will put up with them. They can get by for a few weeks on anyone, but whern I'm saying Havens/Vadespin/etc., I'm thinking about the next guy who can last there for a season or three. All theoretical at this point. *- Random defensive guy, say a Quintanilla or similar.

Edgy MD Mar 15 2012 07:47 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

If we weren't pinched at shortstop right now, I'd see Turner as on the block.

Ceetar Mar 15 2012 07:50 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: If we weren't pinched at shortstop right now, I'd see Turner as on the block. Definitely a candidate for a trade this season. Murphy might be too though, if he can't manage second, and he's probably have a lot of value. If we see Valdespin/Havens looking good up in Buffalo..

Edgy MD Mar 15 2012 08:01 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

He's a candidate, I think, because even as those guys find their respective ways, Satin is pretty redundant with him as the for-the-time-being-guy who can fill in adequately at second, third and short. But having a year of staying above water behind him, Turner probably has more trade market value than Satin.

Ceetar Mar 15 2012 08:09 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: He's a candidate, I think, because even as those guys find their respective ways, Satin is pretty redundant with him as the for-the-time-being-guy who can fill in adequately at second, third and short. But having a year of staying above water behind him, Turner probably has more trade market value than Satin. whereas Satin might actually be better, so that could be win-win. Satin can 'play' short? I should probably know that.

Edgy MD Mar 15 2012 08:46 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Just my feelings, but you don't have to quote the entirety of a post, I think, when it immediately precedes your'n.

duan Mar 15 2012 10:33 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

sometimes I find it helps if (like on this thread) there's a lot of jumping around. I know I do it too.

themetfairy Mar 15 2012 11:09 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Just my feelings, but you don't have to quote the entirety of a post, I think, when it immediately precedes your'n. Except for those times that your post winds up at the very top of the next page, and people forget what it is that you're discussing.

Ceetar Mar 15 2012 11:43 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

themetfairy wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Just my feelings, but you don't have to quote the entirety of a post, I think, when it immediately precedes your'n. Except for those times that your post winds up at the very top of the next page, and people forget what it is that you're discussing. Or you're discussing off-topic like trades in an injury thread.

Edgy MD Mar 15 2012 12:00 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Chin-ming Wang just took a bad spill at first. John Lannan physically pulled off trade market.

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2012 03:59 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Chin-ming Wang just took a bad spill at first. In a related note, Hank Steinbrenner, present at the game between the Yanx & Nats where this happened, reflexively proposed that pitchers no longer be required to field since it so obviously leads to injuries.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2012 07:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Wright says he "primarily simulated baseball movements" in the gym with trainers yesterday. Sounds pretty close to... resuming baseball activities.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2012 08:09 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Wright says he "primarily simulated baseball movements" So... he pretended to pretend to play baseball?

TransMonk Mar 16 2012 08:18 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

For the most part...virtually, anyways.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2012 08:24 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Wright says he "primarily simulated baseball movements" So... he pretended to pretend to play baseball? Why should he be any different?

Ceetar Mar 16 2012 08:33 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Rubes wrote: I'm told by some helpful eyewitnesses that Wright did throw the ball a little while outdoors.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2012 08:47 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Centerfield Depth Chart Andres Torres [crossout]Scott Hairston[/crossout] Adam Loewen Jason Bay [crossout]Kirk Neiuwenheis[/crossout] Mike Baxter Ronny Cedeño Matt Den Dekker Raul Reyes Lorenzo Scott Mookie Wilson <--- New Guy, just arrived at camp today Jonathan Malo Darrell Ceciliani Sean Ratliff Mike Piazza Nancy Pelosi Nelson Mandela That guy in your office who walks kind of funny Snooki Vic Sage

Edgy MD Mar 19 2012 12:09 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Miggy Cabrera, taking a hard Hunter Pence hopper off the eye socket. Supposedly left the field bleeding profusely.

metirish Mar 19 2012 12:15 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

if that doesn't drive him to the bottle I don't know what will.....

Edgy MD Mar 19 2012 12:20 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Seems to have kept cool though. I'd have crumbled like a ragdoll. I'm crumbling right now just watching it.

Edgy MD Mar 19 2012 09:14 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Hate blood? Don't scroll down. Tough dude. Gutsy of inge to walk over like that and ask if he could play third again.

duan Mar 20 2012 05:08 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

ah c'mon, i've popped my eye like that plenty of times with a clash of heads on the football pitch and patched it back together myself with sterile strips. Ref's won't allow you play on any more (hard to stop the eye from leaking and you can't put a big bandage around it to protect it without blinding yourself) , but if it's higher up i've played on with a head wrapped up no bother. If it were regular season game and he didn't come back I'd be surprised .

Edgy MD Mar 20 2012 05:31 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Well, Duan, that's because you're a world-class badass. Yeah, I know head wounds look far worse than they are. But sharply struck liners come at you a lot faster than an opponent's head on the football pitch. And the eye is the eye. The bad hop at third is a scary prospect and has ended more than one career. Bobby Valentine got his nose squished by one, and came out of it with a new-found appreciation for artificial turf.

