JT Chargois Injury Update

[Minnesotatwins005]

Haven't seen this posted anywhere, but JT Chargois has a stress reaction on his pitching elbow and will be out several months according to Darren Wolfson.

 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/DWolfsonKSTP/status/875464478988677120

[ashbury]

Gah. I feel bad for him; I feel bad for us.

[Mike Sixel]

Too bad. Good luck sir.

[Tibs]

With his injury history I just hope he can be ready for next year.

[Bob Sacamento]

Alright, let me put my Doctor hat on for this one.  This is not a good thing, but the bright side is it could have been worse as stress reactions are a precursor to a  stress fracture so at least it didn't get that far.  Typically these cracks or fractures in bones occur when tendons or ligaments that attach to the bone are repeatedly overloaded by new training stress before they've adapted.  I've also seen pitcher's with stress reactions in their elbow that are caused from excessive hyperextension of the elbow.  For someone who makes their living throwing a baseball, it's not the greatest of news.  The best form of treatment at this point is rest and light stretching for the next 4 to 6 weeks.  Then slowly ramping back up over the following 2 to 4 weeks.  My medical guess is that JT is out of game competition for the next 2-3 months.