Is there a need for a Medical Thread so those with a medical/training background can interpret the Astros ____ soreness template they are using? In this case I'm wondering what kind of hand injury keeps getting re-aggravated with short stints of rest, but will heal without the need for surgery as Yordan has indicated? I'm sure there are many different types of injuries and other medical conditions which have a wide variety of prognosis. I also wonder if a change to his warm up routine might benefit his ability to play in games without affecting his effectiveness in them. Anyway, is this type of question properly placed here or would a new thread be preferable?
Are you sure this is right? I thought they added brown to the 40 man roster on or before 8/31, when he was added to the taxi squad. Almost certain that occurred prior to 9/1.
According to MLB.com, he and Diaz were added September 1st, even though it was announced they were being called up earlier. I don't think a player is considered activated for purposes of the 40 man when placed on the Taxi squad. Just allowed to travel with the team and be in the duggout. But they have to be added to the 40 and activated to the 26/28 before they can play. Not quite certain of that with the special COVID replacement rules. Even if so, they would only apply for replacements due to Covid/Covid Protocols. https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/transactions
I do not have formal medical training but I can recall a few instances of damage to the hamate bone in elite power hitters caused by shock from contact with the knob of the bat. If you hold your hand with your palm facing you, you will see a line at the base of your palm. The hamate is just above that line and below your little finger. The bone has a small hook on it that is damaged, it is a difficult to recognize injury. Normally players play through it till a surgery to remove that hook becomes necessary. They are able to start playing again in a few months but do not seem to return to their full ability for the best part of a year or more. I hope someone with a better understanding of this can make better sense of it.
Funny how most of the players hate it and most of the older coaches like it (or are just okay in Dusty's case). Coaches have probably blocked out of their mind how distracting it can be for players.
Its clear the Astros players are perturbed by it. Its also because I believe Houston has more idiots trying to start the wave than the average ballpark has. Combine those idiots with games that usually are pretty full, and that’s how you create wave backlash. The worst is the guys still trying to start it in the 9th inning while they’re trying to lock down a save (happened a couple fridays ago). In general, it would be easy for the MMP staff to enforce a no wave policy… as it usually involves a random guy who isn’t even sitting in that section, standing at the front getting everybody to buy in.
I don’t think its distracting in as much as it shows that some fans are not really there to watch the game or the game/players itself aren’t entertaining enough. When they do it in critical situations, its even more disrespectful. Why not do the wave at a packed restaurant? Or in a full airplane? Or during the movie in a packed movie theater?
It's kind of been lost in the year since there's been a lot of ups and downs around him, but Altuve is currently sporting a .901 OPS, and the second best OPS+ of his career, not far behind his MVP season. Early last season that extension was looking bleak, but we should know better than to doubt Altuve by now.
There were a couple of quick comments during the radio broadcast about the Angels Pitchers when they come to Houston, One was an Ohtani Start and one was some pitcher of note coming off IL. Anybody else get the details?
Wrist fractures and injuries are incredibly tricky. It really depends on which carpal bone is fractured, where the fracture is occurring and how the blood flow can get to that fracture to heal it properly. It doesn't need to be a true fracture either. It could be a bone bruise or inflammation of a ligament going over the hamate or other structure. You normally only perform a surgery to pin/screw it if there is worry it won't get blood flow to area or the biomechanics of the wrist would continue to put stress on the fracture line preventing a callus formation from forming. Think like if you are trying to glue 2 pieces of wood together. You normally compress them together, but if there is a shear stress pulling them apart or limiting the contact, it can make the process take longer and less effective You can do surgery to speed the process of healing in some cases, but which ones actually make it faster or not are beyond my specialty. On top of that some batters/athletes can feel the hardware/screws and it messes up their performance resulting in taking them out once they did their job.
Good god the wave sucks so much. Why dipf!!k Astro fans perpetuate it, well, not that surprising. It was fun as a kid in a fully packed Dome 40 years ago, but it needs to die.
