rolling injuries 2014

Tom Verducci says lowering the mound would help. Also this:

"Most every sport increases action and drama as the game draws near to its end; football teams can go to a hurry-up offense, hockey teams can pull their goalie, basketball teams can shoot more three-pointers...but the closer baseball games get to their conclusion the more they slow down and the less likely teams are to get a hit, which makes the excitement of the comeback less likely.

Let's use the National League as an example. From the seventh through ninth innings, nearly one out of every four at-bats ends in a strikeout (24.1%). In those innings, batters are hitting .232.

Now here's the context you need to know about that batting average. The worst hitting in the league's history occurred in 1908, when batters hit .239 for the season. So what is happening in today's game is that the late innings have turned into a brand of offensive baseball that is worse than the deadest of the Deadball Era years."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20140513/jose-fernandez-miami-marlins-injury/

""Most every sport increases action and drama as the game draws near to its end... basketball teams can shoot more three-pointers"

just want to point out that what actually happens at the end of close basketball games is a long series of timeouts, fouls, and free throws.

it's the worst part about basketball

There's a bit of a disconnect between the theory and the reality.

Texas SPs Harrison and Perez likely out for the year

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/27/77/34/6289206/3/628x471.jpg

Brandon Belt underwent surgery on Tuesday to have two pins installed in his fractured left thumb, manager Bruce Bochy, but the timetable for the first baseman's return remains six weeks.

The pins are expected to stay in for four weeks, and Belt would spend two weeks after that preparing to return to the lineup.

http://sad-ucl.github.io

ben zobrist dislocates his thumb sliding headfirst; headfirst haters huffy

Beltran to DL w/ 37-yo man's elbow

@SportsCenter
Baseball's Tommy John epidemic continues: Rangers LHP Martin Perez will have surgery for partial tear in his elbow ligament.

ban headfirst slides (for sake of my fantasy team)

votto getting a knee mri, did not travel with team

cliff lee had an mri on his elbow

dammit now the old people are getting hurt

prince fielder considering season-ending surgery:

http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=10970992

has anyone ever done an analysis of the worst seasons, injury wise? i suppose it would have tons of caveats but one way to do it would be to take the number of games on the DL and then look at how those players were projected to perform during those games, pre-injury, by ZIPS/Steamer Rest-of-season forecasts

The Curse of Kinsler

xp

@BNightengale
The Texas #Rangers have a whopping 14 players on the DL.

Nolan Arenado of the Rockies broke his finger with a headfirst slide.

A.J. Ellis sprains ankle during no-hitter celebration, goes on DL

@jonahkeri
Yup, he was already written into tomorrow's column MT @RyanPBoyer Yordano Ventura lit up by Astros/leaves with injury after velo drops to 91

top royals prospect kyle zimmer, the fifth overall pick in 2012, hasn't pitched in game action this year due to tendinitis. now he's out 6-8 weeks with a lat injury, might be back in time to make three or four starts in august

Jesse Biddle, the Philadelphia Phillies' top pitching prospect, had to miss a start earlier this week because of headaches after he reportedly was hit on the head during a hail storm last Thursday.

(presumably by hail)

he had whooping cough last year!

johan santana has a torn achilles, no doubt due to throwing too many pitches in a no-hitter two years ago

The San Diego Padres have placed second baseman Jedd Gyorko on the 15-day disabled list with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

heralded rockies prospect eddie butler, after being shelled in his big league debut friday, has been placed on the 15-day DL with a rotator cuff issue

at least he'll presumably be paid as an injured major leaguer, unlike chris withrow, whom the dodgers optioned just before he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. gotta be a grievance for that, tho, as he never even pitched for the AAA club

oh, the option on withrow was rescinded so that's cool

cuddyer dl'ed again, can't stay healthy

tommy john for matt wieters

Jane Lee ‏@JaneMLB 2h
Pomeranz punched a wooden chair out of frustration on his way back to the clubhouse last night.

Jane Lee ‏@JaneMLB 3h
Pomeranz to the DL with a fractured right hand. Scribner called up from Triple-A.
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he's a lefty -- rub some dirt on it

Or wear a protective glove made of leather!

Gavin Floyd was having a really good game against the Nats but his rebuilt elbow went pffft in the 7th. He had a bulge like a ping pong ball sticking out of it as he left.

Broken olecranon (tip of the elbow bone), wtf. At least it wasn't the TJ ligament.

all the st. louis cardinals have shoulder injuries

Yonder Alonso to DL with ailing wrist; a mainstay of my All-Stinko team

uuuuuuugh

Evan Gattis, bulging thoracic disc, 15-day.

bronson arroyo, tommy john

bronson arroyo, soon to retire, surely

here comes jimmy mod with the negative vibes

uh oh

Masahiro Tanaka flies back to New York for MRI on right arm

Arroyo has another year on his D-Back contract, he will try to come back.

If Arroyo somehow gets a bit back on his fastball from the surgery and recovery like some others have had, I could see him pitching into his 40s. He even talked about it on this interview a couple years ago.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/qa-bronson-arroyo-master-craftsman/

BA: To be honest with you, I think I could pitch as long as I can throw the ball 87-88 mph. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to do that. Physically, weight-room-wise, on the mound, I don’t feel much different than when I was 30. I’m 36 now.

The prime of my life, as far as velocity and strength, was in 2006. I was probably throwing the hardest when I first got traded here. I was 88 to 91-92. I don’t get the ball up to 90 mph much any more. I’ve had four outings here in the spring — granted, it’s spring training and there’s not a lot of adrenaline going — and I’ve only hit 89 once. I’ve been living at 87-88.

If I can keep doing that, I think I can pitch as long as I want to. My mind is better. You get more comfortable being out there in jams. You’re not panicking in situations. As time goes on, everything is easier — except keeping your velocity.

Tanaka to DL

Various hernandezeshave made a living throwing mid-80's slop xp

NYY keep finding new and exciting ways to hover at .500. Hoping tanaka has an extended shutdown phase and they're officially out of it by mid august. I know I am the only one who cares in the affirmative about nyy

yadier molina and brandon phillips both out with torn thumb ligaments

(rumor has it that they were thumb wrestling and things got too intense)

Masahiro Tanaka has a partially torn UCL and will undergo nonsurgical rehab, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday night.

In a best-case scenario, the Yankees ace will miss six weeks, Cashman said. If rehab doesn't work, Tanaka likely will need Tommy John surgery.