BBTF.org/m/dodgers : Matt Kemp of Los Angeles Dodgers said he was ‘surprised’ by extent of shoulder damage

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Dunson: Yasiel Puig Is Not An All-Star, Somebody Lied

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posted 14 hours ago by Repoz to dodgers | 8 comment(s)

Gotta check those Disabled List League numbers…had no idea Bryce Harper was slumping.

No, it’s not more ridiculous than the backhanded campaign to start Mariano Rivera in his final Summer Classic. This one is a bit premature. Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig’s 13-game MLB career is barely older than baby Kimye and he has barely played 40 games in the minors, but that hasn’t stopped fans from charging the hype machine and pushing his All-Star candidacy.

Puig-mania doesn’t have the ...

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1. Dangerous Dean posted on October 25, 2012 at 02:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I wonder if this is the kind of thing he can make a comeplete recovery from, or whether it will permanently damage his strength to some degree.

2. SG posted on October 25, 2012 at 03:09 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm trying to think of some position players that had labrum/rotator cuff tears and how they did coming back. The only ones I can find are mentioned in this article. Griffey in 2003, J.J. Hardy in the minors in 2004 and Freddy Sanchez this past year.

3. Dan posted on October 25, 2012 at 03:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Adrian Gonzalez is a recent example. And he's been relatively sapped of power since he had the surgery.

4. SG posted on October 25, 2012 at 03:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Adam LaRoche in 2011 too. Seems like his power was just fine though.

5. Hang down your head, Tom Foley posted on October 25, 2012 at 03:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

My first thought was Shawn Green, but Wikipedia says his shoulder injury was tendinitis.

6. Sleepy supports unauthorized rambling posted on October 25, 2012 at 05:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jim Edmonds had his non-throwing shoulder surgically repaired in 2006, after the season. He then followed it up with his worst season in the majors, but of course he was 37, and IIRC also suffering from concussion symptoms, and he bounced back the next year.

Scott Rolen also tore his non-throwing labrum in the collision with hee-sop choi (2005), and has had at least five surgeries since to try to fix it. He's never been the same, offensively.

7. Obi One Kenobi Nil

posted on October 25, 2012 at 05:32 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Did Shawn Green have a labrum tear and promptly turn into a pumpkin?

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