by Brian on April 28, 2008 at 2:11AM
The hierarchy of potential Yankees injuries, in order of their devastating effect on the team goes as follows:
Posada could be lost for the season, which would be a monumental blow to this team. Not only because his bat would be lost from the lineup, but also because while Jose Molina is a fine backup catcher, he isn't a long-term solution as a starter and now the backup will be Chris Stewart.
The most frustrating thing about the injury is the fact that Posada had an MRI a couple of weeks ago in Kansas City. The M.R.I. was thought to show only a sprain in the muscle, but now you have to doubt those results. If there was a minor tear, perhaps a stay on the D.L. at that point would've been enough to avoid something catastrophic.
Obviously, we're going to have to wait for details before we sound any alarms, but in the meantime, would delaying the surgery until the offseason and installing Posada as your everyday DH be a terrible move? If his swing isn't effected, and the odds of exacerbating the injury are slim, I think that might be the best move for the Yanks. It would all depend on the rehabilitation time needed to recover from the surgery, I guess.
- Wang
- A-Rod
- Posada
Posada could be lost for the season, which would be a monumental blow to this team. Not only because his bat would be lost from the lineup, but also because while Jose Molina is a fine backup catcher, he isn't a long-term solution as a starter and now the backup will be Chris Stewart.
The most frustrating thing about the injury is the fact that Posada had an MRI a couple of weeks ago in Kansas City. The M.R.I. was thought to show only a sprain in the muscle, but now you have to doubt those results. If there was a minor tear, perhaps a stay on the D.L. at that point would've been enough to avoid something catastrophic.
Obviously, we're going to have to wait for details before we sound any alarms, but in the meantime, would delaying the surgery until the offseason and installing Posada as your everyday DH be a terrible move? If his swing isn't effected, and the odds of exacerbating the injury are slim, I think that might be the best move for the Yanks. It would all depend on the rehabilitation time needed to recover from the surgery, I guess.
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he had the MRI a couple weeks ago and it was accurate. He re-injured it and made it far, far worse when he came back to catching for a couple games, apparently. It's more bad luck/oldness than questionable medical diagnostics, i think.