Royce Lewis talks about his injury

[ashbury]

21 hours ago, USAFChief said:

That said, it's absolutely, positively, unequivocally true that the amount of time players are missing due to injury is on the climb. And it seems to get worse by the year. More players, more injuries, more time. Pitching injuries are at a ridiculous level.

Concur.  It's one thing to acknowledge that pitchers throw in ways and at speeds not attempted more than a few times per game in the past.  But trying to score from first on a double in the corner?  That was old when Alexander Cartwright formed the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.  Royce and the braintrust need to figure something out pronto before any more of his prime years get wasted away.  The above discussion is broad and interesting, but the bottom line is he tried to do one of the fundamental things in baseball and made it as far as second base.

[Hubie29]

2 hours ago, ashbury said:

Concur.  It's one thing to acknowledge that pitchers throw in ways and at speeds not attempted more than a few times per game in the past.  But trying to score from first on a double in the corner?  That was old when Alexander Cartwright formed the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.  Royce and the braintrust need to figure something out pronto before any more of his prime years get wasted away.  The above discussion is broad and interesting, but the bottom line is he tried to do one of the fundamental things in baseball and made it as far as second base.

But according to some he's a great asset!  Just like my '65 Mustang in the shed without an engine.  But she sure is purty!!

[Schmoeman5]

22 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

Much of the increase in injuries is the new approach of going 100% 100% of the time instead of fluctuating. Especially with pitchers. More max effort for shorter bursts leads to max stress on joints and ligaments and muscles that wasn't there previously. That isn't just a baseball thing, it's a sports world thing.

Yes, something is very clearly not working with Royce. His body is a reasonable answer, though. That's my point. It doesn't have to be the training staff failing or him not putting in work or the highly paid professionals who study baseball specific movements for a living not knowing what exercises are right to keep guys healthy. Sometimes certain people's bodies just can't handle being pushed to the max of human performance. Buxton and Lewis look like they may have been cursed with bodies that can perform at extraordinary levels, but can't stay healthy while doing it.

Not sure what experts say but there has been studies done to younger athletes who focus on 1 sport vs multiple sports. The 1 sport athletes seem to be more injury prone. Some think it's due to over training. Some say it's not enough stretching. It does seem like there are just some guys who are more injury prone. That's just bad luck I guess. 

[AlwaysinModeration]

17 hours ago, ashbury said:

the bottom line is he tried to do one of the fundamental things in baseball and made it as far as second base.

Baseball players spend a lot of time stretching and jogging and doing dynamic stretching…way before the game starts.  Once the game starts, they spend a lot of time sitting and standing around.  Are their legs really warmed up properly for sudden max effort sprints when the (infrequent) time comes?  I think Ichiro always was, but not sure about everyone else.

[laloesch]

On 3/29/2024 at 2:47 PM, Road trip said:

It is not unique to the Twins organization or to Twins players, but MLB players as a whole spend far more time on the injured list now than they did a (half) generation ago.  It isn't even close.  And, no, I'm not talking about the medical dark ages..

From 1998 to 2015 MLB player days on the IL gradually rose from 22,000 to 30,000 days.  536 players spent time on the IL in 2015, a number that had been very gradually rising from 413 in 1998.

Then the big jump came.  Last year 821 MLB players spent time on the IL, and missed 44,661 days.

Something has changed.  It is fair to ask what, even if pinning down the answer(s) is difficult at this point.  I'm sure the GM's, trainers, nutritionists, agents, doctors and everyone else involved in MLB is searching for answers because injuries benefit no one, and keeping a roster healthy is a key to winning and increasing revenue at both an individual and team level.

Is it really that or are these guys just getting hurt because they start the season when it's cold out and it's hard to warm up when it's 35-40 degrees gametime?  Perhaps the better option would be to just go back to a 154 game season and cut out the late March early April games when it's still cold out?