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I would think the latter is the most likely scenario. Looking around the league many owners are hinting at it if not outright stating it. Of course, it only takes one to change everything and start bidding wars.

Not rookie but a reliever.

Relievers have won the CY Young.

Ooops. Sorry. I was responding to the Moncada ones and missed it.

Happens all the time. Medicine is a practice not a science. If you shut down everyone who is sore and they can't find anything, there wouldn't be anyone playing a month into the season.

This isn't really true. If it is just soreness as all reports are indicating, you really don't just want to rest it. It needs to stressed properly to heal more efficiently. The Sox medical staff feels that he is only in a soreness stage and not injury. If he can't deal with the soreness, they may as well just plan on IL stints each month for the rest of his career and probably more once he gets older.

Overtraining isn't really the word. Its training differently as you elude to in the second part. I would doubt it's they are creating the muscle imbalance by training one more than the other. He isn't creating the workout plan on his own. The Sox conditioning staff was involved as well. He was probably trying yo increase the strength of the lower extremities and didn't follow the flexibility and agility portions of the training. It is usually the ha,string that suffer because they produce significantly less force than the quads but also because they are designed differently. The quads are powerful one joint muscles. Other than the rectus femoris, they only act at the knee. The hamsrings need to act at both the hip and knee. This makes them susceptible to active insufficiency and force generating issues. The other difference is that the biceps femoris portion of the hamstrings has two portions that have different nerve supplies. Because of this they can get out of sync and have further susceptibility for injuries.

Because the medical staff probably told him, Moncada wasn't injured and should try to play through it.

This is a really odd injury. The only nerves really associated with the bicep are the musculocuteaneous and the median. Neither of which routinely have compression issues which would last this long. My other thought is that since he had a previous UCL reconstruction, maybe he has an ulnar nerve transposition, which is commonly done, and the ulnar nerve became irritated. Puzzling.

He could very well be telling the truth. I've had athletes be down for a week with strep. High fever, soreness and the works. The being off for the additional week, I'm sure was a precaution due to the pandemic. You don't want a guy who just came off being that sick exposed to anyone where he is more susceptible. His being out of sync was due to the time off not necessarily from being sick the entire time. He has continued to stick to the story and as and there is no real reason to lie about it as others have said, so I would be inclined to believe it.

I think it will work better. The clubs can watch them more closely in controlled situations and not just throw them into games as they did before. Lots of simulated and situational games to decrease stress on the arms. Because you know in playing real games they will do things they aren't supposed to due to the competitive nature of the players.

Unfortunately, stats also defeat this purpose. The more HR's you hit the more guaranteed runs. It's easier to hit HRs when you pull the ball. Hence the evolution of the 3 outcome hitters, HR, K (also tied to pulling the ball and launch angle) or BB. I agree with you but the stats don't bear it out.

If it's similar of course. Generally, one team out bids the other though.

He's going to sign for money regardless of the QB. f the Bears offer him the money, he'll stay. If they don't he'll go to the highest contract. It's football. You go to make the money as there is a good chance an injury will end/shorten your career.

I think the second option will be the choice based on the article. Keep it more instructional and more controlled the first season instead of playing full games as the rookie leagues did.

Absolutely nothing to do with Ricky, I think. He is a bunting, moving runners along, stealing kind of manager. It's all from the stats guys. The numbers show it's not worth the chance to steal.

SABRmetrics. Unless you are confident the steal rate will be 85%, it is not worth it to risk the out. I happen to disagree but this is why stealing bases is frowned upon.

1990 Barry Jones, the vulture.

Why would you think a guy who hasn't played above A+ ball is going to be ready to contribute now. I know posters are saying it but it doesnt make sense

He will not have pitched in real games in 2 1/2 years. Who knows what he is doing now. He is healthy but they have no idea what they will have in him. It will take awhile to figure it out.

If it's truly a muscle injury, there is no surgery. A tendon issue? that's another story. But the last report was bicep strain.

Does it include the "dreams."

Like Tim Raines sliding awkward so as not to break the vial in his back pocket.

Expectation: Good pitcher.

You can't honestly believe everything coming out from the GMs during trade season. Lot's of gamesmanship and bluffing going on.