2018 MLB regular season News & Notes thread (Gregory Polanco has surgery)

[Bob Richards]

Pujols was at the bottom last year with -1.9 WAR after a full season.

Davis being at -1.8 by early June is one of the most morbid and fascinating things I have ever seen.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Davis' profile has always been worrisome. Not sure if he's injured or simply done, but with his profile you're almost a liability if you hit less than 30 home runs.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

LOL at joel sherman trying his hardest to justify the sonny gray deal for the yankees. what a loser

This is great. Of course it hasn't worked out for the A's yet. It's been less than a year, they got three prospects and two of them were hurt at the time of the trade.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Davis' profile has always been worrisome. Not sure if he's injured or simply done, but with his profile you're almost a liability if you hit less than 30 home runs.

I remember when Boras was lobbying for a big contract in the offseason that Davis had not only great power as a hitter but also had positional flexibility because he can play OF as well. I was like...

Well, I don't know if the gif posted properly, but it's the one of Jennifer Lawrence going "Yeah, ok then" and giving a sarcastic thumbs up.

 

[tony d]

Yeah, Davis has really fallen off. Had those 1 or 2 great seasons and then fell off. Looks like Baltimore's going through the same. Shame too as they have some talent on the team, still.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Ohtani may need TJ surgery.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

This would be disastrous. TJS knocks him out of next year too as a pitcher.

 

[Duke33]

Ohtani may need TJ surgery.

It's not really surprising. Wasn't the most he pitched in Japan like 100 innings in a season? Yet they try to have him pitch and hit over here against MLB competition.

 

[rangerssharks414]

It's not really surprising. Wasn't the most he pitched in Japan like 100 innings in a season? Yet they try to have him pitch and hit over here against MLB competition.

I’m not sure, but I do remember reading reports that he had an elbow injury in the offseason. He decided to pitch through it.

 

[Terry Yake]

the news about ohtani isn't surprising at all

there were a bunch of reports upon his signing that he had an injured elbow

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Tanaka out weeks with the hamstring issues.

 

[Terry Yake]

how do you manage to injure both hamstrings?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

how do you manage to injure both hamstrings?

Probably by not stretching well enough or running sprints before the game. He probably didn't even expect to get on base.

Stupid NL.

 

[punk_o_holic]

Rumors of Ohtani needing Tommy John surgery. Would be out until 2020. Shame if true

 

[darko]

how do you manage to injure both hamstrings?

Running bases the other day against the Mets.

 

[John Price]

Hunter Strickland is out 6-8 weeks after punching a door yesterday.

He's a jackass.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Hunter Strickland is out 6-8 weeks after punching a door yesterday.

He's a jackass.

Shades of Oliver Perez missing 2 1/2 months after breaking his toe when he kicked a laundry cart after getting the hook.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Hunter Strickland is out 6-8 weeks after punching a door yesterday.

He's a jackass.

Well at least he fought his battle with the player he threw at unlike that coward Kelvin Herrera.

 

[BostonBob]

And here's your MLB " are you kidding me " injury of the day.

from tsn.ca:

The Chicago Cubs have placed closer Brandon Morrow on the 10-day disabled list because of lower back tightness.

Morrow said Tuesday he sustained the injury while taking his pants off at home on Tuesday morning.

"Just undressing at my house," Morrows said of how he suffered the injury. "Like 3 a.m., in the closet, got my right leg off. Left one just felt like a spasm in my back. It's frustrating any time you can't get out there, especially when you can't go because of something stupid like taking your pants off.

"Getting hurt any time's frustrating, but when it's not related to throwing a baseball it's even that much more frustrating."

The closer said ideally the nature of how he sustained the injury would lead to a quick healing process.

"I'm hoping that since it's not like a trauma-induced spasm — like I wasn't throwing a pitch or lifting something or twisting — that once the muscle relaxes it should be OK," Morrow siad.

 

[Canes]

That's up there with Brent Sopel injuring himself by bending down to pick up crackers.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

That's up there with Brent Sopel injuring himself by bending down to pick up crackers.

I got a back spasm picking up my kids shirt off the ground once. It happens.

 

[darko]

My back locked up getting out of bed.

 

[Voight]

That's up there with Brent Sopel injuring himself by bending down to pick up crackers.

Lest we forget Dustin Pancakes Penner

 

[rangerssharks414]

Source: Omaha to host Tigers-Royals in 2019

Cool.

 

[Voight]