Per Dave Schwartz,,

 

 

Man that’s no good on a team front and more importantly on a personal front for Buck hope he heals up soon

This is already day 3, so he could be back Sunday.

Nobody panic, this is exactly what Marwin was brought in for. Keep the guys healthy through the year so they're all ready to go in October. 

Ouch.

 

Buck never got back in a groove from his first injury, what was it, a hand, wrist HBP?

Damn

This isn't his first concussion, right?

 

Have to hope this doesn't linger for him. Not good.

Not good. This one doesn't feel like 7 days. Hopefully he comes back strong for the stretch.

Like it or not, this matters come contract time. How much money and how many years are you willing to risk on a guy who might be a couple collisions with the wall from his career being over?

Prolly just playing it safe here. I like that approach, compared to sending him out there with a broken toe.

Ugh. I just want to watch the guy play on the field for more than two months at a time.

I think we need to get used to this. The guy is never going to have a full season without at least 2 or 3 trips on the IL. Sure he plays hard, but he also just seems fragile. 

I think we need to get used to this. The guy is never going to have a full season without at least 2 or 3 trips on the IL. Sure he plays hard, but he also just seems fragile.

he hit the ground going 20 miles per hour. I think it’s to be expected to get a concussion in a car accident, but when a guy jumps out of a moving vehicle and gets a concussion he’s suddenly a wuss?

 

Like it or not, this matters come contract time. How much money and how many years are you willing to risk on a guy who might be a couple collisions with the wall from his career being over?

I don't see giving him a long-term contact. He can't stay on the field, and his best asset doesn't age well. Keep him through his arbitration years and go from there.

Edited July 16, 20197 yr by howeda7

Could it be that they just want to rest him, but don’t need 10 days and a hard fall provides ample cover to use the 7 day concussion IL instead? Probably not, but that’s my hope.

 

 

he hit the ground going 20 miles per hour. I think it’s to be expected to get a concussion in a car accident, but when a guy jumps out of a moving vehicle and gets a concussion he’s suddenly a wuss?

He's not a wuss, and this injury specifically has nothing to do with being fragile. But certain guys just never can stay healthy and he's one of them.

 

Nobody panic, this is exactly what Marwin was brought in for. Keep the guys healthy through the year so they're all ready to go in October. 

Agreed. Though it seems like Buxton and Austudillo are kind of the heart of the team. When they're inactive, there's just a little less energy.

 

Like it or not, this matters come contract time. How much money and how many years are you willing to risk on a guy who might be a couple collisions with the wall from his career being over?

 

How many times did we hear this about Hunter?

 

That said, I'm pretty sure Buxton has more accumulated DL time than Hunter did already.

 

he hit the ground going 20 miles per hour. I think it’s to be expected to get a concussion in a car accident, but when a guy jumps out of a moving vehicle and gets a concussion he’s suddenly a wuss?

 

I never said he was a wuss. I think he plays as hard as he can every game and I respect that, but he's just very injury prone. That's what I mean't by fragile.

 

How many times did we hear this about Hunter?

 

That said, I'm pretty sure Buxton has more accumulated DL time than Hunter did already.

The only extended DL stint for Hunter I can recall is when he broke his leg in Fenway Park. Granted, he probably had a few concussions that they didn't catch in 2003, 2004.

Saying he's a wuss isn't fair (which I don't think anyone did) but I would say he could do a MUCH better job of protecting himself. That's a skill and he doesn't have it. 

Saying he's a wuss isn't fair (which I don't think anyone did) but I would say he could do a MUCH better job of protecting himself. That's a skill and he doesn't have it.

debating the merits of judgement is perfectly acceptable. I too have doubts that he maybe would have been better to play that one off the wall. That play wasn’t gonna decide the game.

I hate brain injuries so much. Good luck to him. Be healthy!

Hoping so much this is being safe and smart protocol. We saw what concussions did to Morneau and Mauer. NOT that every injury and person is the same. And this injury to Buck shouldn't be thought of in that way at this time.

 

Going to sound stupid for saying this, but they weren't concerned enough to do an IL immediately. The optimist in my says this is mostly precautionary and he will be fine in short order.