Ceetar Mar 20 2012 06:48 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I think the real "fall out" from the bad hop is it sets off more speculation about whether he can play the position.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2012 07:14 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ozzie Smith on his best day was not going to snag that.

duan Mar 20 2012 05:23 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Well, Duan, that's because you're a world-class badass. Yeah, I know head wounds look far worse than they are. But sharply struck liners come at you a lot faster than an opponent's head on the football pitch. And the eye is the eye. The bad hop at third is a scary prospect and has ended more than one career. Bobby Valentine got his nose squished by one, and came out of it with a new-found appreciation for artificial turf. no, it's cause i'm a centre-half and we don't intend to look pretty :).

Ceetar Mar 20 2012 07:32 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Amusing news out of Mets camp apparently, with Torres' sore/strained/missing calf, Jason Bay and ...Jordanny Valdespin! have been pegged to get reps in CF. It's about to get crazy? If only we had Juan Pierre.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2012 07:37 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I think Pierre looks to get a lot of time in left for Philly with Mayberry at first. Good.

Ceetar Mar 20 2012 07:52 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I guess this will lend credence to the "Should've signed Ankiel" crowd. I imagine if Torres actually can't go beyond say this weekend they'll probably have to look to grab someone else from somewhere.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 20 2012 08:52 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I keep looking at Torres, and seeing Torres, and looking at Pagan, and seeing Pagan, and I keep thinking, "Man, Ramirez better throw real good."

Edgy MD Mar 20 2012 09:04 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I don't know. We usually get shit from fans because the Met bench is full of MLB retreads. This year, there's more room for young comers to come. Few Jay Bells and Frank Catalanottos in the way. Yeah, that means fewer potential comebackers like Marlon Andersons or Fernando Tatis or Desi Relaford. Still and all, I like the gamble of taking a good look at Rick Ankiel, Jr. in Loewen. Cheaper, younger, not as entitled, easier to get out of the way if a Newey or a Dekker comes fast, and --- if you trust your staff --- just as likely to succeed. Longer-term payoff if he does, too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2012 09:25 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

If Torres really is out for the long haul, I'd expect Nuiewy gets the first crack. We could really use Shinjo to platoon with 'em tho.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2012 09:44 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I don't think long-haul (Torres says as much), but I also don't think it's the last we hear of it.

Ceetar Mar 21 2012 05:34 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Has Nieuwenhuis played again yet? He had bee ndealing with an oblique too right? You hear less about these guys once they're sent to the minors camp.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2012 06:39 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

“I asked Jordany if he could play center and he said yes. This kid is athletic as heck.” I think Torres is probably not down for long, but Collins has to line up all his angles at this point. The Seemingly Used Up but Still Unsigned List: Johnny Damon Milton Bradley J.D. Drew.

Ceetar Mar 21 2012 06:45 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Still a chance Hairston makes it back in time too, could probably hold down CF for 4-5 games if Torres needs a couple days.

Farmer Ted Mar 21 2012 06:54 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I just witnessed my first Shinjo reference for 2012. Bullet of cool.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2012 07:55 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Mets aiming for the weekend to get Wright on the field. Which weekend is up in the air.

bmfc1 Mar 21 2012 08:09 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Too bad the Mets didn't sign Ankiel when he was available.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2012 08:30 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Maybe, but I'm not on the Ankiel tip here. He's just a guy. There are other guys.

metirish Mar 21 2012 08:33 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Not enamored with Ankiel sporting these numbers http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... ri01.shtml

Ceetar Mar 21 2012 08:39 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ankiel may still be available by OD, by virtue of sucking and getting released.

Vic Sage Mar 21 2012 11:13 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

yeah, i don't get the point of pining over a guy with a career 93 OPS+.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2012 11:17 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Vic Sage wrote: yeah, i don't get the point of pining over a guy with a career 93 OPS+. Ankiel? I thought you were talking about Andres Torres.

Vic Sage Mar 21 2012 11:27 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

well, him, too... though Torres' peak performance (both in prior years and projecting forward) is higher than Ankiel's. Still, replacing Torres with a combo of Loewen, Hairston, Capt Kirk or even Valdespin won't make an appreciable difference in the Mets season.

Ceetar Mar 23 2012 08:29 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

apparently Joba Chamberlain was jumping up and down on a trampoline with his son..and dislocated his ankle.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2012 08:35 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

You should see the trampoline!

Edgy MD Mar 23 2012 08:47 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Surgery for Joba. Could be gone for the season. Can you imagine?

Vic Sage Mar 23 2012 09:02 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

is it wrong for me to have laughed out loud at this news? i'm a bad person. but, not surprisingly, i'm ok with that.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2012 09:04 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Beato: back to throwing the old bullpen yesterday. Carrasco: back to throwing the slightly older bullpen yesterday.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2012 09:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Surgery for Joba. Could be gone for the season. Can you imagine? It was obviously stupid. Tom Seaver would never go on a trampoline. That said I'm sort of struck by how humiliating it would be to screw your whole career up in front of your son.

