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I think the Moncada injury is all a conspiracy. The Sox wanted an excuse to get Buger in the lineup. Once he does well and Moncada comes back they will move Burger to second and have 2 super utility guys in Garcia and Harrison. TLR likes his utility guys and insisted upon it.

Good plan.

Nice. I'm in the first row, on the aisle in 162. It's nice to get in and out and have no one in front of me. Get a real good look at the CF and LF.

Where are your seats?

Correct. He was just a guy who could take the abuse. Most mortals can't. I'm still not a fan of his mechanics and of his coach, Tom House but I wouldn't say it was a reason to say it is the reason for injury.

If it helps the pitching, I'm good with it. A near CBT payroll is not acting like the Rays. The Sox are spending 100 million more than the Rays.

He'll be traded by year 5.

It's not a direct replacement. But with the quality lineup already, young pitching is a need. If Burger can net a young pitcher than I would agree. Just depends on what they could get for each one and how much payroll flexibility they will get by moving Moncadas contract.

From my perspective it's nothing against Moncada but if Burger shows he's capable, trading Moncada for young pitching would be awesome.

If it looks like Burger is real, it's not a bad idea.

Probably not one out of options and everyone knows he will be on available for no compensation.

Not too bad for an oblique strain.

Both of them are fine for a number 5 starter who would get skipped occasionally and be the long relief swing man at others. Unfortunately one of then will need to be the number 4 and in the regular rotation until Lynn returns.

I think the shortest IL stint is 10 days so they must think he'll be back before that.

Genetics. Some people just can do it when no one else can. Look at the old submarine motions no one would dream of teaching it but some could do it. The mechanics and motions we teach are what the average is for decrease stress throughout the arm. But it's like posture who has perfect posture and does everyone have issues with it. There are anatomic variations that make some motions good or bad for individuals. In all sports trying to compare every pitcher to a HOF and one of the best of all time is not usually the way to go as they just have some physical traits that make them better than us normal people and there is nothing we can do about it.

Logically yes, but in the game thread?

The game thread will be epic when Giolito is pulled after 4 innings of 1 run ball.

Especially pitching. Cleveland always seems to produce quality if not excellent pitching.

Eww. Could he the dreaded oblique strain. Hopefully, mild.

Probably one of the more useful skills they'll learn for higher education!

Mostly the way he threw breaking pitches. He "snapped" his wrist during those and it puts tremendous strain the arm especially the elbow.

With the way the philosophy of pitching has changed where they don't pace themselves in an attempt to throw 9 innings, it going to be rare. There is just so much stress on the arm that it just causes issues. A couple of other factors are the lack of minor league innings to condition the arm and the increased number of teams and pitchers needed. Many of the current pitchers would have been injured and out of the minors before they even made it to the MLB. Also with the advancement of surgery and rehab no one is afraid of UCL injuries as they know they miss one season and have an 85% of being the same or better than before.

The are a couple if issues when you are referring to a single person as an example. 1. How often did he throw at his max effort? He threw hard but was he there all the time? 2. He was an HOF pitcher. Some people just have the genetics to handle it. Nolan Ryan had poor mechanics and when they tried to teach people to throw like him, arms exploded. He was able to do it when few others could.

He does does have that short arm quick flip as well but not as bad as Sale. I don't think his mechanics are too bad. I think it more lack of workload and trying to throw everything near the top of his velocity.

True but very few teach the inverted W anymore. We realized pretty quickly the bad habits it created. It was mostly due to the lack of balance it created. What I never liked about Sales delivery was the quick flip from internal rotation to maximal external rotation leading into the acceleration phase. He just never gave the arm a chance with the poor force transmission from his lower body. He kept up pretty well considering everything. It's amazing that the Sox were able to keep him as healthy as they did, which all the experts didn't think anyone could do.