Max Stassi

[BTH]

Max Stassi's wife posted on Instagram, revealing why Max missed the entire 2023 season.

Glad to hear things seem to be better now.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyoemtAP-vybl9MGQ9fehpSNHIh3HvTn8hU8K40/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

 

[tdawg87]

Beat me to it.

Glad everything is going well.

[Tank]

good to know their son is okay. thanks for posting this.

[aznhockeyguy]

Damn, can't imagine.  Glad to see.

[full circle]

God bless the Stassi family. 

[Angels 1961]

I'm glad things are looking better. Nothing but best to you, wife and Jax. 

[ArkyAngelsFan]

This clears up a lot of our questions. Thanks be to God for this little guy's life!!

Many prayers for his health and that he can go home soon.

~ArkyAngelsFan~

[fan_since79]

3 months early at 1.5 pounds! What a critical and challenging situation!

Glad the little guy is improving. 

I was prepared to hear that someone had cancer or something similarly bad. Too much of that lately.

[bruin5]

God Bless Turner and the family.

[UndertheHalo]

All the best to them 

[johndw52]

Thats great news for the Stassi family. God bless them. Now lets all get behind a Max comeback. 

[Jason]

Wow! I’m glad to hear things are doing OK for his family. This just shows you how unimportant baseball is in the whole grand scheme of things. 

[REDneck]

Wishing you and your family well Max!

 

[DCAngelsFan]

That must've been so hard on the family - much respect to Max for being there throughout,  and very happy for them and that baby Jax will be home soon.

[Taylor]

Jax Stassi is a great baseball name.

[Mark68]

There are more important things in life than baseball. Glad to hear that everyone is doing well and that Jax is such a fighter.

[Blarg]

6 hours ago, Mark68 said:

There are more important things in life than baseball. Glad to hear that everyone is doing well and that Jax is such a fighter.

[Taylor]

14 hours ago, Taylor said:

Jax Stassi is a great baseball name.

It's also very Vanderpump Rules.

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

It's also very Vanderpump Rules.

Yes, my wife watches that show and I have no clue how you all find that stuff entertaining. 

[jsnpritchett]

This is a great article from Blum.

"He still needs to utilize a tracheal tube for most of the day, to assist his breathing. The expectation is that he’ll need it until he’s around 2 years old. He used a gastrostomy tube in his belly, which fed him. He still has it, but the family mostly feeds him orally now.

“Your heart is just so broken that he has to go through that,” Stassi said. “There’s always a piece of me — you just want the best for your kids. To see what he had to go through on a daily basis, my heart just hurt. It was one of the worst feelings ever.”

Gaby added they never asked the doctors about Jackson’s chance of survival, because they didn’t want to hear the answer."

...

"Last summer was the first since he could remember that wasn’t defined by showing up to ballparks every day and meticulously going through pitching plans. If Max’s hip hadn’t been injured, it would have taken an even stronger emotional toll to not be behind the plate.

He heard from nearly all of his Angels teammates and coaches. Everyone from Mike Trout to Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. Angels second baseman Brandon Drury checked in this week. Stassi was particularly grateful for then-manager Phil Nevin, who reached out frequently.

Everyone understood that his presence on the field was far less important than his presence for his family.

“I just couldn’t leave my family really,” Stassi said. “Obviously (Jackson’s) situation was No. 1. … I needed to be there to learn about all the care that he needed.”

...

"When Max flies to Chicago from Phoenix in March, it won’t be anything like the panicked flight he took a year prior.

That was the start of a pause in his career, an abrupt halt, at a moment when anything on the field felt unimportant. This trip will signal its resumption — now with a new meaning attached.

At some point this season, Jackson will come to a game and watch his dad take the field. Beyond that, Stassi hopes to extend his career as long as he can. Not for himself. But because he wants Jackson to see him play and understand what he’s seeing, and what it means.

Stassi left baseball last year to take care of the son that needed him. Now, he’s gotten his career back, and with it, purpose.

“It’s going to mean everything,” Stassi said. “To have him in the stands, that will be emotional. But I want him to be able to be with his dad at the field. That’s the coolest thing ever. He’s my motivation to keep going and keep working hard.”

 

[Erstad Grit]

With all the dumb decisions Angels have made, feels like they responded to Stassi and his requests with dignity. 

[Skram]

Wow, what a thing to go through. I can't even imagine.

[Taylor]

28 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

This is a great article from Blum.

"He still needs to utilize a tracheal tube for most of the day, to assist his breathing. The expectation is that he’ll need it until he’s around 2 years old. He used a gastrostomy tube in his belly, which fed him. He still has it, but the family mostly feeds him orally now.

“Your heart is just so broken that he has to go through that,” Stassi said. “There’s always a piece of me — you just want the best for your kids. To see what he had to go through on a daily basis, my heart just hurt. It was one of the worst feelings ever.”

Gaby added they never asked the doctors about Jackson’s chance of survival, because they didn’t want to hear the answer."

...

"Last summer was the first since he could remember that wasn’t defined by showing up to ballparks every day and meticulously going through pitching plans. If Max’s hip hadn’t been injured, it would have taken an even stronger emotional toll to not be behind the plate.

He heard from nearly all of his Angels teammates and coaches. Everyone from Mike Trout to Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. Angels second baseman Brandon Drury checked in this week. Stassi was particularly grateful for then-manager Phil Nevin, who reached out frequently.

Everyone understood that his presence on the field was far less important than his presence for his family.

“I just couldn’t leave my family really,” Stassi said. “Obviously (Jackson’s) situation was No. 1. … I needed to be there to learn about all the care that he needed.”

...

"When Max flies to Chicago from Phoenix in March, it won’t be anything like the panicked flight he took a year prior.

That was the start of a pause in his career, an abrupt halt, at a moment when anything on the field felt unimportant. This trip will signal its resumption — now with a new meaning attached.

At some point this season, Jackson will come to a game and watch his dad take the field. Beyond that, Stassi hopes to extend his career as long as he can. Not for himself. But because he wants Jackson to see him play and understand what he’s seeing, and what it means.

Stassi left baseball last year to take care of the son that needed him. Now, he’s gotten his career back, and with it, purpose.

“It’s going to mean everything,” Stassi said. “To have him in the stands, that will be emotional. But I want him to be able to be with his dad at the field. That’s the coolest thing ever. He’s my motivation to keep going and keep working hard.”

Watching two toddlers grow up right now, I can't imagine the horror, fear, and stress of this situation. I have mad respect for Max and his wife. 

[katie]

On 10/23/2023 at 7:08 AM, Taylor said:

It's also very Vanderpump Rules.

Damn. Iconic. 

[FromJapan]

Stassi and Ohtani exchanged greetings during the Dodgers vs. White Sox game on February 27th. This game was broadcast live in Japan.