Tiger's fans as sick of al avila as lion's fans were of matt millen.
Yeah he gotta fuckin go. He's a goddam disgrace. Muthafucka sucks at his job.
Baseball.........Anybody still interested?
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Yeah he gotta fuckin go. He's a goddam disgrace. Muthafucka sucks at his job.
Whelp time for the Yanks to get Soto.
The Mike Trout back saga has spiraled into something most of us never saw coming. Leading up to the All Star Break the Angels outfielder missed several games because of back spasms. He then went onto miss the All Star Game itself and was subsequently placed on the 10 day IL with left ribcage inflammation. Angels manager Phil Nevin gave some promising news late last week saying he hoped to get his superstar back very soon.
Costovertebral Dysfunction. I don't know about you, but when a world-renowned doctor says he hasn't seen a lot of these that's never a good thing. In the blink of an eye Mike Trout went from having a common back spasm which cost him a few games to a rare back condition that he might have to manage for the rest of his career.
Two names immediately come to mind here and they're not the ones you want to think of in these instances: David Wright and Don Mattingly. Both players with exceptional talent who had their careers altered because of back injuries. Does this news mean Trout is going to have to become a full time DH in the coming years so he can play more games? Are we heading towards another what if career in sports?
Quick reminder how much money Trout has left on his deal.
Woof. It's tough for anyone to truly feel bad for a guy making that much money, but to be robbed of any kind of team success in your prime because of an incompetent front office to now being physically limited at the age of 30? That's fucking brutal.
I blame Steven Cheah and Steven Cheah only. Can you imagine the "hey buddy" text he's going to get after this news? I'd blow up my house.
P.S. Can't wait to see what they decide to do with Ohtani with only one more year left on his deal following 2022.
Dodgers have officially took first place overall percentage wise
The Mike Trout back saga has spiraled into something most of us never saw coming. Leading up to the All Star Break the Angels outfielder missed several games because of back spasms. He then went onto miss the All Star Game itself and was subsequently placed on the 10 day IL with left ribcage inflammation. Angels manager Phil Nevin gave some promising news late last week saying he hoped to get his superstar back very soon.
Costovertebral Dysfunction. I don't know about you, but when a world-renowned doctor says he hasn't seen a lot of these that's never a good thing. In the blink of an eye Mike Trout went from having a common back spasm which cost him a few games to a rare back condition that he might have to manage for the rest of his career.
Two names immediately come to mind here and they're not the ones you want to think of in these instances: David Wright and Don Mattingly. Both players with exceptional talent who had their careers altered because of back injuries. Does this news mean Trout is going to have to become a full time DH in the coming years so he can play more games? Are we heading towards another what if career in sports?
Quick reminder how much money Trout has left on his deal.
Woof. It's tough for anyone to truly feel bad for a guy making that much money, but to be robbed of any kind of team success in your prime because of an incompetent front office to now being physically limited at the age of 30? That's fucking brutal.
I blame Steven Cheah and Steven Cheah only. Can you imagine the "hey buddy" text he's going to get after this news? I'd blow up my house.
P.S. Can't wait to see what they decide to do with Ohtani with only one more year left on his deal following 2022.
WTF???
That man is either cursed or just destined to be a baseball trivia question for life.
Now we gotta ask..
IS HE A HALL OF FAMER?
I had a feeling
And we needed Benintendi too ...
Yanks no longer interested cuz he`s not vaccinated ...fuck ..
Gallow sucks ...he gotta go ...now who do we get ...smh
Mike Trout dealing with 'pretty rare' back condition, but Los Angeles Angels star says it's manageable, plans to return this season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Trout said he appreciated all the support he received Wednesday after the Los Angeles Angels' head athletic trainer revealed the three-time American League MVP had a "rare" spinal condition that could affect him for the rest of his career.
Even if Trout thought the whole thing was blown out of proportion.
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"I think he meant that I have to stay on top of the routine I do on a daily basis to keep it from coming back," Trout said after watching his Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 to clinch their first series win in nearly a month.
"I'm appreciative of all the prayer requests, but my career is not over."
On Wednesday, Angels athletic trainer Mike Forstad revealed it to be a rare spinal condition.
"This is a pretty rare condition that he has right now in his back," Frostad said. "The doctor (Robert Watkins III), who is one of the most well-known spine surgeons in the country -- if not the world -- doesn't see a lot of these.
"And for it to happen in a baseball player -- we just have to take into consideration what he puts himself through with hitting, swinging on a daily basis just to get prepared, and then also playing in the outfield, diving for balls, jumping into the wall -- things like that. There's so many things that can aggravate it. But this doctor hasn't seen a lot of it."
Trout smiled when thinking about the absurdity of the overreactions he'd been seeing online after Frostad's comments.
"I got back and my phone was blowing up: 'My career is over,'" he said. "It's just rare for a baseball player. I just have to stay on top of it."
Trout received a cortisone injection last week that has already begun to produce results. He has a follow-up visit next week and "we'll go from there," he said, though he has every intention of being back this year.
"Of course," he said. "That's my goal."
The Angels have had no discussions about shutting him down.
"I don't think we're at a point where we're going to make that decision," Frostad said. "He's going to have a follow-up here once we get back and we'll just kind of see what the doctor thinks at that point."
Trout, the second-highest-paid player in the game at $37.1 million, had been enjoying a nice bounce-back season after a calf injury limited him to just 36 games last season. He was hitting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs through 79 games, a rare bright spot in what has been a dismal season for the Angels.