Ashie62 Mar 23 2012 10:38 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It's the Hideki Irabu coming out in Joba. He just can't help himself. I am smiling.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 23 2012 11:42 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I won't feel bad for MFY fans, but as for dancing on his figurative grave? Come on. He hasn't murdered anybody. (Just, y'know, willfully acted in a way that could very feasibly kill somebody, at LEAST once.)

metirish Mar 23 2012 11:45 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yeah, he's a MFY but a part of me feels for the fool.....he was still rehabbing the TJ right?

Ceetar Mar 23 2012 11:49 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: Yeah, he's a MFY but a part of me feels for the fool.....he was still rehabbing the TJ right? well not _while_ jumping up and down, but yes.

Ashie62 Mar 23 2012 12:11 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Joba attempts the trampoline and today David breaks out his Dancing with the Stars opening..

themetfairy Mar 23 2012 12:34 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ashie62 wrote: Joba attempts the trampoline and today David breaks out his Dancing with the Stars opening. He's been practicing his dance moves since September -

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 23 2012 04:51 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Far be it from me to tell you not to laugh, or what to do in any emotionally-charged situation. But let me humbly suggest that you might want to reconsider those Joba jokes: Joba Chamberlain lost so much blood Thursday when he hurt his ankle while playing with his son that there initially was concern for his life, a Yankees’ source said … When Chamberlain was hurt, bone was sticking out of his ankle and he was bleeding profusely, a team source said. Paramedics were called and Chamberlain was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Open dislocation; they reportedly had to give him several units of blood upon arrival at the ER to keep him alive. And keep in mind that his five-year-old son was watching the entire time.

metirish Mar 23 2012 06:15 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

WOW, that's just really awful, feel awful for him and his son.....Christ.

Ceetar Mar 23 2012 06:48 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: WOW, that's just really awful, feel awful for him and his son.....Christ. it's definitely awful. I tell myself I'm not a horrible person because he was obviously stable by the time we heard. I figured it had to be pretty bad when they said he'd be in the hospital for several days.

Edgy MD Mar 23 2012 08:18 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

The incidence of crippling injuries related to backyard trampolines is such that someday folks are going to look back on our era and wonder why they weren't outlawed.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2012 10:04 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

this was at one of those kid playcenters not a backyard trampoline. as said above the fact that this happened in front of his son has got to be personally horrible for Joba beyond whatever humiliation he oughta feel. Lunchy goes to a birthday party at one of these joints every week or two.

Edgy MD Mar 24 2012 06:37 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I hear you. I still want to get across my point of adults destroying themselves on those things, no matter where they are. Fun, fun, fun... crippling injury. But supervisors let a 260-pounder get on and mess around.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 24 2012 07:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Well, sure, he's a celebrity. Every place like that I've ever been to has age limits. If I remember right, you can't go on the equipment if you're over 12, or something like that. I was reading the details of the injury in the paper this morning.... GAH!

Ceetar Mar 24 2012 08:03 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I don't think I saw it reported anywhere.. Did Joba bleed Pinstripes? Because if not he's not a true yankee..

Edgy MD Mar 27 2012 09:10 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Tweety Rubin wrote: Scott Hairston now getting some action in center field in minor league intrasquad game. That could be awkward if they hit a ball to him. WHOAH!

duan Mar 27 2012 05:20 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

fwiw - young Siena Stokes managed to fracture (very small but fracture) her leg on a trampoline at neighbours party. God knows it was ridiculous how it happened (but thank's be to god I wasn't the adult in charge of her at the time for that was the mrs!) 2 weeks in a cast (way back in october) but one does question the whole trampoline thing pretty quick after that!

Edgy MD Mar 29 2012 08:44 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Kirk New-Win-Hice back in the lineup for the Junior Mets.

Edgy MD Apr 02 2012 10:16 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Hi, I'm Frank Francisco. Ask me about my MRI!

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2012 01:52 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Hi, I'm Frank Francisco. Ask me about my MRI! Are there some facts to this situation you care to share?

Edgy MD Apr 02 2012 02:04 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

According to several sources, Frank Francisco was to have an MRI this afternoon, despite his insistence that his right knee felt fine subsequent to a draining.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 02 2012 02:06 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Closer Frank Francisco said he planned to have a magnetic resonance imaging test on his left knee Monday night. Francisco, who joined the Mets on a two-year, $12 million contract over the winter, said he had some recurring soreness in the knee since the start of camp. “The last game I pitched, in the first inning, it was fine,” Francisco said of his two-inning appearance Saturday. “Then when I sat on the bench, resting for the next inning, it felt like it got cold a little bit, and I didn’t feel like it was right. So I told them.” He said he had fluid drained from the knee Sunday. He went through his normal workout Monday. “I don’t feel pain or anything,” he said. Francisco has struggled this spring, allowing 9 runs in 13 innings. But Manager Terry Collins has said repeatedly that he is not worried about Francisco and that he expects his performances to improve as soon as he begins to pitch in games that count.

TransMonk Apr 20 2012 10:31 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Jeez...this thread had floated to the bottom of the 5th page... Mets doctors discovered a tear in [Edgy's avatar's] left elbow, and the southpaw will undergo Tommy John surgery, a baseball source told ESPNNewYork.com.

