Oh Adrian hated all those guys for the head slaps. He wanted them all injured. He definitely had something to do with it
Wasn't it Victor that was the biggest perpetrator of the head rubs? He managed to get through the season unscathed. Maybe the catcher's gear protected him?
My abiding memory of that collision was that Cafardo spent the rest of Ellsbury’s career in Boston questioning his toughness.
The best of a bad situation. I just kept thinking about Adam Duvall who had started super hot and then got hurt and wasn't quite the same afterwards.
The one difference there is Duvall was out for two months and it appears O'Neill may be out for just a day or two. Unless the bump screwed up his vision somehow, it seems unlikely that it will have a lasting effect.
Duval through April 9, 2023: 4 HR and batting .455/.514/1.030/1.544
He had such a genuine look of being pissed off when he started swatting at guys, but there were a few times he seemed to crack up.
Missed this update but interesting.
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I remember this group really going through it with injuries, but a glance at the GP numbers suggests that my memory doesn't quite match reality.
I figured you were talking about 2010. I think between Ellsbury and Cameron there was also Youk and Pedroia missing significant time as well. Beckett also missed a fair bit of time, though the rotation otherwise held up pretty well. Probably how they managed to win 89 in a tough division. If a few things broke better that could have been another really good team... I remember thinking Tito did a great job getting as much as he did out of them.
And now he's on the IL. Obliques can linger, especially for pitchers, so his initial reaction post game that hed make his next start seemed unlikely to me.
Correct! What they should do is have the thinnest possible pitching staff they can with no ability to withstand injury. And obviously, there’s no middle ground here. Maybe I’ll add some guys who haven’t ever gotten hurt in a comma separated list to make my point!
Which is better to have in this new era of pitcher injuries, the guys you crossed out who suffer catastrophic Tommy John injuries and miss an entire season once every 3-4 years or a guy like Whitlock who, through various smaller injuries, misses 10 starts every season? Not saying this to be snarky - it's a legitimate thing I'm wondering about. Both outcomes are bad if you're trying to build a contending rotation, but which is worse?
Bingo.
IMO, it's the same reasoning (disruption & uncertainty) that supported moving on from Sale and supports moving Whitlock to the pen.
Oh for sure. I guess we can say there are two kinds of injuries, expected and unexpected. Pivetta and Giolito fall into the latter category.
It's likely he would have been in the bullpen to start the year until Giolito went down.
Part of my issue with it is that the Sox' problem for the past few years has been not getting enough innings from the starters for a variety of reasons. I am hoping that with Bailey on board they can figure out a program that puts their most durable pitchers in the best position to eat up a lot of innings.
I think this is a piece that is hard to understand, at least for me. Is it more strain to throw 80-100 pitches every 5 days, or 1 max effort inning 3-4 times/week?
