Baseball injury news: Adrian Rodriguez to miss some time | Monday 10:25 a.m.

[Hank South]

 

[Hank South]

Hurt watching him wince on his swings this weekend. 

[SpurHorn]

This is a good thing. He needs to get healthy. He is no where near the player he was to start the year when he was far healthier.

[JMarquette]

7 minutes ago, Hank South said:

 

This needed to happen, he was hurting big time. I do wonder if Becerra moves to short and they put someone else at third.  

[ClubWhatever]

Who is the SS?  If it's Bacerra, then who is the 3B?  If that's Borba, then who is 1B?

[Tuco Ramirez]

Yes, who’s on first. 😉

Edited yesterday at 03:37 PM by Tuco Ramirez

[CJ Vogel]

Makes total sense, he never looked comfortable on swings and misses this year.

[CJ Vogel]

Texas says Rodriguez is considered "week to week" currently.

[Nikolas24]

Petition to put bases loaded out a day or 2 before the weekend series so we have more time to listen to it before the games. @CJ Vogel @Blake Munroe @Jeff Howe

[Nikolas24]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

Texas says Rodriguez is considered "week to week" currently.

Let him rest this week and hopefully healthy enough to play against a&m

[f1revo]

He didn't get the injury repaired in the off-season?

[cmk4pres]

I have a hard time moving Baccera but who plays SS. Livingston at 3rd? 

[WRNC]

14 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Who is the SS?  If it's Bacerra, then who is the 3B?  If that's Borba, then who is 1B?

Josh Livingston played first base for Wichita State over two seasons.

Shortstop (SS): Temo Becerra

Third Base (3B): Casey Borba

First Base (1B): Josh Livingston

Edited yesterday at 03:50 PM by WRNC

[jkates]

20 minutes ago, Hank South said:

Hurt watching him wince on his swings this weekend. 

You mean all season. I don't know exactly what's going on, but he's looked in pain the entire time, and it feels weird that he's been playing.

[CJ Vogel]

Rodriguez told reporters at the beginning of the season that he learned he didn't need to swing every day while dealing with the injury last year.

But beyond that the hand is clearly an issue.

This type of power has been noticeably absent.

 

[Alex Butler]

31 minutes ago, WRNC said:

Josh Livingston played first base for Wichita State over two seasons.

Shortstop (SS): Temo Becerra

Third Base (3B): Casey Borba

First Base (1B): Josh Livingston

Not a bad looking adjustment!! @CJ Vogel is he going to see the same doc that your boy Midteer saw asking for a friend @Joe Zura

[jlcollins519]

Courvillle or Larston at 1B

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jim]

Instead of shuffling the whole infield around, I’d look at moving Gumbo to short and leaving everyone where they’re at.  I always thought he was solid defensively but the bat kinda held him back.  Just spit balling here but Gumbo is already in the lineup and you have Larson on the bench opens up DH for the young catcher his name escapes me at this moment.  

[.45s]

7 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

Yes, who’s on first. 😉

Right, and what’s on second.  😆

[AZ Longhorn]

Circling back with info I learned elsewhere, in case y'll haven't heard. 

This "minor hand procedure" was indeed minor: simply removing the single metal staple that had been inserted in the surgery earlier this spring. It was done in 20 minutes yesterday. The rate-limiting step for a return to swinging is just how soon the incision location heals up. 

It seems there's a possibility that this meaningfully improves his comfort swinging. As he exerted a lot of force in a swing, the staple had to flex around those mobile mid-hand bones, causing pain. And then there's the secondary effect of inflammation from that mechanical irritation, plus perhaps some inflammation from the body rejecting the material of the staple.

The main thing is that this talented youngster figures this out long-term, for what could be a very long and special baseball career. It's been a full year-long injury already, all from a HBP against Missouri, for pete's sake! But I was encouraged even in the short term, for his contributing to a title run this season, with the simplicity of the procedure and return timeline... and the possibility that the pain might have been as simple as side effects from the staple, which is now gone!