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Let me ask you this. Was Thorpe under the supervision of the medical staff or had he processed to the point that the pitching coaches had taken over?

Thats a whole different topic on how players should be treated.

Sure. Who cares about the player their lives or opinions.

Thats true there no such thing as soreness and set backs from surgery. It's not like the Astros have a pitcher who was shut down again after surgery in 2023 from a UCL reconstruction. Only the Sox.

I hope he wasn't trying to rush the velocity and injured the UCL.

Joint inflammation or muscle recovery sorenesss would be my guess. There had to have been something that was causing the stress to have the bone spurs form. It could be in the way he extends the elbow and that is still causing an irritation or they are adjusting something in the motion to decrease that stress and soreness is popping up

Not saying he hasn't having issues. There are many types of issues in the elbow. Just the UCL isn't the most likely

That would be odd. The previous surgery was for bone spurs. This has no correlation to joint laxity or UCL issues. Unless there was something else not reported. Not like the guy from Houston who hhad a UCL reconstruction and continues to have issues there.

You don't know the power of the dark side. Let the anger flow. Appropriate.

Very little on this roster is valuable long term. They are all placeholders until the prospects arrive.

That can be said in many threads but I think you are correct.😆

True. Last year and this year the food will be the main attraction. Once the prospects come up it may shift. But until then, yeesh.

They are in the top 3 in my view. Boston may be better with legal seafood in the ballpark.

Going to be a good summer at the park. Brisket curds all the way.

It depends on definition of children. Better Middle school cross runners can. Not your average.

Go watch practice. I see it throughout the week. This isn't opinion. It's watching practice.

Thats crazy fast. Has to be braced.

I don't disagree. They aren't doing something right for their bodies shown by the constant soft tissue injuries. Not knowing their off season training it's hard to pinpoint what it is. But my guess would be they do the power but not the flexibility. Either that or they get their strength from better living through chemistry

Wotld record is in the 3:40s. It was broken 3 times in the last month for indoor season. Again they don't need total fitness. They need power and explosiveness not endurance. They train for their sport. Watch olympic sprinting. Do they not look fit?

True but what dies that have to do with Mayo's value. My comment was on what may limit his value even though he may hit.

I think the primary issue is that he doesn't have a position. He is basically a DH. Not much demand for a 23 year old DH. It really limits his value.

Someone else posted this. Last one I thought of was John Olerud.

It just depends on sport and training. Take track. Elite distance runners can run a 26.2 marathon averaging well under 5 minutes per mile. A sprinter your 100 and 200 meter runner can barely run 1 mile in under your 8 minutes. Why? They never train at distances over 400 meters. It's all about your training. It's referred to as SAID. Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands.

Good call. I think he will. Not sure about contact rate but I think he'll hit 10 homeruns.

Agreed, although i think the pitching will be better overall this year and that will help the win total.