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They were popular in the 80s and are now making a comeback. they can be very good for control and strength if used properly. if not they can cause a variety if shoulder injuries which is why they feel it of favor for awhile.

This.

it is important as he'll do the fine detailed work but not cutting the skin, fascia and muscle. his role is important but not time intensive other than checking the work of the others

supervisory. he would be the surgeon of record while the fellows and residents did most of the basic work. I dont know about this situation specifically but that's usually how it works.

Got it.

in games but not for involvement in the games. If a position player has 550 at bats and the average so far this season is 4 pitches per plate appearance, that 2200 pitches for the season. If a starting pitcher start 27 games and the average pitches per start was 88, the total involvement of the starting pitcher was 2,376. The average starting pitcher is more involved in the season than your average position player. The starting pitcher may be involved in fewer games but they are more important per game and arguably for the season.

that's how surgeon learn, under the supervision of experienced surgeons. there was no spinal cord damage. if he was paralyzed or partially paralyzed or if it truly changed his career, the settlement would have been much higher. He just had headaches for a little while. No damage was done to his spinal cord.

I would disagree with this. the doctors job is to get them healthy. this encompasses both goals. there is nothing that would get them in the field that wouldn't make their body feels good at 50. this is the difference in the Derrick rose meniscal surgeries where one took him a year to recover and the other took 6 weeks. sometimes they can save tissue sometimes they cant. I would say the bigger issue is that just because a physician is the team physician for a pro sports team doesn't mean he is the best physician. it just means his company paid what was needed to get that job.

the issue he sued for had nothing to do with the reason he couldn't continue he his career. the surgery didnt save his career but that wasn't what the lawsuit was about. the lawsuit was about the nick in the spinal cord coverings. that did not effect the outcome of the surgery.

they are generally the best with the nest care. but no hospitals are perfect. stuff happens.

Surgeons are always booked like this at teaching hospitals like MGH and University of Chicago etc. The supervising physician is working with a fellow and at least 2 residents for all of the surgeries. He had more surgeons in that room than 90% of most surgeries. He got such a small settlement because nothing really wrong happened and the hospital didn't want to go through a protracted time with the lawsuit and settled for peanuts. Nothing that happened to him really changed his career path. The nick in the spinal cord covering caused him headaches and increased pain for about 2 weeks. This is all about nothing.

Not sure Cooper can be blamed for any of these except Rodon. Dunning never worked with him, Kopech had minimal work.

Got it. That's a distinct possibility.

I wouldn't go that far UCL reconstruction is pretty easy to come back from. Until he changes that awful follow through he will continue to have issues though.

This is the case. The hands on tests are what they are going by.

Golfers elbow is this one on the inside of the elbow. Tennis elbow is in the outside in the extensor muscle mass.

It means the MRI showed a great deal of white (fluid) in the area of the origin of the muscles which flex the fingers and wrist. These muscles are the only thing keeping stress off the UCL. In other words at least a mild injury to the UCL, probably a moderate one. Doesn't look good.

Cool. i didn't see that. i like the decision. I figured they would skip one with the day off.

I don't think you'll see much power until AAA.

I wanted to see how Santana looked and if he continues to struggle, see how banuelos handles starting. This just delays that decision.

Always possible. However it's his awful upright follow through that concerns me. That's the origin of his shoulder issues.

I agree. The window to win should start next year. Keep him unless it is a great offer, By the way, new research shows with current pitching, throwing a higher percentage of fastballs is the primary factor for elbow injuries surpassing slider use.

I think Banuelos is going to take Giolito turn this time through the rotation. If Santana stinks again and Banuelos does well, you may see the switch.

It somewhat difficult to tell when the Cubs and Astros truly started the rebuilds but each team lost about 90 for 5 years before they had a winning record. In my opinion it takes about 4 years for drafted prospects to make it through the minors. It varies but is the timeline for good ones. This FO should have gotten a good jump on the rebuild with trades. So my timeline is being competitive within 4 years, which puts it next year. I know its arbitrary but that is what I would give them.

I agree. The additions of Cease and Kopech next year should really help this team next year. This is the catch 22. This FO has dug this hole for the team. But it is trending towards them digging the team out of it. I'm not sure how to judge them if they do field a winning team. However they should only get this year and next to prove it. Four years of a rebuild is more than ample opportunity.