It's almost assuredly a hamate bone situation. He needs to get it removed. He will be out 6 weeks, then his power will be diminished for 12-15 months then he will be fully back to normal after that. That puts him right for the 2024 stretch run and post season. Before that he might still hit 20 HR's and drive in 75 or something like that if he were to get the surgery done tomorrow and lose much of his power this year.
When its something serious the Astros are very quiet. When they actually acknowledge something is wrong, I don’t worry as much.
If Yordan misses a lot of time, then that means more opportunities for other guys to step up including young guys like Yanier Diaz, Jake Meyers and Justin Dirden.
AP- Astros GM Dana Brown announced today that one of the changes he will institute involves Astros team doctors. Brown stated "We are going to an eye for an eye on this issue. When a team doctor is wrong in their diagnosis or recommendation, they will have that body part injured on their own body." This is not the first change made by Brown after taking over the Astros, but it is certainly the most controversial. Later in the interview, Brown stated that Astros great Jeff Bagwell will be in charge of ensuring that the new rules are followed. Later, Jeff Bagwell confirmed that Dr. David Lintner M.D. was the first one to receive the punishment after misdiagnosing the wrist injury to Yordan Alvarez. Bagwell stated, "I took a couple swings in the basement of Minute Maid Park to get the rust off, and then I had Alex Cintron hold out Lintner's wrist and I got it with my swing." Later Bagwell joked that the new technology of the Astros is so thorough that it measured his swing at 105 mph when he hit Lintner's wrist.
I agree. Clearly there's only one potential issue that can happen to a hand. 27 bones each with ligaments and tendons. Besides, Hamate injuries are so common in hitters its the first thing any trainer or team doctor would check If it was the hamate we would have known about it in June.
They did talk about it last June. They spoke about it the way everyone speaks about a Hamate… just without naming it.
Astros didn't add veteran pitcher in offseason because 'we didn't have a general manager,' says Dusty Baker To hear Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker tell it, he wishes the team would have added a veteran starting pitcher to the mix this offseason after Justin Verlander left in free agency. Here's what Baker had to say on Thursday when asked whether the Astros considered doing just that over the winter (via Chandler Rome): "You got to ask the powers that be. I got the power, but not the authority. That was always a consideration for me … We didn't have a general manager in place in order to make that move." https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...erson-anthony-volpe-andrew-painter-in-top-15/ So, Crane dropped the ball? Throwing Crane under the bus here? I happen to agree that we should have done something. Tend believe Crane just didnt see the necessity. Had other priorities.
Agree. Seems like weird shade. The kind of starting pitching depth the Astros had last year was luck more than anything. most teams in most years don’t have a competent veteran like Odorizzi just sitting on the bench just in case. He was an ultimate luxury depth piece that ultimately wasn’t needed
I kind of agree that there was no necessity. Starters F Valdez* C Javier L Garcia J Urquidy H Brown Injured McCullers Depth F Whitley JP France B Bielak B Abreu T Ivey