Edgy MD Apr 20 2012 12:40 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Crap. What sucks for him is that happens while he's not on the roster, denying him a chance to earn a big league salary for the next year while he's on the DL.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 20 2012 01:46 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Oh, that Edgemen Curse.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2012 02:24 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Pelf resuming nothing any time soon. That could be it for his Mets career.

Edgy MD Apr 27 2012 11:52 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Torres expected to be activated Monday.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 27 2012 11:55 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Lutz would be the most likely guy to be sent down to make room for Torres, correct?

Ceetar Apr 27 2012 12:16 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Lutz would be the most likely guy to be sent down to make room for Torres, correct? Yeah, probably, Valdespin can play SS and it'd be nice to have a backup one of those. Guess you could do Baxter but he's playing actually fairly well so..

Edgy MD Apr 27 2012 12:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Or maybe somebody else gets hurt by then. Last year's spring trip to Colorado is where the 2011 Mets exploded, with a modest collision on the mound between Wright and Davis led to about a year's worth of infirmity between them. I'm kind of hoping that they can exorcise some ghosts while they're back in town.

metirish Apr 27 2012 12:26 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Pelf resuming nothing any time soon. That could be it for his Mets career. and perhaps his shot at a long term contract, tough game.

Edgy MD May 03 2012 01:18 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

D.J. Carrasco joins the Bisons today. Threw six scoreless innings as a St. Lucian.

Vic Sage May 03 2012 01:44 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

i guess this is good news, sort of... in an "at least he ain't Schwinden or Batista" kind of way.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 03 2012 01:47 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'm thinking a good inning tonight gets him the chance of a second inning up here. Demote Schwinny and have Carrasco around in case you need a reliever or spot start till the spot comes up again. Have Acosta and Batista sweat it out a few days.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 08 2012 09:39 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Thole headed to NYC for further tests, no roster move yet but he won't be around tonite.

MFS62 May 08 2012 10:02 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Pitching prospect Zach Wheeler should be ready to come off the minor league DL soon. He was on it for a torn fingernail. This is the second time this has happened in his minor league career. I'd get the kid a large supply of Gelatin and an hour-long session with Dr. R.A. Dickey on the care of finger nails. Later

Ceetar May 08 2012 10:06 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

MFS62 wrote: Pitching prospect Zach Wheeler should be ready to come off the minor league DL soon. He was on it for a torn fingernail. This is the second time this has happened in his minor league career. I'd get the kid a large supply of Gelatin and an hour-long session with Dr. R.A. Dickey on the care of finger nails. Later Dickey's solution is to have the team cook take him to a nail salon.

Benjamin Grimm May 10 2012 06:03 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Terry says that Ronny Cedeno will play in a minor league game today, and be activated for tomorrow's game in Miami.

Edgy MD May 16 2012 12:59 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Jenrry Mejia after two starts in St. Lucie: 1-0, 11 IP, 2.45 ERA, .184 BAA, 0 walks, 7 SO. Jenrry Mejia, moving up to Bingo. Chris Young after two starts in St. Lucie: 0-0, 10.2 IP, 2.53 ERA, .300 BAA, 2 BB, 6 SO. Not sure what's next for him, but he may be looking at Buffalo for his next outing.

themetfairy May 28 2012 07:37 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

There's got to be more to Lucroy's hand injury than the reported story of a lost sock under a hotel room bed and his wife moving a heavy suitcase.

Ceetar May 28 2012 07:53 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

themetfairy wrote: There's got to be more to Lucroy's hand injury than the reported story of a lost sock under a hotel room bed and his wife moving a heavy suitcase. sex injury? "moving the suitcase"

Ceetar May 29 2012 02:29 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Halladay shut down minimum 3 weeks w grade 1-2 shoulder ( right latissimus dorsi) strain. Phillies hope to have him back 6-8 weeks. I think they're hoping Worley is back in a moment to replace him.

Edgy MD May 29 2012 02:36 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

The Mets have a real opportunity here.

Nymr83 May 30 2012 05:38 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Howie Rose reporting on air that Josh Thole, DHing for Buffalo tonight, was pinch-hit for early. No explanation yet. Concussions are the injury that don't stop fucking you. Someone bean Wiggy in the face for causing this one!

Nymr83 May 30 2012 05:46 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Thole update: was actually held out before the game as opposed to being pinch-hit. Still no word on why.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 30 2012 05:54 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Nymr83 wrote: Thole update: was actually held out before the game as opposed to being pinch-hit. Still no word on why. As per Rubin on Twitter, Backman said it was a paperwork issue (w/MLBPA), not an injury issue. OE: And Gary confirms, on-air.

seawolf17 May 30 2012 06:07 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Oh. Was hoping it was "traded to Cardinals, along with Jason Bay, for Carlos Beltran."

Nymr83 May 30 2012 06:28 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Thole update: was actually held out before the game as opposed to being pinch-hit. Still no word on why. As per Rubin on Twitter, Backman said it was a paperwork issue (w/MLBPA), not an injury issue. OE: And Gary confirms, on-air. Thanks for the update, my radio feed cut out

Nymr83 May 30 2012 07:02 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Thole now in the game. Jenrry Mejia, first start at AAA on the long road back from Tommy John surgery, 68 pitches (45 for strikes) in 6 innings of 2-hit ball (1 walk, 2 Ks).

