Not everything is identical so why even go there. Both players got injured celebrating. That's the connection. Not their names. Not their sports. Not their pets. Just the fact both got injured celebrating.
I would just chalk it up that Diaz was going to get hurt before too long, be it yesterday or next month and hope the Mets can find a fill in closer. Season is far from over no matter what anyone thinks.
Dislocated patella and torn patella tendon are two very different things. A dislocated patella often resolves on its own and doesn't mean you'll miss the entire season, maybe not even a month. And when you tear the patella tendon a part of the patella can break off with the tendon, making it doubly bad. Go back to the Yankees Duston Fowler rupturing his patella tendon in the first inning of his first MLB game. A highly touted prospect, he's played in 87 MLB games since getting hurt in 2017. Of course, no one knows what he might have been.
Do these guys sign a contract waiver for the WBC? Do the Mets have to pay the contract?
I believe there is insurance. Happened with the Yankees and Teixeira; he was never the same afterward. But what does insurance matter when you lose a key player to some ridiculous, manufactured bullshit exhibition tournament?
I would just chalk it up that Diaz was going to get hurt before too long, be it yesterday or next month and hope the Mets can find a fill in closer. Season is far from over no matter what anyone thinks.
Dislocated patella and torn patella tendon are two very different things. A dislocated patella often resolves on its own and doesn't mean you'll miss the entire season, maybe not even a month. And when you tear the patella tendon a part of the patella can break off with the tendon, making it doubly bad. Go back to the Yankees Duston Fowler rupturing his patella tendon in the first inning of his first MLB game. A highly touted prospect, he's played in 87 MLB games since getting hurt in 2017. Of course, no one knows what he might have been.
Yes.. that was exactly the point of my post..
You are just reinforcing and aligning with me, right??
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
I wouldn’t want Giants players playing in an international tournament, if that’s what you’re getting at. I’m glad you like it, but MLB has no reason to let its players participate after the contracted year starts. How that is hypocritical, I have no idea.
But, from the Mets' point of view, it's: "Now what?" Presumably their front office has at least discussed "What happens if he gets hurt?" for every guy in lineup, and the answer is never "We give up on the season." They may not have a Plan B in place, but they have to have thought about one.
Could Megill move to the pen? IIRC he didn't go late into games anyway.
But, from the Mets' point of view, it's: "Now what?" Presumably their front office has at least discussed "What happens if he gets hurt?" for every guy in lineup, and the answer is never "We give up on the season." They may not have a Plan B in place, but they have to have thought about one.
Could Megill move to the pen? IIRC he didn't go late into games anyway.
Megill’s splits against LHB are atrocious. Until that improves, he’s not an option. I’m guessing Robertson may be the best candidate.
The Mets won a 101 games last year, improved the roster overall,
And just lost a 3 win player. Yeah, it sucks. It’s brutal. But losing any of Nimmo, McNeil, Alonso, Scherzer, Verlander, or Lindor would have been much worse.
Robertson has an entire career full of closing games. That’s why you bring in a setup man with closing experience. So they can literally fill in if you lose your closer. Ottavino has some experience as well.
The Mets will be reliever shopping now and at the deadline.
This season is just getting started and there’s plenty to look forward to.
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
Players are free to do whatever they like with their lives. But if as a result they can’t do the job they were contracted to do, their employer should not have to pay them.
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
RE: RE: RE: I'm just as bummed as fuck about this but
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
It doesn’t matter what fans or players think of the WBC, what matters is how MLB teams will respond to losing premier players to catastrophic injuries. They have no obligation to support the WBC.
Mentioned that there was a survey to either the Dominique or Puerto Rico team they asked 6 players what’s more important the WBC or the World Series. 5 said the WBC, one said the same.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
Players are free to do whatever they like with their lives. But if as a result they can’t do the job they were contracted to do, their employer should not have to pay them.
