September 2, 201412 yr I am starting to believe this team is cursed. Anyone with great potential always seems to go down. Hope it heals well and quickly.
September 2, 201412 yr And out for the E-town post season. Cannot even make it up...They don't have makeup games for the post season.
September 2, 201412 yr And out for the E-town post season. Cannot even make it up... And presumably, out go September minor league instructionals, as well. Unbelievable.
September 2, 201412 yr Well... Nothing to do now but sit back and wait for the upcoming Berrios injury.
September 2, 201412 yr I guess, better now than in May? Okay, it's tough to find a silver lining in this one.
September 3, 201412 yr And presumably, out go September minor league instructionals, as well. Unbelievable.'Correct. I'm sure he'll still be there though.
September 3, 201412 yr Well... Nothing to do now but sit back and wait for the upcoming Berrios injury. I hope we're already past that one!!
September 3, 201412 yr Since I'm one of the few optimists, I'll say that most teams don't have this many high level prospects to get hurt in the first place. Edited September 3, 201412 yr by gunnarthor
September 3, 201412 yr Not a big deal. Thumbs are better than wrist injuries. He will mis instructionals but will be back in a month or so. Nothing to be sad about
September 3, 201412 yr From now on any twins prospect that shows any amount of promise is not allowed to use his hands. I think that's for the best.
September 3, 201412 yr It wasn't his thumb. It was an index finger. Big Difference. Very good news, by comparison to a broken thumb, anyway.
September 3, 201412 yr Pretty amazing that the top 6 prospects all got hurt. At least a finger is a lot better than a thumb.
September 3, 201412 yr Next "Twins top 10 prospects" should be recalibrated as "Twins Top Healthy Prospects." Santana and Vargas get high notes. It is getting ridiculous.
September 3, 201412 yr I guess it is time to trick the prospects, and the ones that should be in the top 10.......... just rank them 11-20.
September 3, 201412 yr Injuries happen, and in this case, it's a broken bone, which is probably one of the easier ones to recover from. I guess I don't see the big deal with the lost time in instructionals. He's going to start in CR next year, so he's already pretty well advanced for an HS prospect, and the injury in question really doesn't have long term consequences.
September 3, 201412 yr I think the lost time in instructionals is primarily and potentially important on the defensive side. Instructionals is where prospects get to focus on learning nuances of their positions and whether that's refining his SS skills or getting some work in at another position, it's unfortunate if Gordon misses that time this fall, even if it is not a major hurdle in his path to the big leagues.
September 3, 201412 yr Wow, yeah another injury is a bad thing but I surprised by the doom and gloom tone here. It's a finger injury. It's not major and it came at the end of the season, rather than the beginning. Bummer for Nick but that's all this really is - a bit of bum luck.
September 3, 201412 yr Which hand is it on? It also depends where he broke it. I broke my pinky on my right hand (I'm right handed) at the middle joint and they said that is the worst finger and place to have a break. I had surgery and was in a cast for close to 4 weeks and then had a removable cast for around another 2 weeks. Physical therapy was hard and it took a couple months before it was close to being back to normal.
September 3, 201412 yr I think the lost time in instructionals is primarily and potentially important on the defensive side. Instructionals is where prospects get to focus on learning nuances of their positions and whether that's refining his SS skills or getting some work in at another position, it's unfortunate if Gordon misses that time this fall, even if it is not a major hurdle in his path to the big leagues. I would agree with this. He'll get plenty of time to make it up, so it's not devastating, but it is lost time. It's unfortunate.
September 3, 201412 yr Wow, yeah another injury is a bad thing but I surprised by the doom and gloom tone here. It's a finger injury. It's not major and it came at the end of the season, rather than the beginning. Bummer for Nick but that's all this really is - a bit of bum luck.Yeah, agreed, but it's just one more stick on the enormous flaming bonfire of lost time for our top prospects. By itself, this is not a huge deal, but in combination with Sano/Buxton/Meyer/everyone else, it's just starting to get really, really old.
September 3, 201412 yr Yeah, agreed, but it's just one more stick on the enormous flaming bonfire of lost time for our top prospects. By itself, this is not a huge deal, but in combination with Sano/Buxton/Meyer/everyone else, it's just starting to get really, really old. I get that it's yet another injury, but I think we're making a mountain out of a mole hill on this one. Sano / Buxton / Meyer were bigger blows because all of them had a very good shot at making their big league debuts this season. The future faces of the franchise all having rough injury years can certainly get old (I'm with everybody on that front) and I agree, in aggregate, it could seem overwhelming / frustrating. This injury didn't cost Gordon a season like Buxton's did and it shouldn't set him back on his development, be a reocccuring problem or otherwise delay his path to the big leagues (which is still several years away). I'm just saying those throwing up their arms and declaring "Oh another injury disaster!" might be overreacting a bit. That's all.
September 3, 201412 yr I get that it's yet another injury, but I think we're making a mountain out of a mole hill on this one. Why should this be any different than anything else on TD? We've got more mountains than the Rockies (and I don't mean the baseball team).
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