BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot
You've never heard of awakening the sleeping giant? 

I shutter at the thought that Ryan Zimmerman is rehabbing in Hagerstown, Maryland....and planning on returning. 

UGH...How in the hell are they going to sit Adams OR Kendricks...it will ruin the chemistry of the dugout.

[EasyAce]

I shutter at the thought that Ryan Zimmerman is rehabbing in Hagerstown, Maryland....and planning on returning. 

UGH...How in the hell are they going to sit Adams OR Kendricks...it will ruin the chemistry of the dugout.

Not necessarily. Both those guys have been Zimmerman teammates before, and I thought Zimmerman was considered one of the genuinely good guys in their clubhouse.

[GrouchoTex]

Is it me, or does it seem like Correa is fragile? I love having him healthy and playing, but in the two years I've been a baseball fan, he's spent a lot of time on the DL/IL.

(Please, no smart-a$$ answers. I truly want to learn.)

@AllThatJazzZ

I'm not sure, to be honest.

Rookie year is in 2015.
He seemed healthy in 2015 and 2016.

In 2017 had a ligament issue in his thumb, which what happened probably would have injured anyone.
First he slid into a catcher's shin guard, then hurt it further 2 weeks later on a swing.
The ligament required surgery.
He came back labor day weekend, and for 2017, the rest is history.

Last year 2018, he missed  8 weeks with back issues and never seemed the same until this year.

Of course, the broken ribs issue this year, which seems to be a fluke.
Now the back again.

I'd say he has one major concern (the back) and 2 flukes (the ligament and the broken rib).

Would I say he is fragile?
No, 2 of the 3 injuries were just weird, odd things.

Would I say his back is a concern?
Yes, 2nd time now.

Maybe this never happens again.
Maybe this never goes away.

I don't know.
Time will tell.

[AllThatJazzZ]

@AllThatJazzZ

I'm not sure, to be honest.

Rookie year is in 2015.
He seemed healthy in 2015 and 2016.

In 2017 had a ligament issue in his thumb, which what happened probably would have injured anyone.
First he slid into a catcher's shin guard, then hurt it further 2 weeks later on a swing.
The ligament required surgery.
He came back labor day weekend, and for 2017, the rest is history.

Last year 2018, he missed  8 weeks with back issues and never seemed the same until this year.

Of course, the broken ribs issue this year, which seems to be a fluke.
Now the back again.

I'd say he has one major concern (the back) and 2 flukes (the ligament and the broken rib).

Would I say he is fragile?
No, 2 of the 3 injuries were just weird, odd things.

Would I say his back is a concern?
Yes, 2nd time now.

Maybe this never happens again.
Maybe this never goes away.

I don't know.
Time will tell.

Thanks, @GrouchoTex. I appreciate the history and your take on it. My first awareness of him was WS 2017, so I knew nothing before that. I'm with you ... that back thing could prove concerning.

[GrouchoTex]

Thanks, @GrouchoTex. I appreciate the history and your take on it. My first awareness of him was WS 2017, so I knew nothing before that. I'm with you ... that back thing could prove concerning.

I had thought the back issues were gone this year.
However, do they ever really go away?
I do know that medical science improves all the time, and treatments get less evasive and heal faster.
Here's to hoping it was just a muscle strain.

To me, Correa, Altuve, Springer, and Bregman make up the nucleus of the team, as far as position players go.
Altuve is signed for 10 more years and Bregman 5.
I hope Springer and (a healthy) Correa can be signed for 5 or more each.
Add Alvarez to this, too.

I fear with the high price of pitching, some hard choices may be coming after 2020.

[catfish1957]

(Please, no smart-a$$ answers. I truly want to learn.)

 

[catfish1957]

I had thought the back issues were gone this year.
However, do they ever really go away?
I do know that medical science improves all the time, and treatments get less evasive and heal faster.
Here's to hoping it was just a muscle strain.

To me, Correa, Altuve, Springer, and Bregman make up the nucleus of the team, as far as position players go.
Altuve is signed for 10 more years and Bregman 5.
I hope Springer and (a healthy) Correa can be signed for 5 or more each.
Add Alvarez to this, too.

I fear with the high price of pitching, some hard choices may be coming after 2020.

I really expect Correa to be gone next year.  His prospective wife yearns for the big city LA or NY exposure.

[catfish1957]

I fear with the high price of pitching, some hard choices may be coming after 2020.