If they have a guaranteed contract, and their team approved them going to the WBC, then they are going to get paid, and they have every right to. A team trying not to pay would get sued and lose.
I always love how people blame things like the way people celebrate
I'm a therapist. I frequently mention Into Thin Air when people start blaming benign or reasonable things to make themselves feel better. I do it too! A bunch of people climbed Mt. Everest. There were sherpas, guides, a socialite, crazy weather, it's the tallest mountain in the world, oxygen is limited, lots of egos, and it's cold as hell. There doesn't need to be anything to blame. When you climb the world's tallest mountain, sometimes people die. When you jump up and down, sometimes you get injured. There is nothing ridiculous about that celebration. I herniated a disc picking up the phone book when I was 23. We love to blame. Now all I have to tell my clients, when they get in that head space, is "when you climb mountains, sometimes people die". There are times where blame is absolutely warranted. But I'm not sure this is one of those times.
The gift of hindsight makes everyone wise.
RE: RE: RE: RE: I'm just as bummed as fuck about this but
I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
It doesn’t matter what fans or players think of the WBC, what matters is how MLB teams will respond to losing premier players to catastrophic injuries. They have no obligation to support the WBC.
Sure, they have no obligation to support it that we know of.
By the way, Steve Cohen allowed at least 3-4 prominent Mets to compete in it and went to the WBC game today to watch Ohtani pitch. He flew to Japan in person to see it.
So there are baseball fans that support it. I do not think he would deny a player who felt strongly about it the right to play in it.
That could be the end of MLB participation in future WBCs
from a sprain to an ankle, Dr. Chao, the former NFL doctor, was at it again. He said he suspected a tendon injury.
Diaz was huge last year and it is a blow to the Mets. But, I think closer is an easier position to fill than if it was a front line starter.
Agree. There are worse options than Robertson we could have been left with to replace him. I'm sure they're also doing their diligence on what arm's they can acquire
Olsen, Riley, Fried, Acuna, the stud catcher they just got.
Or any Phillies, minus Schwarber...no Wheeler, Nola, etc
Riddle me that as Omar Little said.
I hate the WBC and the sooner the US loses (and PR), the better.
The Mets have/had five of their "starters" playing; Lindor, Alonso, McNeil, Escobar and Diaz.
How can one team have so much more exposure than their top rivals?
I paid good $ to see the Mets compete with the players they paid this off-season...and one, worth 100 million, can choose to play in some worthless tournament and expose himself to injury? I don't care what the players think about it. Do they love skydiving and skiing too? How bout an ATV while you're at it?
Sorry, one man's opinion, but Billy Eppler should be accountable for letting his stars play, when the other best teams in the division, for whatever reason, did not.
I'm pissed. Yes, there is a whole season to play, but the Met's chances for post season and beyond just took a big, and totally avoidable, hit.
RE: Wow - When everyone else was speculating a ton of different things
on the ligament. A healthy ligament doesn’t often just tear like that based on an awkward movement during a celebration. Maybe he would’ve been okay for a while, but the ligament was likely a ticking time bomb.
is worse than ACL recovery from what I've experience and heard. Fortunately this isnt football so quick cuts arent part of the job description
This is true. I’m 2.5 months into my rehab after tearing my patella. It’s not easy. We are at a point where I’m still building up strength in and around the knee. I want to get out on the golf course this spring/summer. Until I can put weight on my left side without my knee feeling weak, I’m not there yet..
Very Very carefully- yes it was on the field but it was not a baseball activity per say
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No it wasn't on the field, looking at the video, about 10 guys jumped all over him...that's how he got hurt.
It still sucks for the team, as somebody mentioned up above,
Tex got hurt years ago for the Yanks...and missed most of the season if I recall. I am not a fan of the WBC, there is no good time to have the event, and if I was an owner or GM, would hardly be excited about it!
