4 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

They're going to miss him in the dugout I'm sure, but worth it if it gets him back on the field any sooner.

Even watching on TV, I missed seeing him in there too 😆

From the Sun-Times tonight;

Notes

First baseman Munetaka Murakami received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his injured right hamstring Monday in Chicago. The treatment is meant to stimulate tissue repair. He’ll rest for a couple of days, then the Sox will ramp up his treatment later this week.

• Outfielder Austin Hays, another hitter with pop whom the Sox are missing, returned to Chicago from his injury rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte because of soreness in his left calf that he hasn’t been able to shake. He was being evaluated and undergoing testing.

• Catcher Kyle Teel, who’s out with a strained right hamstring, is on the trip and did catching drills Monday. He has yet to resume hitting.

9 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

From the Sun-Times tonight;

Notes

First baseman Munetaka Murakami received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his injured right hamstring Monday in Chicago. The treatment is meant to stimulate tissue repair. He’ll rest for a couple of days, then the Sox will ramp up his treatment later this week.

• Outfielder Austin Hays, another hitter with pop whom the Sox are missing, returned to Chicago from his injury rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte because of soreness in his left calf that he hasn’t been able to shake. He was being evaluated and undergoing testing.

• Catcher Kyle Teel, who’s out with a strained right hamstring, is on the trip and did catching drills Monday. He has yet to resume hitting.

Didn't Magglio go to Germany for some type of treatment for his knee? Too bad the Sox didn't resign Maggs, he played 7 more seasons with Detroit. In 2007 he came in 2nd in MVP with .363 .434 1.029

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by Falstaff

2 minutes ago, Falstaff said:

Didn't Magglio go to Germany for some type of treatment for his knee? Too bad the Sox didn't resign Maggs, he played 7 more seasons with Detroit. In 2007 he came in 2nd in MVP with .363 .434 1.029

See the year after he left with Valentin and El Caballo lol.

Hernia pretty sure it was...Germany or Switzerland.

19 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

See the year after he left with Valentin and El Caballo lol.

Hernia pretty sure it was...Germany or Switzerland.

It was his knee for an experimental surgery that he didn't tell the team about.

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

It was his knee for an experimental surgery that he didn't tell the team about.

https://www.mlb.com/news/magglio-to-officially-retire-on-sunday/c-32427304&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjvxf6Y3-iUAxXrl2oFHdiFG0gQFnoECAwQAg&usg=AOvVaw0JDXIfe-JnCmHIrEmBzP1w

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/magglio-to-officially-retire-on-sunday/c-32427304&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjvxf6Y3-iUAxXrl2oFHdiFG0gQFnoECAwQAg&usg=AOvVaw0JDXIfe-JnCmHIrEmBzP1w

I didn't need a link, I remembered.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/188149/

What the hell was Ordonez doing playing 1B in three independent leagues in 2022 after seven years away from baseball? Don't remember hearing about that at all.

And then this...2026

BREAKING: Magglio Ordóñez Comes Home — 15 Years Later, a Tiger Buys Back His Legacy "Fifteen years after leaving Detroit, Magglio Ordóñez didn’t return with applause or ceremony. He returned quietly, by purchasing a 2% (worth roughly $36 million as of today) stake in the Tigers. No longer standing in the batter’s box, Magglio now takes a deeper, more permanent position. This isn’t about money. It’s about memory, belonging, and the bond between a legend and the city that once made him family."

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by caulfield12

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/188149/

What the hell was Ordonez doing playing 1B in three independent leagues in 2022 after seven years away from baseball? Don't remember hearing about that at all.

Being mayor isn't as much fun as playing baseball

5 minutes ago, zisk said:

Being mayor isn't as much fun as playing baseball

Ordóñez was a supporter of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and in early 2009 appeared in a televised political ad which assured the Venezuelan people that "the best of the revolution and socialism is yet to come."^[27] He also joined Chávez on the campaign trail.^[28] As a result, during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Ordóñez was booed by anti-Chávez Venezuelan fans, during his at bats, and while he was on the field.^[29][30]

In August 2013, Ordóñez announced that he would run for the office of mayor in the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality in Venezuela,^[31] on the ticket of the late Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela.^[32] It was announced on December 9, 2013, that he had been elected Mayor.^[33] Ordóñez was mayor from 2013 to 2017.^[34]

12 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I didn't need a link, I remembered.

I got gas in the tank, money in the bank, but the memory isn't what it used to be.

Magglio Ordóñez – Society for American Baseball Research

sabr.org › person › magglio-ordonez

He played three games to start the season, going 0-for-10 with no RBIs when he was diagnosed on April 27 with an exercise-induced sports hernia, necessitating....(so he had the off season knee surgery, then sports hernia in April of the following season, 2005)

memory not completely off

missed almost half that season but played 150+ in 2006/07

And now back to Mune platelet injection therapy without PTAC

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by caulfield12

Reduce Inflammation: PRP therapy helps modulate the inflammatory response, mitigating swelling, pain, and tissue damage associated with hamstring tears. By suppressing pro-inflammatory cytokines and promoting anti-inflammatory pathways, PRP fosters a conducive environment for tissue repair.

Not necessarily faster healing, per se, but smaller scarring and excellent repair tissue as a result....good to know

Another study contravenes that:

2025年7月23日 · The combination of PRP injection and physical therapy can accelerate patients' return to play and also appears to reduce the reinjury rate in patients with hamstring injuries.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by caulfield12

nvm. covered.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by WestEddy

14 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Catcher Kyle Teel, who’s out with a strained right hamstring, is on the trip and did catching drills Monday. He has yet to resume hitting.

Thanks for this tidbit - very insightful to how significant his setback was as Teel had been hitting for weeks prior. Damn.

4 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

And now back to Mune platelet injection therapy without PTAC

Priceless.

17 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Thanks for this tidbit - very insightful to how significant his setback was as Teel had been hitting for weeks prior. Damn.

It's not directly a setback with the initial hammy, he hurt his knee on a swing in Charlotte.

On 5/30/2026 at 2:16 PM, DoUEvenShift said:

Just doing some quick napkin math if we take the middle of 4-6 weeks that puts him returning ~30 games from now.

Sox record if we play:

.534 = 47-41 (current pace)
.500 = 46-42
.465 = 45-43
.430 = 44-44
.400 = 43-45
.375 = 42-46 (~2025 pace)
.333 = 41-47

Even if the Sox suddenly became the worst team in baseball - Rockies .362 or Tigers .373 would still be within striking distance of .500 when he's back.

I love it when you analyze .

February 7, 2005 - After one of the more acrimonious disputes in team history, four-time All-Star Magglio Ordonez signed a free agent deal with Detroit. Ordonez engaged Sox management in a war of words over how he was treated, the contract offered to him and his health status. Magglio’s agent, Scott Boras, refused to turn over medical information, which infuriated G.M. Kenny Williams and basically sealed Ordonez’s fate. Then manager Ozzie Guillen publicly called out Ordonez in no uncertain terms as well over the contract situation. Considering the severity of his knee injury, which required a secret trip to Austria for experimental surgery, it was hard to blame the Sox for their stance.  

Ordonez, who was almost traded to the Red Sox at the winter meetings in 2003 for Nomar Garciaparra, played with the team for six full seasons and parts of two others with 187 home runs and 702 RBI’s. In his full seasons he never hit less than .282 and in five of those years he was over .300.

1 hour ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

It's not directly a setback with the initial hammy, he hurt his knee on a swing in Charlotte.

Yup.