Frayed Knot May 30 2012 07:05 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I heard about this situation and kept imaging Capt Renault and some of the Nazis hanging around Casablanca asking Josh: "Vhere are your papers?"

MFS62 May 31 2012 08:20 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Here's a message to Mets fans from Mejia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHEiZy53r6k Later

Ashie62 May 31 2012 08:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Klapisch on Twitter...Chris Young topping out at 81-83 mph so far.. Go gettem Hefner [url]http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/3950/chris-young

Edgy MD May 31 2012 10:16 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

The chucker also tossed six shutout innings, with both hits he allowed never getting out of the infield.

TransMonk May 31 2012 10:25 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Klapisch: Young did well in three rehab outings at High-A Port St. Lucie but seems likely to be exposed now that he's moved on to Triple-A Buffalo. The 33-year-old right-hander seems doubtful to make any sort of impact in the major leagues this season. Young today in his AAA start: 6 IP, 2 H (as Edgy said, none out of the infield), 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 87 pitches, 50 strikes. Per Rubin's tweets, his velocity was still 82-84 this morning, but he also points out that his fastball wasn't much more than that in his 2011 starts with the Mets and in 2010 with the Padres. In any case, he has not yet been "exposed" by AAA hitters. Klapisch is a dick.

Edgy MD May 31 2012 10:27 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Oh to live in a world where Klapisch is exposed when writing in any town above A ball.

MFS62 May 31 2012 10:29 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Can any of us remember the last time Klapisch wrote anything positive about the Mets? Waiting Anyone? Bueller? (birds chirping) See what I mean? Consider the source. I can just picture him grinning broadly while he wrote that. His source was probably a Yankee fan, who is hoping that Mets will release Young so the Yanks can pick him up. Later

Vic Sage May 31 2012 10:30 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

any man whose name is comprised of the slang terms for a venereal disease and urine, and then writes like it, should shun public exposure at all costs.

Ceetar May 31 2012 11:36 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Vic Sage wrote: any man whose name is comprised of the slang terms for a venereal disease and urine, and then writes like it, should shun public exposure at all costs. should be shunned anyway. There's so much good baseball writing out there that it seems a waste of everyone's time to repost, retweet, comment or link to things by people like this.

Edgy MD May 31 2012 11:43 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I have little doubt he's one of the most widely read columnists in New York.

Ceetar May 31 2012 11:51 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: I have little doubt he's one of the most widely read columnists in New York. Sure, and "That's my boy" will make millions in the box office, and Twilight is a best selling novel. Doesn't mean we shouldn't spend more time on the other options.

Edgy MD May 31 2012 12:09 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Blame Ashie.

Ashie62 May 31 2012 04:09 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Blame Ashie.

Frayed Knot May 31 2012 06:26 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Tough week for injuries to stars: - Matt Kemp, just one day off the DL for a hammy strain, strained his hammy and is going right back on the list with an injury he calls worse than the earlier one - Troy Tulowitski has a strained groin (hopefully his own) and is being DL'd - Nick Markakis in Baltimore has a broken hamate bone in his hand and surgery is being investigated. Either way it doesn't sound like he's coming back soon.

Ceetar May 31 2012 06:55 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

the worst part of having too many fantasy leagues is you're generally going to have 3 guys injured a day. it's ap ain.

TransMonk Jun 01 2012 11:07 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I consider it a small victory that Verducci posted an article today about all of the high-priced, big name players there are on the DL and not a Met was mentioned. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/w ... xid=cnnbin Obviously, we have our fair share of injuries...and they aren't necessarily big-name players (although Bay makes a boatload of cash), but the jist of the article is about how much money is currently being wasted on players sitting on the DL.

Ceetar Jun 01 2012 12:35 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

SS and C depth were probably the worse possible places though.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2012 12:38 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'm going to go with third base and number one starter. Or, as it turns out, third base and number two starter.

Ceetar Jun 01 2012 12:50 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: I'm going to go with third base and number one starter. Or, as it turns out, third base and number two starter. Well, granted he's hitting .370 or whatever, but the drop off from Thole->Nickeas was pretty bad.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2012 12:53 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Wright to Turner or Wright to Lutz likely would have been also.

TransMonk Jun 02 2012 01:03 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Sherman says Elvin Ramirez was hurt during the no hitter celebration last night. He will most likely head to the DL without ever having gotten into a game for the Mets after being called up yesterday. https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status ... 9754648577

Edgy MD Jun 02 2012 01:21 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Get's a big league salary on the DL, though. How about that? We give up Schwinnie in order to activate the guy and he gets hurt in an orgy while pig-piling on top of a guy he doesn't even know.

Edgy MD Jun 02 2012 01:43 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Chris Young, according to at least one report, is going to skip his last two warmups and get a start in Washington.

DocTee Jun 02 2012 02:04 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Even more bizarre is it appears that Ramirez was late to the party, arriving about a minute into the celebration, after all the piling on had occured. Maybe pulled a leg muscle on the jog from the bullpen?