RE: I always love how people blame things like the way people celebrate
I'm a therapist. I frequently mention Into Thin Air when people start blaming benign or reasonable things to make themselves feel better. I do it too! A bunch of people climbed Mt. Everest. There were sherpas, guides, a socialite, crazy weather, it's the tallest mountain in the world, oxygen is limited, lots of egos, and it's cold as hell. There doesn't need to be anything to blame. When you climb the world's tallest mountain, sometimes people die. When you jump up and down, sometimes you get injured. There is nothing ridiculous about that celebration. I herniated a disc picking up the phone book when I was 23. We love to blame. Now all I have to tell my clients, when they get in that head space, is "when you climb mountains, sometimes people die". There are times where blame is absolutely warranted. But I'm not sure this is one of those times.
The gift of hindsight makes everyone wise.
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You're a therapist, and you are going to use an analogy of climbing Mt. Everest to teammates jumping on a pitcher after a game, really?
Wow, hope you don't charge much per hour...
I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
Dan thank you as always - I’m reading this as Díaz’ contract still counts towards the threshold?
The Mets won’t end up paying Díaz because the injury occurred while he was participating in the WBC. Major League Baseball has insurance in place to protect the team in these types of circumstances. As the New York Post first reported Thursday night, if the right-hander doesn’t return this season, MLB’s insurance would cover Díaz’s 2023 salary of $18.64 million. It’s unclear, however, whether his salary will still count against the luxury tax.
Is that Nimmo not playing in WBC and slow played spring training because he wanted to make sure he was healthy and ready to win a World Series...dude looks like a freaking monster in best shape of his life..
..and then he hurts himself getting down and out of the way on a routine double play ball
good will sammon article on diaz if your feeling optimistic
“There is some optimism,” a person close to Díaz told The Athletic. “You never know.”
The hope mainly stems from Díaz’s resiliency and how the situation on Wednesday night was handled. In a situation like Díaz’s, it’s vital to operate immediately. The longer the wait, the more scarring occurs, and that adds to the recovery process. But the Mets were positioned to move fast.
Mets physician Dr. James Carr was in Miami for the World Baseball Classic at the time of the injury and gave Díaz an examination. Carr quickly surmised that the injury was likely a torn patellar tendon. Imaging around noon on Thursday confirmed that hunch. Fortunately for the Mets and Díaz, the club’s medical director Dr. David Altchek happened to be in town, too. In another bit of good fortune, the Hospital for Special Surgery operates a location in south Florida. So the Mets didn’t need to fly Díaz anywhere for a second opinion; they received one digitally, according to a major-league source, another measure that saved time.
Just hours after suffering his freak injury during a celebration with team Puerto Rico, Díaz underwent surgery Thursday afternoon. He has already returned to his home in Port St. Lucie, Florida to begin his recovery. Waiting for him there was a trainer, nutritionist and personal chef, courtesy of Cohen and the Mets.
Cohen called Díaz to tell him, “We’re going to do everything we can to get you better and take care of you.”
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In baseball, only a short list of comparable situations exist. Rays pitcher Zach Eflin profiles as one of the best because, like Díaz, he’s a right-hander who had surgery on his right patellar tendon. Eflin’s injury occurred in September 2021. Eflin returned to the mound for the start of the 2022 season, which was within six months. The list also includes Garrett Richards, a right-handed pitcher who had surgery to repair his left patellar tendon in August 2014. He returned to game action in April 2015 and logged 207 1/3 innings that season.
Though there isn’t a lot of supporting data to back up the thought, Alaia said that the prescribed timetable for recovery might’ve been longer if the injury had happened to Díaz’s left leg or landing leg instead of his right leg, which is used to push off.
“He’s got the benefit of being a pitcher in this case, and it’s not his leading leg,” Alaia said. “The left leg, when it comes down from a pitch, is going to be bent. It’s going to have a lot more torque across the patella when the left leg comes down. If this was different, if he had a left leg patellar tendon rupture, it actually might take him a substantially longer period of time to recover and get back to throwing. Because it’s more of the push-off leg, where the knee doesn’t have to bend as much, perhaps he might be able to come back a little sooner.”
