A Six Pack of High-Impact Relievers for the Twins to Consider

[Doctor Gast]

4 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Is it or is it not fractures in his vertebrae?

The term "stress reaction" is used to make micro-fractures sound better. Miami put Luzardo on the 60 day IL almost immediately. 4-6 weeks is 28-42 days, and Miami really wanted to move Luzardo for cost savings and trade assets. Moving him to the 60 day IL makes it clear this is a serious injury, but this type of injury Luzardo is expected to make a full recovery. Stress reactions are very common in runners, especially new runners who ramp up too fast. Got them shins a barkin'

The first time I really looked into the stress reaction was good 'ol Miguel Sano. He gained a gazillion pounds, got moved to the outfield and literally broke his legs by running on them as a result. Stress reaction. A lot of his fans blamed a ball off the shin out of the batters box, but stress reactions are not acute type injuries.

Broken back is more accurate, IMHO. It gives the injury a clear definition. Fractures in bone. I'm not sure what Nick Paparesta has to do with Jesus Luzardo's recovery from his injury? Lee Meyer is Florida's head trainer. You might take broken back to mean spinal cord injury, but they're not the same.

A broken back normally means spinal cord injury, fractured vertebrae is a different thing & lumbar stress reaction is another.

If we trade for Luzardo (as I suggested) he becomes Twins's property therefore Paparesta becomes his trainer.

I was not aware of stress reaction related to Sano & I couldn't find anything related. But I'm glad you stated that stress reaction isn't an acute type of injury.

[bean5302]

7 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

A broken back normally means spinal cord injury, fractured vertebrae is a different thing & lumbar stress reaction is another.

If we trade for Luzardo (as I suggested) he becomes Twins's property therefore Paparesta becomes his trainer.

I was not aware of stress reaction related to Sano & I couldn't find anything related. But I'm glad you stated that stress reaction isn't an acute type of injury.

Not sure why you feel like normal back fractures involve spinal cord injury. The Twins should definitely avoid Luzardo. He's not what the Twins need, and he's going to be overly expensive.