Tyler Skaggs

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Taylor Blake Ward ‏@TaylorBlakeWard 1m1 minute ago

Tyler Skaggs will have MRI tomorrow, he has left forearm soreness #Angels

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[gotbeer]

/sigh.   This season just needs to end.

[fan_since79]

This is way beyond surreal at this point.

 

[Ohtaniland]

He'll be fine.

 

[Angel Oracle]

That's it, I give up!

Now watch Arte sign three mediocre starters to long contracts.

[Richard]

Cue Barbaro video

[fan_since79]

We should have a fairly decent rotation by 2020, the way things are going.

 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Time to put Skaggs out to pasture. 

FUCK!!!

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I guess...IDK..wtf is going on here? 

[Docwaukee]

I long for the days when we equated forearm soreness to Tdawg in a mike trout thread. 

[Angels#1Fan]

Jesus..this has just been crazy. 

Hope it's not serious.

[Angelsjunky]

I have a nagging fear that Skaggs will never have much of a major league career.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

They said Koufax had arthritis in his elbow but they didn't have MRIs yet. If they did the UCL surgery maybe known as the Sandy Koufax surgery.

[Oz27]

" Previous TJS?: This is a count of how many times the pitcher has gone under the knife. While only a small percentage of pitchers have Tommy John Surgery in their career, it strongly predicts a second surgery. Since 2010, there have been 10,000+ pitchers in the majors and minors combined. In that time, about 560 pitchers in the minors and majors have had TJS, and 57 were repeats. So the ratio of MLB and MiLB players to TJS victims is about 5%, but the repeat rate is over 10%. In other words, TJS begets more TJS. "

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/02/predicting-tommy-john-surgeries.html

Let's hope the news is better than that, hey? It really feels like we've been here before though - http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-angels-tyler-skaggs-disabled-list-20140801-story.html

[wopphil]

Could just be that his arm is tired from throwing so much for the first time in two years. Seems unlikely he'd need another TJS so soon after the first.

[NachoPop]

Trade him to Dipoto again. Third times a charm

[totdprods]

9 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Could just be that his arm is tired from throwing so much for the first time in two years. Seems unlikely he'd need another TJS so soon after the first.

I dunno, I'm recalling I think an A's pitcher and a Braves pitcher or two who needed a second TJ before they had even returned from the first. Jarrod Parker and either Beachy or Medlen? Can't quite recall.

This really sucks. Hopefully it's just fatigue and Tyler being very aware and cautious, as he should be. We can't afford to have pitchers (especially Skaggs, Richards, Shoe, or Meyer) try and hide or push aside any symptoms or issues right now, and that's why I'm advocating signing a durable innings-eater get SP for next season. 

[Lou]

Thre have been about 40 players that have had two TJ surgeries 

[Ohtaniland]

< Shoot - the - Shit > 

 

[nando714]

Thanks Dipoto

[Ohtaniland]

42 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Could just be that his arm is tired from throwing so much for the first time in two years. Seems unlikely he'd need another TJS so soon after the first.

In a season that tanked so quickly I asked in a post 2 months ago what the rush was to bring him back this season. Got some interesting responses. 

[DMVol]

47 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I dunno, I'm recalling I think an A's pitcher and a Braves pitcher or two who needed a second TJ before they had even returned from the first. Jarrod Parker and either Beachy or Medlen? Can't quite recall.

I think both Beachy and Medlen had 2....as the articles linked above indicate, it happens...

[zenmaster]

Can he throw righty?

[Ohtaniland]

36 minutes ago, DMVol said:

I think both Beachy and Medlen had 2....as the articles linked above indicate, it happens...

If he needs a 2nd surgery 2018 is going to be a crapshoot for our pitching staff. 

[totdprods]

If he needs surgery again, my offseason SP goal shifts from a cheap innings-eating vet to either signing Ivan Nova, or pulling off a trade, somehow, for a solid young SP.