It would be logical to assume he had permission from the team to join the WBC. The contract is also likely insured.
Not everything is identical so why even go there. Both players got injured celebrating. That's the connection. Not their names. Not their sports. Not their pets. Just the fact both got injured celebrating.
Best case: Dislocated patella
Worst case: Cruz injury
And here we are
Best case: Dislocated patella
Worst case: Cruz injury
And here we are
Dislocated patella and torn patella tendon are two very different things. A dislocated patella often resolves on its own and doesn't mean you'll miss the entire season, maybe not even a month. And when you tear the patella tendon a part of the patella can break off with the tendon, making it doubly bad. Go back to the Yankees Duston Fowler rupturing his patella tendon in the first inning of his first MLB game. A highly touted prospect, he's played in 87 MLB games since getting hurt in 2017. Of course, no one knows what he might have been.
I believe there is insurance. Happened with the Yankees and Teixeira; he was never the same afterward. But what does insurance matter when you lose a key player to some ridiculous, manufactured bullshit exhibition tournament?
Fuck the WBC.
This was jerry Recco take.
Looks like it's a full-thickness tear, which is about as bad as it gets.
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Said last night my guess was...
Best case: Dislocated patella
Worst case: Cruz injury
And here we are
Dislocated patella and torn patella tendon are two very different things. A dislocated patella often resolves on its own and doesn't mean you'll miss the entire season, maybe not even a month. And when you tear the patella tendon a part of the patella can break off with the tendon, making it doubly bad. Go back to the Yankees Duston Fowler rupturing his patella tendon in the first inning of his first MLB game. A highly touted prospect, he's played in 87 MLB games since getting hurt in 2017. Of course, no one knows what he might have been.
Yes.. that was exactly the point of my post..
You are just reinforcing and aligning with me, right??
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
I was hoping it was a simple dislocation and he'd be back without surgery (I had same injury once)...
And my hope was it was NOT the worst case, which is the Cruz injury (torn patellar tendon with damage at connection point to bone)
And it looks like it IS the worst case
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
I wouldn’t want Giants players playing in an international tournament, if that’s what you’re getting at. I’m glad you like it, but MLB has no reason to let its players participate after the contracted year starts. How that is hypocritical, I have no idea.
Could Megill move to the pen? IIRC he didn't go late into games anyway.
Could Megill move to the pen? IIRC he didn't go late into games anyway.
Megill’s splits against LHB are atrocious. Until that improves, he’s not an option. I’m guessing Robertson may be the best candidate.
Robertson has an entire career full of closing games. That’s why you bring in a setup man with closing experience. So they can literally fill in if you lose your closer. Ottavino has some experience as well.
The Mets will be reliever shopping now and at the deadline.
This season is just getting started and there’s plenty to look forward to.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
How does it compare to Halloween? - ( New Window )
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
Players are free to do whatever they like with their lives. But if as a result they can’t do the job they were contracted to do, their employer should not have to pay them.
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I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
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I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
It doesn’t matter what fans or players think of the WBC, what matters is how MLB teams will respond to losing premier players to catastrophic injuries. They have no obligation to support the WBC.
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I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
Players are free to do whatever they like with their lives. But if as a result they can’t do the job they were contracted to do, their employer should not have to pay them.
If they have a guaranteed contract, and their team approved them going to the WBC, then they are going to get paid, and they have every right to. A team trying not to pay would get sued and lose.
