Red Sox/MLB 2020 Spring Training IX - Red Sox say Chris Sale has a flexor strain, will be reassessed in a week
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KrejciMVP
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They need arms. Comparing to last year they are already missing Price, Porcello, and now Sale. Erods health is questionable as well. Who is going to pitch? They might have to make a trade just to get someone to pitch some innings for them.
So all that talk about Sale having pneumonia was just BS to mask his elbow problem???
Nah, that was very real.
He started ramping up and his elbow was sore. Both The pneumonia and elbow can happen... it doesn’t have to be one or the other- Idk why you think the pneumonia has to be a smokescreen. Besides Idk exactly what the point of it would be. They’re announcing his elbow problems without a diagnosis now, not like they’re being super secretive about anything
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They should have just had him get the surgery when it popped up last year. How many times do players just end up getting the surgery even with rest & rehab? The smartest decision is almost always to just bite the bullet and do it right away.
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Said the same exact thing last year when it was being reported. They did this with Lackey when he was here and all it did was delay him getting healthy. He should have had the surgery and been healing up for next year. Now because of the timing, he's going to get it done, and miss 2 seasons. WTF?
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Yep, if he had it done in August last year, he'd probably be back by spring training 2021. Now, he could be back by the end of the 2021 season, but you probably just wouldn't bother to rush him.
I feel like the team's medical staff have been bad for a while, which is disappointing considering they should have access to better doctors than any other city.
Tommy John should always be a last resort- it’s not quite the death sentence it once was but people don’t always come back from it.
Injections/rest/rehab has worked before. It doesn’t look like it’s going to work here though
if he gets it now he will be back early next season. Typically a 12 month recovery, depends on the individual though
Injections/rest/rehab has worked before. It doesn’t look like it’s going to work here though
if he gets it now he will be back early next season. Typically a 12 month recovery, depends on the individual though
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Why might I think the pneumonia could have been a smokescreen for Sale's ongoing elbow issue? Given the terrible off season the team has had plus ownership's absolute lack of credibility why wouldn't I think it??? I wouldn't believe them if they told me water is wet.
LouJersey
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Poor devers or Benny are gonna have to be attached to Sale to move him to LA in a couple of years
smithformeragent
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The force ghosts of Price, Beckett, and A-Gon will be looking on and welcoming him.
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Just for comparison sake ...
Player A: .301 / .374 / .519 ... 139 HRs in 3,629 plate appearances
Player B: .301 / .383 / .492 ... 139 HRs in 3,541 plate appearances
Who is each player?
Gator Mike
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Player A is Mookie Betts.
Player B is Christian Yelich.
Mookie is a much better OF, but your point is made.
Player B is Christian Yelich.
Mookie is a much better OF, but your point is made.
Mr Cartmenez
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In Mookies case, a good amount of his value comes from his defense. I am not giving him a record-breaking contract in his thirties and expecting for this to continue. History tells us that defense from top notch OF relying on speed tend to decline considerably at around age 30.
And as great as Betts is, his MVP-season appears to be an outlier with the bat. He hasn't been close in that regard before or after. Yelich has had exceptional offensive output in back-two-back seasons.
Therefore I don't think it would be outrageous to picture CY aging better than MB. Plus this contract extension appears to be semi team-friendly. Let me put it this way: I can't see Betts signing anything that would make me like it more than what Yelich has just agreed to.
Just so we're all clear, John Henry approved the Sale contract. A contract most people knew was dumb at the time. And yet we had to trade Mookie freakin Betts to get under the tax. Handing out bad contracts that prevent you from signing one of the best players in the game. What a way to do business.
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