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  1. Post-Concussive Blues
    Just to clarify, and then to speculate. The achilles tendon attaches the calf muscles to the calcaneus bone on the back of the foot. We call this area the heel. In general, lacerations on extensor surfaces of joints (like the heel, knee, elbow, etc) are under increased tension, and have a tendency to pull apart when the joint is flexed. We often leave sutures in place much longer on these types of lacerations to ensure good skin strength prior to removing them. The achilles tendon is very superficial under the skin in this area. This end of the tendon is relatively avascular (has poor blood supply), and is slow to heal from injury. The rate of wound complications and poor healing from primary tendon repair after achilles rupture is actually quite high—high enough that achilles tendon repair is falling out of favor for many orthopedic surgeons. One could imagine a non sterile, non surgical wound sustained from a cleat or metal stairs would also be high risk for complication. I speculate that Sano’s heel laceration may have involved a partial tendon laceration, which is why they are immobilizing his ankle two months later. The medical team wants the tendon and overlying wound to heal fully before stressing it with the rigors of quick twitch first step moves on the hot corner. If he were to rush back, he risks a chronic heel wound, or complete Achilles’ tendon rupture.
  2. Post-Concussive Blues
    Seems like a good deal—I don’t think two year contracts can ever be bad for a team. Who gets bumped from the 40 man? This should balance our line up a bit too.
  3. Post-Concussive Blues
    I think his full name is ‘AL Comeback Player of the Year’ Michael Pineda.
  4. Post-Concussive Blues
    Span is also married to a gal from MN. Just saying...
  5. Post-Concussive Blues
    I understand the trend of not paying free agents huge dollars for past performance that they almost certainly will not continue to provide into their 30’s, when a team can pay players in their first 6 years almost nothing for similar performance. That said, now that the bottom has fallen out of the free agent market, why not sign an MLB player for our OF? Why must we debate between three flawed, marginal upside players for the 4th spot? We don’t even need the player to be a plus defender, since Rosario and Kepler can play CF too. Here are four players I would rather have on the roster than Granite, Cave, or Reed: Adam Jones, CarGo, Marwin, Denard Span
  6. Post-Concussive Blues
    Adam Jones will play RF. Kepler in CF. Buxton will be our 4th OF.
  7. Post-Concussive Blues
    Sign them all!
  8. Post-Concussive Blues
    I think 1 year/$14 million is way more than he will get, coming off a bad year with loss of velocity. Maybe 1 year/$9 million, or two years/$16 million are more realistic. That said, I’m not advocating the Pohlads save money. Please, go ahead and bring in good players to make our team better!
  9. Post-Concussive Blues
    Yes to all. Well, maybe not Cahill.
  10. Post-Concussive Blues
    Is this some kind of split contract? Or do we cut Adrianza if he doesn’t look great in the Spring?
  11. Post-Concussive Blues
    Seems like a good buy-low signing.
  12. Post-Concussive Blues
    MLBTR predicts McCutchen (and Brantley, FWIW) get 3 years/$45 million. I would be just fine with McCutchen as part time corner outfielder, part time DH.
  13. Post-Concussive Blues
    It’s happening?
  14. Post-Concussive Blues
    Kirilloff and Lewis both look like they are going to fly up the national prospect rankings. Let’s hope they can sustain this level of success.
  15. Post-Concussive Blues
    Anthony Seigler is pretty impressive.
  16. Post-Concussive Blues
    Berrios and bullpen looking good!
  17. Post-Concussive Blues
    LaMarre until we claim Trayce Thompson.
  18. Post-Concussive Blues
    Pineda is late season depth too
  19. Post-Concussive Blues
    I think he gets outrighted from the roster, and does not get claimed.
  20. Post-Concussive Blues
    Dagummit!
  21. Post-Concussive Blues
    It’s hard for me to imagine an 18 year old prospect at low A (Lewis) is worth more than Berrios, Sano, and maybe even Rosario and Kepler, given their years of remaining control and having already proven themselves (at least) as MLB regulars. Am I undervaluing Lewis?
  22. Post-Concussive Blues
    No thanks
  23. Post-Concussive Blues
    So, can he be placed back on the 60 day DL to start the season? I imagine he can refuse a minor league assignment if healthy, and he can’t be retained off of the 40 man roster by passing through waivers, so he’d just be released if we don’t roster him on the 25 man.
  24. Post-Concussive Blues
    We would be unlikely to win a multiple game series against the Yankees this year, but for one game, I have to think we have something like 40% win probability. Nearly a coin flip! I bought ALDS tickets, like many of you!
  25. Post-Concussive Blues
    Anyone not under guaranteed contract next year can be up for grabs since none of our impending free agents are worth a qualifying offer. Dozier will help us win next year, but might be redundant if Polanco can hit again, and if we tender Escobar, with Gordon in the high minors. So, listening to offers on Dozier makes some sense. We can't really expect any of our internal options to replace his bat completely though. Santana can't be replaced in terms of production and reasonable contract this free agency season. We'd really be shooting ourselves in the foot trading him away unless we got back a higher ceiling, MLB ready arm, which seems unlikely.
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