I'm a therapist. I frequently mention Into Thin Air when people start blaming benign or reasonable things to make themselves feel better. I do it too! A bunch of people climbed Mt. Everest. There were sherpas, guides, a socialite, crazy weather, it's the tallest mountain in the world, oxygen is limited, lots of egos, and it's cold as hell. There doesn't need to be anything to blame. When you climb the world's tallest mountain, sometimes people die. When you jump up and down, sometimes you get injured. There is nothing ridiculous about that celebration. I herniated a disc picking up the phone book when I was 23. We love to blame. Now all I have to tell my clients, when they get in that head space, is "when you climb mountains, sometimes people die". There are times where blame is absolutely warranted. But I'm not sure this is one of those times.
The gift of hindsight makes everyone wise.
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I also really hate reading all this backlash on the WBC.
Anyone who is watching this can see that these guys are fucking loving this tournament and to see the stars play and represent the country they were born in is pretty incredible. I've been tuning in every night.
I ask all fans football and baseball alike, who are you to say what players can and can't do with their lives. People complain about being controlled all the time and when fans act like this its so effing hypocritical.
That said, awful news and Eppler needs to go get Britton
Hypocritical? Hardly. These are wealthy employees basically playing in meaningless exhibition games. Would your boss up and let you work for another company for free, possibly get injured, while still paying you? Hell no they wouldn’t.
You like it? That’s nice. That doesn’t change the fact that the WBC is and always has been manufactured bullshit to try and be like baseballs World Cup. It’s not and it never will be.
That's fine, for you.
Anyone who has watched it and listened to players who feel strongly about can tell you that not everyone thinks like you.
It doesn’t matter what fans or players think of the WBC, what matters is how MLB teams will respond to losing premier players to catastrophic injuries. They have no obligation to support the WBC.
Sure, they have no obligation to support it that we know of.
By the way, Steve Cohen allowed at least 3-4 prominent Mets to compete in it and went to the WBC game today to watch Ohtani pitch. He flew to Japan in person to see it.
So there are baseball fans that support it. I do not think he would deny a player who felt strongly about it the right to play in it.
Mariano hurt his knee and missed almost the entire 2012 season. The Yankees still won 95 games.
The Mets owners are no longer named Wilpon. Steve Cohen will do what he has to to find a closer. It just won't be as much fun.
The season is not over before it starts.
Diaz was huge last year and it is a blow to the Mets. But, I think closer is an easier position to fill than if it was a front line starter.
Diaz was huge last year and it is a blow to the Mets. But, I think closer is an easier position to fill than if it was a front line starter.
Agree. There are worse options than Robertson we could have been left with to replace him. I'm sure they're also doing their diligence on what arm's they can acquire
Or any Phillies, minus Schwarber...no Wheeler, Nola, etc
Riddle me that as Omar Little said.
I hate the WBC and the sooner the US loses (and PR), the better.
The Mets have/had five of their "starters" playing; Lindor, Alonso, McNeil, Escobar and Diaz.
How can one team have so much more exposure than their top rivals?
I paid good $ to see the Mets compete with the players they paid this off-season...and one, worth 100 million, can choose to play in some worthless tournament and expose himself to injury? I don't care what the players think about it. Do they love skydiving and skiing too? How bout an ATV while you're at it?
Sorry, one man's opinion, but Billy Eppler should be accountable for letting his stars play, when the other best teams in the division, for whatever reason, did not.
I'm pissed. Yes, there is a whole season to play, but the Met's chances for post season and beyond just took a big, and totally avoidable, hit.
Diaz was huge last year and it is a blow to the Mets. But, I think closer is an easier position to fill than if it was a front line starter.
I mean...I called it last night too ;)
Lol
Or any Phillies, minus Schwarber...no Wheeler, Nola, etc
What do you mean? Acuna is playing for Venezuela. Realmuto and Schwarber are on Team USA. Alcantara is playing for DR.
There's like three dozen all stars playing in this, lol. Trout and Ohtani are playing for USA and Japan, Altuve is playing for venezuela
This is true. I’m 2.5 months into my rehab after tearing my patella. It’s not easy. We are at a point where I’m still building up strength in and around the knee. I want to get out on the golf course this spring/summer. Until I can put weight on my left side without my knee feeling weak, I’m not there yet..
