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3 pitchers down and the TJ veterans (Crochet, Buehler) still standing for the moment? Kyle Gibson and Drew Smyly still need work…

Extension!!!!

Moving Devers up from third to second in the lineup gets roughly 18 more PA. In theory, more PA from Devers is a good thing…

Then why not just say that?

And then what?

Crochet, Houck, Buehler, Priester, and Fitts. With Cooper Criswell on standby. When do things get serious enough to call Kyle Gibson’s agent?

Adam Duvall needs work.,.

I remember ESPN showing a Jack Clark bomb that “hit the Citgo sign.” It did kknd of look like it did because something flew into the path of the ball. But hit the Citgo sign? That sign is a good 400 yards behind the monster and some 35 floors up…

Trayce Thompson! He’s the new Babe Ruth…

Kinsman’s blast was in the famous 23-22 game, one that gets replayed often. It was his third of the day, but there were a slew of home runs that day. But there most legendary Wrigley home run was off the bat of Glenallen Hill back in 2000. Distance estimates vary from 490 to 510 feet all the way up to 700 feet (by Hill himself). While probably a bit under his own estimate, Hill did reach one of the rooftops across the street that had never been reached before in the history of the ballpark…

Well, with all the injuries happening to this team, who plays where is more likely to depend on who is still standing come opening day…

Off topic, but if ever there was an idiomatic expression in dire need of explanation, it’s “the proof is in the pudding.” Maybe it’s just me, but my primary searching spot for conclusive evidence is rarely a big ol’ bowl of Jell-O brand butterscotch-flavored polymers…

I was thinking the opposite…

Certainly not like in the 1990’s when Jose Canseco summoned the power of Stanislozol to reach the 4th deck in Toronto. But as mentioned, legends pervade. Like Adam Dunn homering into Kentucky or Steve Dalkowski throwing over 110mph…

Sure if he cut down…

Theres a difference between not trusting data and ignoring reality to reach a quicker conclusion…

I’d rather see extensions for Crochet, Anthony and Campbell…

55 homers and only 100 RBI? So you think he opts out after posting those s***** RISP numbers?

Per MLBTR, the Sox apparently do want RHH OF for some depth. I could see either Eaton or Thompson getting the nod. But both? Not likely without serious injury issues…

The data I posted had it around 2012, peaking in 2014-15. Of course this was TJ surgeries only, and it’s possible that advancements in the procedure allow for surgeries on tears previously deemed irreparable, or something like that…

Surgery is probably a more intimidating solution for affected players than for fans, many of whom think it should be done ASAP…

But you ignore that $25mill difference, which exists to adjust the Sox luxury tax position. And good year or bad, at some point Bregman is going to collect that $25mill. Of course the larger picture here is the consistent comparison of apples to basketballs. Sure a deferment lowers Bregman’s 2025 earnings, but are you absolutely positive the Detroit offer had no deferments? And for the record, “ none that I’ve heard of” is an unacceptable answer, especially since no one really gets into those details until after pen meets paper. We do know the total value of each deal, and the number of years required to play to earn that money. Beyond that, what other common ground do we really know?

Exactly. The pitch clock might have a long term effect on some pitchers, but determining it as the sole or even major cause for the “spike” in TJ surgeries in 2024 is not only premature, but completely ignores history. The one thing we do know that ruins all pitchers is pitching. And I’d think it’s likely multiple various aspects of pitching leads to that injury. But honestly, it’s looking more like media fluff about the rash. 2024 fit in just fine with the timeline for the past decade plus. And at some point, the scope of what the surgical procedure could handle was just as big of a factor as the injury. And already calling the pitch clock even a significant contributor is right now simply screaming “correlation equals causation!!” Its like listening to my late mother-in-law talk about home repairs, since she apparently believed her house was one giant holistic organism and changes made in any part of it could have negative consequences anywhere else (despite my father-in-law actually being a very handy guy). Nevertheless she would say things to my wife like “oh, your father went and replaced the gutter guards, so now the drier doesn’t work.” Or “your father went and installed those LED lights in the garage, so now we don’t get PBS!!”

If the data is indeed correct, the increase in TJ at the MLB level was around 2012. But was that because of some factor leading to more torn tendons? Or advances in the surgical procedure that allowed it to fix a wider range of injuries? Or some combo of both, since neither are simply static?

The data shows that same level of TJ surgeries were incurred in 2014 and 2015, back when a pitch clock was an ignored clause in the rule book. Blaming one spike on them right now is not only premature, it ignores history. And the pitch clock micro level thing ignores the obvious - was the previous way good? 15 seconds bad? 18 seconds good? 20 optimal? And how much better, because 2024 wasn’t the high point for this surgery. It might have been the high point for media stories about this surgery, but that’s not the same thing…