When Appel went all screwy, I said 'oh well, we got plenty of other high-upside pitchers'. Pitchers are relatively fungible; plus Power/Hit tool shortstops are not. Correa is a much bigger loss than Appel because there aren't any high upside middle infielders in the minors. There are plenty of 2-WAR upside guys though (Fontana, Kike Hernandez, Torreyes, Kemp).
I think Correa is a bigger loss, because he is clearly the more talented player even at his young age. He is potentially a huge loss. Everything about him reeked of future all star. I still put my money of Carlos coming back 100% at the plate, my concern is will his developing speed come back and will he be moved from SS.
Not worried about Correa. It sucks to break a leg, but the Fibula isn't usually a huge deal. Let's just hope it's not displaced and not spiraled way up his Fibula. Basically, as long as they don't have to put a ton of screws in it, he will be fine. Even if they do, he should still be fine. He just may be better off at 3rd base...which he may have ended up at anyways.
As far as recovery a broken bone is wayyyy better than a torn tendon or something. There is no reason Correa shouldn't bounce back. Don't hit the panic button yet guys.
Lets hope its less severe than Buster Posey's... which involved severe ligament damage. Bones heal, especially in 19 year olds... and its way too early to say this will lead to future speed loss and force a switch of positions. Hopefully he's done enough at A ball to not have to spend more time there when he's recovered, and can gain a promotion based solely on what was expected to happen right about now. If the Astros have less SS depth than 3B depth, he still likely comes up as a SS.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nothing official on Correa from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23JetHawks&src=hash">#JetHawks</a>, but source now saying it doesn't look like broken fibula. Good news. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a></p>— Eric Smith (@Eric_L_Smith) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_L_Smith/statuses/480596287729836032">June 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Early indication was that Correa broke his fibula but latest I've heard is that outlook had improved. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23JetHawks&src=hash">#JetHawks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a></p>— Eric Smith (@Eric_L_Smith) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_L_Smith/statuses/480729532102475776">June 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Could be a fracture, which would provide for a much better outlook and quicker recovery time. Either way this is very disappointing because I wouldn't expect to see Correa in Corpus before next year.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>carlos Correa will be flown to houston for further examination. concern is high after top prospect injured ankle/lower leg</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/statuses/480768228403068928">June 22, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
damnit that's it. Lunhow will go ahead and play a mulligan now and re-draft KB. oh wait, there's no mulligan's in baseball? that's right. there's also no crying in baseball so nut up and quit yer b****in
Go post in another forum, or stop whining about our players. Give Appel time. There are plenty of flops who played well in the minors as well. Only time will tell. Personally I am tired of post like these.
Please don't quote the D-Bag, I have him on ignore and it doesn't work if you quote him, or even respond to him.
