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Can't say that I agree. He was throwing long before the end date here and he really wanted to throw again that year. Considering all he went through and the team was out of it, if he really wanted to pitch, let him. He had been managing his own UCL issue for years so let him determine when he returned as the team was realistically out of it.

Not necessarily this exact case but in in a presentation with Dr. James Andrews and his stats are that we now get about 88% of MLB pitchers back to the majors around 12-14 months with the typical UCL reconstruction. However with the new internal bracing they are returning in just under 7 months

Is your point that they should disregard any feedback from the player? This just isn't the proper procedure especially in a rehab protocol that no one has any experience with unless you've seen patients with a partially torn UCL that they've managed for years after a chemo treatment.

Unfortunately, this is not how working with actual people works. Everyone needs to take the player responses into the continuum of care. We can can't see or know how the players feels. While we do have research there is a lot of gray area. Using a single outcome such as velocity is an poor way to look at the progress of a patient.

Contract year is the motivating factor, I think.

I think his issues last year were the small sample size. He has gotten them out in the past. I know you like the recency bias but he has shown it. If you think that he can't do it any longer than the whole process will end quickly. That will be discovered in the MLB and since they aren't going to compete, this year is already lost anyway. Like I said either way works and they both have advantages and disadvantages.

Like I said it's a valid point. But the key is to get up to the innings. He can get the regular work whether it's starting or as a reliever. In the minors it would be easier to do but he has shown he can get MLB hitters out so he may learn more about being a pitcher and not a thrower against the better competition. There are positive and negative about each situation. The innings are the most important in any scenario.

This would work but I don't think there is really a difference between this and him doing those innings in relief. Next year after he can pitch more they can get him into the starting routine. Either way works. But it's all based on him staying healthy which he hasn't shown he can do even with a light load.

This has nothing to do with someone who has a diagnosed UCL injury severe enough to warrant a PRP injection.

Did Santos have a diagnosed UCL sprain? I thought his was a flexor muscle strain. One can lead to another but it's different if it's diagnosed and the intervention has started.

If he got a PRP injection, it is a significant injury and he is going to miss at least 6weeks with shut down and ramp up.

This is true once he can actually have an appropriate workload. If he does it every fifth day then his season ends really early if he go more than 3 innings. Even in the majors they keep a schedule of when pitches are available to pitch. It would be easy to have him on a schedule to pitch on a regular schedule and have a set routine. Gone are the days of starters going even 7 innings so they know relief pitchers are need nearly everyday.

Clubhouse spy for Getz.

He is by no means the GOAT

Not his first year. They were awful, 5-11. That eagles team was unwatchable.

Not really. With as few innings as he can do this year, it doesn't really matter. Whether he starts and goes 3 innings each start for part of the season or is a long reliever for the whole season, he just needs to stay healthy hy and build the innings to get a startersoad next year.

OK. Doesn't change the fact that he will only have about 80 innings. Whether it's bullpen, starting, majors or minors, he is only going to have a reliever like load.

That would work. That about the right amount of innings. That a long layoff until next season though. This all predicated on him staying healthy which he hasn't shown he can do.

Does it really matter with this roster? You can bet that Getz is going to call the shits just like Hahn did. Next year when the kids are up for the season they'll have a new manager.

If you read the article, that's a possible plan again. It doesn't matter how he gets his innings. He is going to be limited to reliever number of innings.

Good luck.

Yes but having a high leverage reliever whose name means choke in English is always concerning. ? Another one of my all time favorites is Chuck knoblach which means garlic and he stunk like it.

Oh. Soxtalk will be talking about this team. Don't you worry.

Great article, thanks!