Gwreck Jun 02 2012 02:21 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Rubin tweeted that it may have been RAMON Ramirez, not Elvin, who got hurt in the celebration.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 02 2012 02:29 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Really? They don't know who was hurt? Maybe they can do a DNA test or something.

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2012 04:31 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Hey, you know all those Ramirez-es look alike.

Fman99 Jun 02 2012 08:01 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

According to the ESPN Baxter is out six weeks with collarbone and rib injuries, which is regrettable. Ramon Ramirez also going to the DL with a hamstring strain suffered in post no hitter celebration, which is fucking retarded.

Ashie62 Jun 02 2012 08:25 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Dont any of these pile jumpers know what happened to Kendry Morales?

Edgy MD Jun 02 2012 09:34 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Totally clears the path for Elvin to get some meaningful innings though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 02 2012 10:27 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ramon wasn't right anyway, looked out of shape, and with the Other Ramirez/Beato/Mejia on their ways it's not the worst thing that could happen.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 02 2012 11:17 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I know. Getting excited about individual injuries to our bullpen feels like, "Oh, no-- you crashed into my mulch pile, and made it look like shit!" (How about that Pagan trade, eh?)

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2012 09:10 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Latest expectations: Bay to return on Tuesday, Tejada on Friday.

Ceetar Jun 04 2012 09:25 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Latest expectations: Bay to return on Tuesday, Tejada on Friday. What three days worth of minor league AB to get his timing down? Shouldn't Bay get a wee bit more than that?

Edgy MD Jun 04 2012 02:01 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Terry reveals in the post-game that Rauch is dealing with tenderness, and he'll have it looked at. Where is it? Tenderness Where is it?

Ceetar Jun 04 2012 02:03 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Terry reveals in the post-game that Rauch is dealing with tenderness, and he'll have it looked at. Where is it? Tenderness Where is it? over the fence.

Mets – Willets Point Jun 04 2012 02:09 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Terry reveals in the post-game that Rauch is dealing with tenderness, and he'll have it looked at. Where is it? Tenderness Where is it? He may be weary.

seawolf17 Jun 04 2012 02:19 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Terry reveals in the post-game that Rauch is dealing with tenderness, and he'll have it looked at. Where is it? Tenderness Where is it? He may be weary. It's tiring having to turn around quickly to watch balls go whizzing past you into the gap all the time, especially because he's so tall.

Frayed Knot Jun 04 2012 02:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Terry reveals in the post-game that Rauch is dealing with tenderness, and he'll have it looked at. Where is it? Tenderness Where is it? He may be weary. Old relievers they do get weary.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 04 2012 02:51 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Also according to Terry postgame: Bay be illin' with flu symptoms in PSL. He's NOT coming back tomorrow (though later in the Nats series hasn't been ruled out).

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 04 2012 02:52 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

He'd rather be in Beirut, Peter Gammons is reporting.

metsguyinmichigan Jun 04 2012 04:55 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Rauch's tenderness is supposedly in his elbow, which is not a good sign. Bay has the flu? Really?

TransMonk Jun 04 2012 05:10 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

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Edgy MD Jun 07 2012 11:37 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Rubin wrote: Jason Bay legitimately sick. Coughing when arrived at clubhouse. And, not to be too graphic, but heard there's some vomiting involved. If it wasn't for Rubin's self-censoring concerns about your pathetically delicate sensibilities, we'd have gotten a prize-winning description of the texture and content of all the Baybarf. Adam was ready to go there.

metirish Jun 07 2012 11:41 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Adam Rubin wrote: Jason Bay legitimately sick. Coughing when arrived at clubhouse. And, not to be too graphic, but heard there's some vomiting involved. If it wasn't for Rubin's self-censoring concerns about your pathetically delicate sensibilities, we'd have gotten a prize-winning description of the texture and content of all the Baybarf. Adam was ready to go there. are you sure that the vomiting is from Bay?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2012 11:42 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ooooh... good point!

Ceetar Jun 07 2012 11:53 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

metirish wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Adam Rubin wrote: Jason Bay legitimately sick. Coughing when arrived at clubhouse. And, not to be too graphic, but heard there's some vomiting involved. If it wasn't for Rubin's self-censoring concerns about your pathetically delicate sensibilities, we'd have gotten a prize-winning description of the texture and content of all the Baybarf. Adam was ready to go there. are you sure that the vomiting is from Bay? Rubin claims he's been on antibiotics himself three times this season, so no, maybe not.

Edgy MD Jun 07 2012 02:20 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Jason Bay said he believes the intense nausea was adverse reaction to antibiotic for sinus infection.

themetfairy Jun 07 2012 02:44 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Jason Bay said he believes the intense nausea was adverse reaction to antibiotic for sinus infection. It could have been from watching last night's game.

Edgy MD Jun 18 2012 02:15 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ruben Tejada and Ramon Ramirez expected to appear tonight for St. Lucie. Ronny Cedeño three games into his Buffalo rehab, expected to get a few more days at Buffalo. Bay at doctor's NOW!!!!

