jacksonianmarch

I believe so

Spring games to be postponed today. Opening day will be delayed. Guys, this season might not even occur.

We shouldn't be having fans in close quarters at this point. But I would also take advice from the local responses. If there is a state of emergency in Florida or if the schools are closed in the area, then you shouldn't congregate in that area.

This season isn't going to start until July or August. This disease is not going away any time soon

Spoke with an Infectious Disease friend who says they don’t expect the heat and sun to limit this as we have zero immunity and zero prior exposure to it. The ID community is expecting half of all Americans to get it. This is going to be an arduous summer

There’s almost a certainty that a big league player is going to get COVID-19 and the season will be put on hold

He and his soft tossing ways and long homer days are moving to Camden, where he can ensure the Orioles claim the #1 pick for the second season in a row

I just spit out my drink, lol

Workman is a guy I GUARANTEE Bloom has already shopped. My guess is he wants an elite closer's return and other teams want him to show more than a year of dominance. If Workman comes out of the gate hot and the sox sell off continues, he will definitely be moved

You’re so delusional.

I was at work. I posted in the other thread shortly thereafter

We aren’t getting the whole story. You don’t have Sale saying TJS is a possibility if they don’t see an actual tear. Armchair doctoring here, but reading between the lines, my bet is he had a partial tear last year and they likely see something similar now. That would fit with the treatment plans

Catchers also fall off the map sooner than other positions. I am surprised Bloom hasn't maximized value here and dealt him off. I have a feeling 2019 is going to be a career year for Vaz. His value right now with two years of cheap control is pretty high.

2019 might be wishful thinking for this sox team. The pen is not good to begin with and now they are gonna be abused.

But elbow ligament damage is very fixable nowadays and the likelihood of return to prior ability levels is pretty high. Heck, a lot of these guys return with increased velocity. So I am not understanding this treatment plan. Every day that goes by without TJS is another day of 2021 that you don't have him for. If the sox truly let this thing drag out into April or May, then you've got a strong likelihood that you either have Sale as a reliever in late 2021 or no Sale at all. You punt two seasons of him instead of one.

SO Judge is down for the start of the season. We should know by the third week of March what the treatment plan will be. It is crazy how the medical staff transition lost two injuries from 2019. Judge said he initially injured the rib in September but played through it. If he has the rib removed, he will be out until June or July. If he improves with rest, we should see him around the same time as Stanton in early to mid April. Either way, the lineup looks like this 1. Lemahieu 2B 2. Andujar DH 3. Torres SS 4. Sanchez C 5. Voit 1B 6. Urshela 3B 7. Gardner CF 8. Frazier RF 9. Tauchman LF Andujar is apparently working at being a LFer. If successful, he could shift to LF, Tauchman to RF and allow Frazier or Ford to DH

If it happened in September and he’s been lifting heaving all off season, then it didn’t heal. If they remove the rib (you don’t need the rib), then he’ll miss 8 plus weeks. If rest works this time around, he will likely be out the first two weeks of the season

Platelet Rich Plasma

Just read that McHugh had tenex to break up scar tissue in his elbow. This is a smart signing, but you shouldn't hold your breath.

Guys, I've been on this site for a LOOOOONG time. You know my background and while I don't do orthopedic surgeries, I am fully aware of the diagnostics and the limitations of those diagnostics for this injury. So when I tell you something doesn't add up, then I think you should believe me. And typically, I am right. There are 4 MAJOR clues here that the sox or Sale are hiding something in his elbow Last summer, Sale left a game with a barking elbow. He had an initial MRI that concerned the sox doctors enough that it then prompted a visit to James Andrews. Newsflash, an MRI that shows just some "inflammation" doesn't prompt a visit to James Andrews. That is clue #1. Then, Andrews puts PRP into his elbow and has him rest for what equated to the rest of the year. PRP for standard inflammation is entirely overkill, especially in season since to get the full effect, you need to rest for multiple months. So the diagnosis and the treatment don't jive. That is clue #2. Sale then makes it to a single bullpen and his elbow is barking again after multiple months of rest. He gets an MRI and the sox doctors are reported to have said the test "was not good". He then goes back to James Andrews and a 3rd doctor. That is clue #3. 3 opinions for standard inflammation? The final clue was during Sale's presser. He was diagnosed with a flexor strain and reported his UCL looked "fine" but acknowledged he might need TJS. TJS is UCL replacement surgery. If his UCL is "fine" why is he saying he might need surgery on it? You don't do TJS for a flexor strain unless the diagnosis is wrong (or fake).

But how do you say in one breath that his UCL is fine then in another say he could need TJS. TJS is solely a repair procedure for a torn UCL Sale is controlling the narrative here due to HIPAA.

I don’t think we are getting the whole story

The Sale situation brings up a similar clusterf***ing here for Sevy. Last year’s Yankee medical staff really screwed the pooch hard. They misdiagnosed Sevy with a shoulder issue. They rehabbed the wrong part of the body. The actual issue was an upper back muscle. My bet is this misdiagnosis led his core to be weaker and likely led to his UCL tearing. The cherry on the top of this s*** cream sundae is the fact that the docs didn’t diagnose the UCL injury correctly and hence, he’s now down for 1+ seasons instead of being fine for ST of 2021.

I’m literally dumbfounded. 100% dumbfounded. He rested and rehabbed from the end of July to the beginning of March. That’s 7-8 months of rest and rehab. He couldn’t make it through ONE bullpen session. What makes you think that 2-3 weeks of rest is gonna help? All it’ll do is push him another 2-3 weeks into 2021. To say in one breath that the UCL is fine then for the player to say he might need TJS makes literally no f***ing sense. You don’t operate to repair a ligament that is “fine”. This is absolutely stupid, and it makes me wonder two things. 1. Are the Sox holding out hope that Sale’s uncertain status might sell a few more boxes rather than knowing he’s gone for the year? Or 2. Is Sale that reticent you go under the knife? This is crazy

As I have said before, don't give a flying f*** about ST. He might have been working on something. Absolutely nothing to glean from ST