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No it wasn't on the field, looking at the video, about 10 guys jumped all over him...that's how he got hurt.
It still sucks for the team, as somebody mentioned up above,
Tex got hurt years ago for the Yanks...and missed most of the season if I recall. I am not a fan of the WBC, there is no good time to have the event, and if I was an owner or GM, would hardly be excited about it!
I'm a therapist. I frequently mention Into Thin Air when people start blaming benign or reasonable things to make themselves feel better. I do it too! A bunch of people climbed Mt. Everest. There were sherpas, guides, a socialite, crazy weather, it's the tallest mountain in the world, oxygen is limited, lots of egos, and it's cold as hell. There doesn't need to be anything to blame. When you climb the world's tallest mountain, sometimes people die. When you jump up and down, sometimes you get injured. There is nothing ridiculous about that celebration. I herniated a disc picking up the phone book when I was 23. We love to blame. Now all I have to tell my clients, when they get in that head space, is "when you climb mountains, sometimes people die". There are times where blame is absolutely warranted. But I'm not sure this is one of those times.
The gift of hindsight makes everyone wise.
You're a therapist, and you are going to use an analogy of climbing Mt. Everest to teammates jumping on a pitcher after a game, really?
Wow, hope you don't charge much per hour...
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I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
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I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
This has been confirmed to me.
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Thanks! Seems fair to what we said a few weeks ago.
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I believe this is only good news for Steve Cohen. My understanding is this will *not* impact the lux tax implications for the Mets. I'm looking into this further but that's what I've heard.
Dan thank you as always - I’m reading this as Díaz’ contract still counts towards the threshold?
Thank you Dan!
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Nimmo injury way more damaging than Diaz, imo
What a disastrous start to the 2023 season
..and then he hurts himself getting down and out of the way on a routine double play ball
The hope mainly stems from Díaz’s resiliency and how the situation on Wednesday night was handled. In a situation like Díaz’s, it’s vital to operate immediately. The longer the wait, the more scarring occurs, and that adds to the recovery process. But the Mets were positioned to move fast.
Mets physician Dr. James Carr was in Miami for the World Baseball Classic at the time of the injury and gave Díaz an examination. Carr quickly surmised that the injury was likely a torn patellar tendon. Imaging around noon on Thursday confirmed that hunch. Fortunately for the Mets and Díaz, the club’s medical director Dr. David Altchek happened to be in town, too. In another bit of good fortune, the Hospital for Special Surgery operates a location in south Florida. So the Mets didn’t need to fly Díaz anywhere for a second opinion; they received one digitally, according to a major-league source, another measure that saved time.
Just hours after suffering his freak injury during a celebration with team Puerto Rico, Díaz underwent surgery Thursday afternoon. He has already returned to his home in Port St. Lucie, Florida to begin his recovery. Waiting for him there was a trainer, nutritionist and personal chef, courtesy of Cohen and the Mets.
Cohen called Díaz to tell him, “We’re going to do everything we can to get you better and take care of you.”
Though there isn’t a lot of supporting data to back up the thought, Alaia said that the prescribed timetable for recovery might’ve been longer if the injury had happened to Díaz’s left leg or landing leg instead of his right leg, which is used to push off.
“He’s got the benefit of being a pitcher in this case, and it’s not his leading leg,” Alaia said. “The left leg, when it comes down from a pitch, is going to be bent. It’s going to have a lot more torque across the patella when the left leg comes down. If this was different, if he had a left leg patellar tendon rupture, it actually might take him a substantially longer period of time to recover and get back to throwing. Because it’s more of the push-off leg, where the knee doesn’t have to bend as much, perhaps he might be able to come back a little sooner.”
8 months is november 16th, so if 6 months is extreme maybe we all shake on 7 and get him back in october.
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lol. Pretty much, except we didn't even get to the first pitch.