Article: MIN 4, LAA 3: Throw Down

[ashbury]

Official twins release says 10 day. That obviously doesn't mean it won't be 60 days anyway though.

The 60-day IL doesn't necessarily get used when an injury is serious. Only if the team needs the use of that 40-man roster spot. When the 60 days are up, they then could have a roster decision to make, as to whom to DFA or whatever, in order to re-activate Garver, so I don't know if they make the move lightly, right now. Only if they want someone on the 25-man roster who isn't currently on the 40-man; that could well be a pitcher, but they also may prefer to leave room for Telis or other AAA catcher in case of a 10-day injury to someone, but not commit to that as yet.

[SomeGuy]

I doubt it will end up being a 60 day trip unless they find something significant in the further testing today.  I'm thinking 3-5 weeks.

Edited May 15, 2019 by SomeGuy

[Vanimal46]

60 day?

 

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

The Minnesota Twins: Can’t Have Nice Things Since 1961

I only know high ankle sprains in relation to football... If a RB or WR gets one they're pretty much toast for the season. Hopefully it's different in baseball.

[Taildragger8791]

60 days is easily in play. High ankle sprains are notoriously slow to heal. He could maybe come back to DH sooner if he's careful on the bases, but catching duties will be a lot to ask. I saw the still image of the play and his foot was turned totally sideways. It's a miracle he didn't break/tear anything.

[jmlease1]

Stinks about Garver. He was absolutely killing it at the plate and doing a very solid job behind it too. but the lineup is actually the area where we are better suited to overcome an injury, so points to the FO on that one. If Cruz misses time too, you can slot Sano in for some DH time as well as 3B, Marwin keeps getting time at 3B, 1B, LF and we have better catching depth at MLB than we could hope for with La Tortuga & Castro, so it's not a disaster and injuries WILL happen.

 

It will be interesting to see how Duffy performs.

[SomeGuy]

Remember Francisco Lindor suffered a "moderate" high ankle sprain March 26th and returned April 20th.  We still need to know the severity but I'm not worried about 60+ yet.

 

Baldelli says there was less pain than he was expecting for whats its worth.

 

"We don't have a lot of the information. We will know a lot more tomorrow. Probably not in as much pain as I was expecting. But anything beyond that is speculation."

Edited May 15, 2019 by SomeGuy

[Doomtints]

Garver seemed unstoppable this year ... it seemed to me the only way he was going to be stopped was via injury. Hopefully he comes back and can still smack around the ball at will.

 

Perhaps this is a good lesson in why GMs don't typically dump all of their cash into the catcher position, the position that is the most stressful on the body and also the most dangerous to play.

[Tibs]

Why is no one discussing the fact that Buxton came to a complete stop, took two little hop steps, and threw the ball 98.6 mph over 256 ft to get the runner out at the plate? That's amazing.

[Doomtints]

Maybe it's because we all saw Puckett do that fifty times.

[Vanimal46]

Also a good lesson not to discard MLB quality catchers like Castro for no reason.

[wsnydes]

 

The 60-day IL doesn't necessarily get used when an injury is serious. Only if the team needs the use of that 40-man roster spot. When the 60 days are up, they then could have a roster decision to make, as to whom to DFA or whatever, in order to re-activate Garver, so I don't know if they make the move lightly, right now. Only if they want someone on the 25-man roster who isn't currently on the 40-man; that could well be a pitcher, but they also may prefer to leave room for Telis or other AAA catcher in case of a 10-day injury to someone, but not commit to that as yet.

Right, I was trying to clarify (perhaps poorly) that officially he's on the 10 day. That doesn't preclude a move to the 60 day IL in the future or that he ends up on the IL for 60 days. 

 

I interpreted Brock's post to show disappointment that a 60 day IL stint was a possibility at this point, which would certainly be disappointing and a different scenario.

[ashbury]

I interpreted Brock's post to show disappointment that a 60 day IL stint was a possibility at this point, which would certainly be disappointing and a different scenario.

Agreed, and I guess I was trying to further spoil his mood by indicating that a trip to just the 10-day wasn't an indication of good news.

[wsnydes]

 

Agreed, and I guess I was trying to further spoil his mood by indicating that a trip to just the 10-day wasn't an indication of good news.

Indeed. He was right to fret about the potential of an immediate 60 day IL stint. That would certainly be bad news.

[Doomtints]

I don't know how the 60 day thing got brought up. The Twins don't even know the extent of the injury yet, so of course he's not on the 60-day IL.

 

If the Twins have to make a roster move in a month and a half and Garver is still injured, then you might see him moved to the 60-day. Not today.

[ken]

 

60 day?

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The Minnesota Twins: Can’t Have Nice Things Since 1961

'87 & '91 were pretty nice  

 

Injuries always happen, which is why teams need depth.  According to reports, they have a loaded minor league system, so this is a test for the front office on how they handle this.

Edited May 15, 2019 by ken

[joefish]

We have been fortunate avoiding injuries, compared to many other teams.

I hope this is a quick healer

[SomeGuy]

"MRI was pretty positive No specifics still on timeline but could be shorter than longer" Baldelli

 

He also said Sano has landed and will be at the stadium by game time.  Won't be in lineup.

 

https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/1128701184884084736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1128701184884084736&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Fminnesota-twins

Edited May 15, 2019 by SomeGuy

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

Yes, but.

 

I think Sano makes the 25 man roster stronger. He'll hit more bombs than Gonzalez. For now, I'd like to see Sano DH, until Cruz's wrist heals. That would keep Marwin at third for now.