"He's been a great teammate," Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. "He's been [in] the dugout, helping out his teammate -- he's obviously a good sounding board for a lot of young players. For them to have him here and know that he's supporting them is huge, I'm sure, for some younger guys."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Trout said he appreciated all the support he received Wednesday after the Los Angeles Angels' head athletic trainer revealed the three-time American League MVP had a "rare" spinal condition that could affect him for the rest of his career.
Even if Trout thought the whole thing was blown out of proportion.
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"I think he meant that I have to stay on top of the routine I do on a daily basis to keep it from coming back," Trout said after watching his Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 to clinch their first series win in nearly a month.
"I'm appreciative of all the prayer requests, but my career is not over."
On Wednesday, Angels athletic trainer Mike Forstad revealed it to be a rare spinal condition.
"This is a pretty rare condition that he has right now in his back," Frostad said. "The doctor (Robert Watkins III), who is one of the most well-known spine surgeons in the country -- if not the world -- doesn't see a lot of these.
"And for it to happen in a baseball player -- we just have to take into consideration what he puts himself through with hitting, swinging on a daily basis just to get prepared, and then also playing in the outfield, diving for balls, jumping into the wall -- things like that. There's so many things that can aggravate it. But this doctor hasn't seen a lot of it."
Trout smiled when thinking about the absurdity of the overreactions he'd been seeing online after Frostad's comments.
"I got back and my phone was blowing up: 'My career is over,'" he said. "It's just rare for a baseball player. I just have to stay on top of it."
Trout received a cortisone injection last week that has already begun to produce results. He has a follow-up visit next week and "we'll go from there," he said, though he has every intention of being back this year.
"Of course," he said. "That's my goal."
The Angels have had no discussions about shutting him down.
"I don't think we're at a point where we're going to make that decision," Frostad said. "He's going to have a follow-up here once we get back and we'll just kind of see what the doctor thinks at that point."
Trout, the second-highest-paid player in the game at $37.1 million, had been enjoying a nice bounce-back season after a calf injury limited him to just 36 games last season. He was hitting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs through 79 games, a rare bright spot in what has been a dismal season for the Angels.
"He's been a great teammate," Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. "He's been [in] the dugout, helping out his teammate -- he's obviously a good sounding board for a lot of young players. For them to have him here and know that he's supporting them is huge, I'm sure, for some younger guys."
IMO no.
His career has sadly been
Damn it man
I was kidding
This man is compared to Mickey f*cking Mantle
I understand he has not won anything no post season constantly hurt never been the face of his sport but statistically?
He is one of the best ever.
Right?
Was kinda hoping we'd pick him up. I think we need another bat since Yuli and Bregman having off years
Word is we're trying to get Josh Bell from the Nationals. He's a.300 hitting 1st baseman that could definitely be Yuli's future replacement since Yuli is getting up there in age.
And we needed Benintendi too ...
Yanks no longer interested cuz he`s not vaccinated ...fuck ..
Gallow sucks ...he gotta go ...now who do we get ...smh
Just wait...
Andrew Benintendi ‘open minded’ about vaccine after Yankees trade (UPDATE)
The New York Yankees acquired Andrew Benintendi from the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
bell is a switch hitter too
He'd be a good pickup too and you could still get Yuli his ABs as a DH
My point is, until you have a system where MLB acts like a university with tenure... any type of coach or staff member that comes in gets some kind of reward. This type of insurance, etc. Every club contributes the same amount of money. We do this so all the managers, coaches, staff and development people are commonly paid regardless of the team. And it's done from an MLB standard. Then you're going to attract the level of employees that have a career opportunity rather than being part of an individual team where you're worried about tenure. Worrying about other things. So you're going to be honest about what's going on, and you'll end up with a more universal method of development that is certified at an MLB standard vs. an individual standard.
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Scott Boras couldn't be more spot on about development issues across MLB. It's such an individual endeavor at nearly every level of the process. The staff of professionals that are coaching, training, treating etc. are all hired by teams. There's no oversight from the league. There's massive discrepancies in pay, opportunity, hierarchy, communication and everything in between. There's very little transparency in success vs. failure. There's loyalty to the club over the player because it's not a fluid/free market for labor services. Everything flows back to keeping owners happy, which then puts all the incentive and pressure on development staff to hold and exercise bias. There's just way too many inherent pressures on the development system to the point we know it has so much room for improvement.
So what's holding MLB back from ushering in a new era of development?
Personally I think we're already headed down that path whether we realize it or not. Plenty of clubs have already taken on this level of commitment to their minor league system. And in short order it should be very obvious just how much a different it makes (Dodgers, Astros, Yankees, etc.) and from there it opens up the door for other clubs to pressure the league to regulate the teams that built this advantage. Start connecting dots and you can see the league pivoting to a standardized formula for development resources. It makes too much sense not to go down this path when you consider the money saved on a shrunken system. You'll draft and sign less players because there's a greater conversion into big league talent. That means less heads on the insurance plan. Less beds and meal money to give out. Everything points in this direction.
But remember it's baseball so we'll need a full generation to implement some half ass plan that will be executed only to the extent that it can be exploited. Thats the MLB I know and love and it's a damn shame guys like Scott Boras don't have a greater say in the world of player advocacy. Go listen to the full interview and tell me he isn't the smartest man in baseball.
Three days later...
Second half is gonna be steadily changing back and forth between NYY, LAD, HOU and possibly NYM.
Just know the braves will eventually takes the Mets spot and that we are last yr champs.. we have the capability of doing it again.. everybody slept on the braves last yr, let them sleep again and become back to back World Series champsThree days later...
Second half is gonna be steadily changing back and forth between NYY, LAD, HOU and possibly NYM.
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