The board I follow had some lengthy discussion about the luxury tax, and  it is one very complicated matter.  Crane has done well in investing in talent, but doesn't have the fiancial resources to keep this talented roster long term.  I see Cole and Correa being jettiosned in 2020, hopefully being supplanted by Whitley, Tucker, and lower cost option at short.

[Bigun]

I really expect Correa to be gone next year.  His prospective wife yearns for the big city LA or NY exposure.

If the Astros win it all this year the will likely be several members of the team playing elsewhere next season as their price tags will exceed the avaliable resources.

[AllThatJazzZ]

It seems to me that if Correa has a propensity for injuries and for losing a lot of playing time, he would be less marketable. I don't know how things work in baseball, but that would be how things work in the "real world." Where am I wrong?

[GrouchoTex]

Although not MLB related, my wife and I went to a Sugar Land Skeeters game last night.

[Bigun]

It seems to me that if Correa has a propensity for injuries and for losing a lot of playing time, he would be less marketable. I don't know how things work in baseball, but that would be how things work in the "real world." Where am I wrong?

I don't think you are wrong @AllThatJazzZ.  Many things enter into these kid of decisions and the day to day reliability of players is definitely one of those things.

[catfish1957]

Although not MLB related, my wife and I went to a Sugar Land Skeeters game last night.

Maybe the apt team mascot ever.  They still sell Cutters there by the barrel?.   

[catfish1957]

I don't think you are wrong @AllThatJazzZ.  Many things enter into these kid of decisions and the day to day reliability of players is definitely one of those things.

Sadly in Correa's case, I don't think anyone really knows how much of his plight is being injury prone, or in his or his finacee's head.

I'll just leave it at that.

[GrouchoTex]

Maybe the apt team mascot ever.  They still sell Cutters there by the barrel?.   

LOL, yeah, and sunscreen.

They have a new deal called the Silver Skeeters club.
People age 55+ can sign up for 35.00 each.
It gets you 11 games, all tuesdays.
Brings the ticket price down to $3.11 per game.
My wife got a ticket from one of here friends, who went out of town.
( I had to buy a separate one at full price $ 14.00)
My wife and I are going to sign up for it next year.
You get a t-shirt, a soft drink voucher per game.
Pretty good deal.
The t-shirts are sponsored by a hearing aid company, which will be pretty appropriate for me soon, LOL.
Not a bad deal.

[Bigun]

Sadly in Correa's case, I don't think anyone really knows how much of his plight is being injury prone, or in his or his finacee's head.

I'll just leave it at that.

A player not wanting to be somewhere is also a big factor in how trades go down.

[DCPatriot]

The MLB is playing baseball, while the NATS are playing softball.

Last NINE games, they've had 90 hits to their opponents 37.

They are right now ahead of the CUBS in Chicago 9-0 in the ninth inning.

Anibal Sanchez has a one-hitter going.

Ends up 9-3!  Go NATS!   

[Polly Ticks]

... and now we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the Players Weekend uniform fiasco is finally over and done.

[AllThatJazzZ]

... and now we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the Players Weekend uniform fiasco is finally over and done.

 

They need to fire whoever thought that one up. I'm sure they'll hear about it for a long time.

[Bigun]

... and now we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the Players Weekend uniform fiasco is finally over and done.

   and  again!  I absolutely HATED those uniforms and hot to never ever be subjected to that again!

[GrouchoTex]

Goods news, the Astros are now tied with the Yankees for the best record in the American league.
No, I didn't like those Good Humor man uniforms, either.
I thought the bats were and shoes were fun.

[Polly Ticks]

No, I didn't like those Good Humor man uniforms, either.
I thought the bats were and shoes were fun.

Agreed. The bats and shoes were the parts where the players were actually able to express their individuality and their own interests, and that's what made them fun.

[Jazzhead]

The players looked like Spy vs. Spy.

[DCPatriot]

The players looked like Spy vs. Spy.

I'm convinced that the players were used as pawns....FREE pawns, in the quest to create a baseball video game.

With black and white uniforms and virtually no contrast to see names and numbers...in fact, 'nicknames' were used so that individual player has no recourse for compensation, it's easy to edit player numbers, etc..

Nothing else makes any sense in this entire BLACK/WHITE weekend of games.

[DCPatriot]

Agreed. The bats and shoes were the parts where the players were actually able to express their individuality and their own interests, and that's what made them fun.

HEY!!!

When in hell are the BRAVES ever going to lose another game?   WTH???