Edgy MD Jun 20 2012 02:45 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Cedeno back for the weekend series, but not expected to get more than one start, if any. Tejada rehab tour hitting Buffalo. Duda nursing a sore hammy, but available.

Edgy MD Jun 22 2012 09:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ruben Tejada batting (and on-basing) .095 in his 21 (2-21, no walks) rehab plate appearances with St. Lucie and Buffalo. Both hits were doubles, of course, because he's Ruben Tejada.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2012 02:03 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Bay in the clubhouse and symptom free eight days after the collision. Said to feel much better than after last year's kapow. Hasn't gotten on a plane yet. Maybe just use him after the All Star break when the first 12 games are in the East. He can train up from Atlanta to DC to New York.

Ceetar Jun 23 2012 02:34 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Bay in the clubhouse and symptom free eight days after the collision. Said to feel much better than after last year's kapow. Hasn't gotten on a plane yet. Maybe just use him after the All Star break when the first 12 games are in the East. He can train up from Atlanta to DC to New York. If he's still in the condition where he can't get on a plane, he's not symptom-free or ready to return to baseball.

Edgy MD Jun 23 2012 02:50 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Thanks for that, doc.

Edgy MD Jul 04 2012 10:02 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Nieuie expected to hit the DL with a non-contact hand injury. Valdy expected to be their replacement. Same hand he had operated on. Baxter heading to Florida to continue rehab, but is just hitting off a tee, hasn't run yet, and isn't expected to immediately face live pitching. No timetable. I'll guess a month. I dunno. Bay due back after the All-Star Break.

Swan Swan H Jul 04 2012 10:51 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Hampson down, Valdespin up, per Rubin. Mets will go with a short bullpen for the time being. Nooey's injury must not be DL-worthy.

Edgy MD Jul 04 2012 01:17 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I'm going to guess it's disabling, but they probably hope they can ride it out a few days by shortening the pen and therefore get through the ASB. For now, Valdespin gets Nieuenhuis at-bats.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 04 2012 02:22 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Nieuie expected to hit the DL with a non-contact hand injury. Valdy expected to be their replacement. Same hand he had operated on. Baxter heading to Florida to continue rehab, but is just hitting off a tee, hasn't run yet, and isn't expected to immediately face live pitching. No timetable. I'll guess a month. I dunno. Bay due back after the All-Star Break. Every sentence laced with bad news. Every single one.

Edgy MD Jul 04 2012 09:26 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Zach Lutz activated and rehabbing with St. Loo before re-joining the Bisons. Played third in his first start and went 0-1 with two walks.

Ashie62 Jul 04 2012 10:13 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Nieuwhehuis has hit the wall anyway.

Swan Swan H Jul 13 2012 02:24 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

FrankFrank will be taking the next few days off. His oblique flared up, say the twits.

Edgy MD Jul 15 2012 05:00 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Ted Baxter starts his rehab going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs as DH for St. Lucie.

themetfairy Jul 15 2012 05:55 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Ted Baxter starts his rehab going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs as DH for St. Lucie. Really? Ted Baxter? This is a man who should be revered and who should never have to buy his own beer again in New York EVER AGAIN. Mike Baxter shall not be mocked!

Edgy MD Jul 15 2012 06:21 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I love Ted Baxter.

Ceetar Jul 21 2012 09:20 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

We're now using starters 6,7,8 and that's rough. Turns out Reed Johnson DID hurt Santana when he jumped on his ankle. bleh!

Edgy MD Jul 21 2012 09:51 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Looks like Johan to the DL. Looks like Harvey is inevitable.

Ashie62 Jul 21 2012 02:07 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Terry and Sandy say Johan will not be back until after the 11 game road trip starting 8/5..So about one month... They have a general concern that he has been hard used this season and are deferring to a rehab program. This is all per ESPN, too lazy to link it.

MFS62 Jul 21 2012 04:53 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Looks like Johan to the DL. Looks like Harvey is inevitable. Steve Sommers just mentioned that Harvey is scheduled to pitch for Buffalo tonight, and if he does well, he may be brought up to start either Wednesday or Thursday. (He didn't mention his source for that) Later

Swan Swan H Jul 21 2012 08:24 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

He didn't. [url]http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t422&t=g_box&gid=2012_07_21_chraaa_bufaaa_1

Edgy MD Jul 23 2012 02:37 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Baxter to Buffalo. Francisco to Brooklyn.

Edgy MD Jul 23 2012 10:10 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Frank Francisco, who was due to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday with the Brooklyn Cyclones, will wait a little longer before working back from a strained left oblique in the minors. Francisco experienced right-knee discomfort Monday, a day after throwing a 40-pitch bullpen session at Citi Field. The team announced he received an anti-inflammatory injection. I think everybody left CitiField with a little knee pain.

Ceetar Aug 06 2012 05:45 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

just sloppiness that let this thread lapse to page 5, or have we been healthy lately? Byrdak, anterior capsule tear. Haven't decided on surgery or not yet, but I mean, he tore the capsule, so it's probably inevitable. Don't know what the time line is for this for a reliever. Can be help at the trade deadline next year maybe? Johnson hurt his hand. day to day. I'm not sure why we're playing short with a third string catcher. get Nickeas back or add May to the roster or something. they all suck. Nieuwenhuis has partial tear of the plantar facia. No surgery. sounds like rehabedness. what's the options rules on this? You have to have 20 days in the minors to burn an option, but he's not there yet. If he doesn't play..?

