Nick Gordon broke his thumb

[Thrylos]

And out for the E-town post season.  

Cannot even make it up...

[Dman]

I am starting to believe this team is cursed. Anyone with great potential always seems to go down. Hope it heals well and quickly.

[ashbury]

And out for the E-town post season.  

 

Cannot even make it up...

They don't have makeup games for the post season.

 

[Thegrin]

lololololololololol   

[jokin]

And out for the E-town post season.  

 

Cannot even make it up...

 

And presumably, out go September minor league instructionals, as well.  Unbelievable.

[Riverbrian]

Well... Nothing to do now but sit back and wait for the upcoming Berrios injury.

[70charger]

I guess, better now than in May?

 

Okay, it's tough to find a silver lining in this one.

[Seth Stohs]

And presumably, out go September minor league instructionals, as well.  Unbelievable.

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Correct. I'm sure he'll still be there though.

[Seth Stohs]

Well... Nothing to do now but sit back and wait for the upcoming Berrios injury.

 

I hope we're already past that one!!

[gunnarthor]

Since I'm one of the few optimists, I'll say that most teams don't have this many high level prospects to get hurt in the first place.

[Twins Twerp]

Not a big deal. Thumbs are better than wrist injuries. He will mis instructionals but will be back in a month or so. Nothing to be sad about

[Tuba]

From now on any twins prospect that shows any amount of promise is not allowed to use his hands. I think that's for the best. 

[Seth Stohs]

It wasn't his thumb. It was an index finger.

[jokin]

It wasn't his thumb. It was an index finger.

 

 

Big Difference.  Very good news, by comparison to a broken thumb, anyway.

[drjim]

Pretty amazing that the top 6 prospects all got hurt.

 

At least a finger is a lot better than a thumb.

[TRex]

Are we sure it isn't the finger AND the thumb?

[Monkeypaws]

Next "Twins top 10 prospects" should be recalibrated as "Twins Top Healthy Prospects." Santana and Vargas get high notes.

 

It is getting ridiculous.

[h2oface]

I guess it is time to trick the prospects, and the ones that should be in the top 10.......... just rank them 11-20.  

[diehardtwinsfan]

Injuries happen, and in this case, it's a broken bone, which is probably one of the easier ones to recover from. I guess I don't see the big deal with the lost time in instructionals. He's going to start in CR next year, so he's already pretty well advanced for an HS prospect, and the injury in question really doesn't have long term consequences.

[Steven Buhr]

I think the lost time in instructionals is primarily and potentially important on the defensive side. Instructionals is where prospects get to focus on learning nuances of their positions and whether that's refining his SS skills or getting some work in at another position, it's unfortunate if Gordon misses that time this fall, even if it is not a major hurdle in his path to the big leagues.

[iTwins]

Wow, yeah another injury is a bad thing but I surprised by the doom and gloom tone here. It's a finger injury. It's not major and it came at the end of the season, rather than the beginning. Bummer for Nick but that's all this really is - a bit of bum luck.

[Tibs]

Which hand is it on? It also depends where he broke it. I broke my pinky on my right hand (I'm right handed) at the middle joint and they said that is the worst finger and place to have a break. I had surgery and was in a cast for close to 4 weeks and then had a removable cast for around another 2 weeks. Physical therapy was hard and it took a couple months before it was close to being back to normal.

[Seth Stohs]

I think the lost time in instructionals is primarily and potentially important on the defensive side. Instructionals is where prospects get to focus on learning nuances of their positions and whether that's refining his SS skills or getting some work in at another position, it's unfortunate if Gordon misses that time this fall, even if it is not a major hurdle in his path to the big leagues.

 

I would agree with this. He'll get plenty of time to make it up, so it's not devastating, but it is lost time. It's unfortunate. 

[big dog]

Wow, yeah another injury is a bad thing but I surprised by the doom and gloom tone here. It's a finger injury. It's not major and it came at the end of the season, rather than the beginning. Bummer for Nick but that's all this really is - a bit of bum luck.

Yeah, agreed, but it's just one more stick on the enormous flaming bonfire of lost time for our top prospects.  By itself, this is not a huge deal, but in combination with Sano/Buxton/Meyer/everyone else, it's just starting to get really, really old.

[iTwins]

Yeah, agreed, but it's just one more stick on the enormous flaming bonfire of lost time for our top prospects.  By itself, this is not a huge deal, but in combination with Sano/Buxton/Meyer/everyone else, it's just starting to get really, really old.

 

I get that it's yet another injury, but I think we're making a mountain out of a mole hill on this one. Sano / Buxton / Meyer were bigger blows because all of them had a very good shot at making their big league debuts this season. The future faces of the franchise all having rough injury years can certainly get old (I'm with everybody on that front) and I agree, in aggregate, it could seem overwhelming / frustrating.  

 

This injury didn't cost Gordon a season like Buxton's did and it shouldn't set him back on his development, be a reocccuring problem or otherwise delay his path to the big leagues (which is still several years away).  

 

I'm just saying those throwing up their arms and declaring "Oh another injury disaster!" might be overreacting a bit. That's all.

[JB_Iowa]

I get that it's yet another injury, but I think we're making a mountain out of a mole hill on this one. 

 

Why should this be any different than anything else on TD?  We've got more mountains than the Rockies (and I don't mean the baseball team).

[bird]

That damn Rick Anderson.