 

LOVE the way he plays the game. Just...from time to time...I wish he would curb his passionate instincts and lay up a little.

 

Going to sound stupid for saying this, but they weren't concerned enough to do an IL immediately. The optimist in my says this is mostly precautionary and he will be fine in short order.

One thing to keep in mind is that the 7-day IL is pretty vague. It's almost as much a precautionary list as it is an injured list.

 

And once the team got to three days, they probably figured "what the hell, give him another few days" for roster fluidity.

There is nothing wrong with calling a player injury prone.  As someone who has 14 operations in the last 10 years and has made a career of leading outdoor adventures I can appreciate what it means to have injuries.  Here is an article on injury prone MLB players - many stars on this list. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1268685-15-most-notoriously-soft-players-baseball-players-in-the-last-25-years#slide10

 

It is so disappointing to see a Herb Score or Lyman Bostock career cut short.  The potential just hangs there, but no one can fill in the stats and get them to the Hall.  Here are players who had that terrible end to potentially great careers https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1262580-career-interrupted-top-25-mlb-careers-that-were-cut-short#slide5 would Munson make the HOF?  

 

Hopefully Buxton will stop being injured, but it is far from a given.  If injuries take his fielding and on base speed will he be worth having on the team?

There is nothing wrong with calling a player injury prone. As someone who has 14 operations in the last 10 years and has made a career of leading outdoor adventures I can appreciate what it means to have injuries. Here is an article on injury prone MLB players - many stars on this list. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1268685-15-most-notoriously-soft-players-baseball-players-in-the-last-25-years#slide10

 

It is so disappointing to see a Herb Score or Lyman Bostock career cut short. The potential just hangs there, but no one can fill in the stats and get them to the Hall. Here are players who had that terrible end to potentially great careers https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1262580-career-interrupted-top-25-mlb-careers-that-were-cut-short#slide5 would Munson make the HOF?

 

Hopefully Buxton will stop being injured, but it is far from a given. If injuries take his fielding and on base speed will he be worth having on the team?

I’m not sure how someone who makes a living writing about baseball could make a list like that without mentioning Lou Gehrig. Not to mention Kirby Puckett, Tony Oliva, Roberto Clemente. A lot of those guys simply got old and lost it.

I have always been a believer in Buxtons talent and the idea that he will become not a good player but a great one. But the injury thing is starting to get real. It's not simply bad luck. There are a lot of players who go all out. But they aren't always hurt. While he has unbelievable flat out speed, he seems to have no "athleticism". That may seem odd to say, but he is always slamming into a wall, not jumping into it. He doesn't seem to round his route at a wall, simply runs into it the like the coyote in the old Roadrunner cartoon. And when he falls/dives it always seems more like a crash. I know this seems piddling, and yes I wish I had his level of athleticism, but then again I am not playing CF in MLB baseball. His next great improvement better not be hitting the slider, it better be staying off the IL!

 

Ouch.

 

Buck never got back in a groove from his first injury, what was it, a hand, wrist HBP?

 

Yeah that's a good point. Had just been back about 1.5 weeks and hadn't quite returned to form. Now this. Still want him back, but history tells me that the guy might struggle a bit at that time. Crossing fingers, get well soon Buck!

 

I’m not sure how someone who makes a living writing about baseball could make a list like that without mentioning Lou Gehrig. Not to mention Kirby Puckett, Tony Oliva, Roberto Clemente. A lot of those guys simply got old and lost it.

Oh how I wish I could make a living writing about baseball, I make my living as an environmental education instructor for Hamline and a lecturer on the small cruise boats of American Cruise Line.  I just happen to love baseball, so thanks for giving me a dream job!  

 

You are right about Gehrig - the classic tragic story, but he was not injury prone, just disease destroyed.  Puckett was not injury prone, but like Gehrig went down with one bad stroke of luck, and Clemente was simply a victim of a plane crash while carrying out his great humanitarian work.  Oliva was down with his knees and is the closest to injury prone, but more a bad luck case of one fatal injury.  I have had four knee operations (one replacement) and I can empathize, but if Tony were playing today the medical response would have helped him to complete his great career as a HOF.