Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes has partial elbow tear

[fan_since79]

Not even Spring Training yet, and a pitcher experiences elbow soreness. They're waiting on an MRI to see if he needs TJS.

The Cardinals will take a bit hit.  He'll miss the entire season at a minimum.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18684594/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-alex-reyes-partial-tear-ligament

[Troll Daddy]

Angels passing the baton to St Louis

 

[Blarg]

3 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Angels passing the baton to St Louis

 

[Ohtaniland]

12 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Angels passing the baton to St Louis

 

We are not out of the woods yet with Skaggs or Richards. 

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, CALZONE said:

We are not out of the woods yet with Skaggs or Richards. 

Last I heard they were good to go.

[Ohtaniland]

8 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Last I heard they were good to go.

Good to go meaning that they've both had procedures done and there's nothing else that can be done for them so let's roll the dice and let them play.

Skaggs is going to be a crapshoot. Last season he was temporarily shut down because of an elbow strain and then the diagnosis was changed to forearm tightness. In the recent article about his workload Scioscia said "he's healthy" and "if he's healthy"  in determining the extent of his workload. That tells me that they're not sure what they're going to get out of Skaggs. I personally think Skaggs would be a tremendous bullpen piece for a shutdown 7th or 8th inning guy. I don't think he will ever be a workhorse type starting pitcher. 

Richards had the stem cell procedure and may have to change his pitching approach to avoid reinjuring himself. That may require a different arm angle or throwing a lot less high velocity pitches. Either way both of these guys are going to at risk on every pitch. They're both going to be watched very carefully.

[mulwin444]

You don't know when a pitcher, any pitcher, will injure himself - they're all pretty much ticking timebombs - but, please, be vigilant and hyper-focus on these two all year...hopefully even posting in threads in which their status is not relevant.

[fan_since79]

Reyes got hurt a week before he was to report to camp. Are these guys so fragile that they tear their elbows playing catch??

On the other hand, maybe some pitchers aren't supposed to have a 100-mph fastball and five other pitches in their repertoire. Maybe coaches are asking too much from some of these young men.

[Docwaukee]

he was supposed to have played for Licey in the DR this winter and then he was going to play in the WBC which means he basically stayed cranked up all off season.  

I wonder if there is a correlation between frequency of TJ and players who play winter ball.