Blake Swihart

[a700hitter]

Swihart had a bad injury, one that clearly hasn't healed right. It's going to be a chronic problem for him and it's pretty much ruined his career. This has happened with many prospects. We had a top 10 prospect years ago named Ravel Santana who was as good or better than Florial. Well, he dove for a ball, his leg was caught under him and he basically had a Paul George injury. He came back the following year with no power or speed. He was released, was picked up by a few teams and never showed the same lower body burst on the bases or lower body drive in the box again.

 

This is why I wasn't broken up about dealing Fowler. His injury is worse than Swihart's and he may never get back to his prior abilities

I ageee. I think we are looking at ruined career -- the way that Bill Buckner was permanently hobbled by an ankle injury and the same thing happened to Tommy Davis in the 1960's. Bobby Valentine was a big talent, and his career was ruined by a lower leg injury. The difference with Tommy Davis and Buckner was that those guys were MVP type hitters. Valentine was not. His game was his legs and his fielding. Swihart similarly is not a great offensive player. His value was as a catcher. If his catching days are over, at age 26, it is probably very close to the time to part ways.

[mvp 78]

I think he ought to go home and forget about this season. Have some fun, see some women. Drink some beers, and relax.

 

What he needs to do is save his money because he's going to be out of baseball sooner than later. He's made over $4M so far. Hope he still has a big chunk of it.