Gwreck Aug 07 2012 11:58 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

A player has option years. He can be sent up and down any number of times within the option years.

Ceetar Aug 07 2012 12:07 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Gwreck wrote: A player has option years. He can be sent up and down any number of times within the option years. correct, but you have to be in the minors 20 days for it to count as an option year. I was wondering if the DL counts, or if he's done for the season does it not burn the option? not that it probably matters in Kirk's case.

Gwreck Aug 07 2012 12:36 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I think so, because he'd be on the Buffalo DL and not the major league DL.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2012 01:34 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Rob Johnson has a swollen hand. Again, probably an Fman joke in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how, exactly.

themetfairy Aug 07 2012 01:38 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

G-Fafif wrote: Rob Johnson has a swollen hand. Again, probably an Fman joke in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how, exactly. It obviously got swollen in the act of getting something else swollen. Duh.

metirish Aug 07 2012 01:42 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

And like his hitting he came up limp both times.

Fman99 Aug 07 2012 07:33 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

G-Fafif wrote: Rob Johnson has a swollen hand. Again, probably an Fman joke in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how, exactly. So, you're saying his hand was, uh, engorged?

MFS62 Aug 08 2012 10:06 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Fman99 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Rob Johnson has a swollen hand. Again, probably an Fman joke in there somewhere, but I'm not sure how, exactly. So, you're saying his hand was, uh, engorged? Look up a few posts. Metfairy suggests it was engorged while it was, uh, engaged. Later

Edgy MD Sep 19 2012 02:28 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Ruby Tuesday reports, between titillating insinuations about Ike Davis' nightlife, that Frank Francisco would be unavailable to pitch tonight due to an unspecified elbow issue. Actually, his report stated that he's "unavailable to close," which would be pretty funny if it didn't MAKE ME WANT TO KILL!

Edgy MD Sep 19 2012 02:31 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Tendonitis.

HahnSolo Sep 19 2012 02:36 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

As if this team needs someone to close.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2012 02:36 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

There goes the season.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2012 02:41 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

HahnSolo wrote: As if this team needs someone to close. Pat Zachry!

Swan Swan H Sep 26 2012 09:56 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Metsblog and various twitterers reporting that Frank Frank may be out for the season - the 2013 season.

Edgy MD Sep 26 2012 10:05 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

FYUECAKH!! Mixed feelings!

Edgy MD Sep 26 2012 10:08 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Adam Rubin wrote: MLB Network keeps running bizarre report: Frank Francisco won't have surgery and has no structural damage, but may miss 2013 season. Incomplete journalism = Crazy stuff.

Edgy MD Sep 26 2012 10:17 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Reviewing these reports, I'm guessing that there's an error and the report meant to say 2012.

seawolf17 Sep 26 2012 10:28 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

By "reports," Edgy means Frankiefrank's medical reports, which he has faxed to him each morning along with notifications of every news story featuring any Met, former Met, and/or former Met's family member.

Edgy MD Sep 26 2012 10:45 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I don't use fax anymore.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 26 2012 11:21 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

It's been corrected to say the rest of this season -- all week of it.

Swan Swan H Sep 26 2012 11:32 AM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy MD Sep 26 2012 02:05 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Robert Carson has strained his triceratops, and is listed as day to day. And the search for a second lefty goes on.

Ceetar Nov 06 2012 01:11 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I bet you thought this thread was done.. Duda breaks his wrist moving furniture. had surgery, should be okay for Spring.

Edgy MD Nov 06 2012 01:14 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I guess this will spill over into the 2013 thread, but Lucas Duda has apparently undergone surgery to repair a wrist he fractured while moving furniture.

Frayed Knot Nov 06 2012 01:20 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Was the furniture in a gay-themed Australian bar?

Edgy MD Nov 06 2012 01:26 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

No, but the surgery was.

Swan Swan H Nov 06 2012 01:28 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Yes, the surgeon patched the fracture with Vegemite while humming Peter Allen tunes.

Edgy MD Nov 06 2012 01:35 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Didn't Dudissima have a wrist injury in college that sapped his power in his early pro career?

Ceetar Nov 06 2012 01:41 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Didn't Dudissima have a wrist injury in college that sapped his power in his early pro career? yes.

Edgy MD Nov 06 2012 01:47 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Booooo.... Hate furniture!

G-Fafif Nov 07 2012 03:10 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Duda needs a defensive replacement in life.

Edgy MD Nov 07 2012 08:53 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

I was kinda counting on him to help me move.

Ashie62 Nov 08 2012 12:42 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: I was kinda counting on him to help me move. But he's not taking you to the airport!

Swan Swan H Dec 05 2012 06:38 PM Re: Resuming Baseball Activities: Injuries in 2012

Andrew Cashner of San Diego hacks up the thumb on his pitching hand while skinning his kill. Opening Day is in jeopardy. Opening Day of the baseball season, that is. Elk season is still in play.