Gulp: Royce Lewis Leaves Opening Day Game With Right Quad Injury

I agree.  But I need to vent lol.  I know these things happen and there is probably no one person or training philosophy to blame.  But I am way beyond frustrated.  Let me at

least blame the " baseball gods" or someone.  Hopefully these players will get back soon.  Lewis?  We just can't have another good player wind up on any long term injury again.  We already have Buxton who's as fragile as a thin piece of glass.

I didn't see the game.  Is there a chance they were just using precaution?  

Couldn't this have just been part of the game recap/summary 

40 minutes ago, KirbyHawk75 said:

I didn't see the game.  Is there a chance they were just using precaution?  

Just saw the highlight. Pulled quad for sure. This sucks. 

I am guessing 3-4 months. He needs to go and we need to move on like we should have with Buxton. 

This will test how deep we felt this team was this morning. Someone will step up. Right?

To everyone who didn’t want to pay Farmer!  He fills in nicely for few weeks while Royce gets healthy!  
 

Where will Willi Castro get playing time!? Oh wait him and Farmer have 3rd after opening day

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I don't know why this is so hard. Or why it bothers me. 

It is a control thing. 

I am really curious on why so many people want to keep a player who has gotten injured time and time again. Why waste the resources?

4 minutes ago, High heat said:

To everyone who didn’t want to pay Farmer!  He fills in nicely for few weeks while Royce gets healthy!  
 

Where will Willi Castro get playing time!? Oh wait him and Farmer have 3rd after opening day

I am fine paying him the 6.25 at last year’s budget level. This year I would have prioritized the smaller budget differently.

Farmer needs to show he can hit right handed pitching. If not, he needs to remain in his short side platoon role and they must look elsewhere to replace Lewis. They can’t put a weak bat at a corner.

32 minutes ago, akmanak said:

I am really curious on why so many people want to keep a player who has gotten injured time and time again. Why waste the resources?

Because of his crazy talent and flare is why you keep him.

But what this latest injury shows us, myself included, is that Royce should not be extended a long term contract without multiple years of good health. You have to learn something from Buxton.

This injury is quite reminiscent of Joe Mauers injury in Game 2 of 2004. In a way.

16 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

so Miranda, Martin and Severino in that order

I don't think the Twins see Miranda as a third baseman anymore and have him at 1B. Severino is less ready than Martin IMO so I say it will be Martin.

38 minutes ago, DocBauer said:

And we can't bring up Lee, because he tweaked his back the last game.

In other bad minor league injury news. Canterino and Prielipp both on the 60 Day IL. 

39 minutes ago, DocBauer said:

(THROWS ARMS UP DISGUST)

WTH?!

We come in to camp almost 100% healthy and pretty much everyone is MOSTLY good until the last 2 weeks and suddenly Duran, Thielbar, (I know he was hurt early), and Topa all begin on the IL. And now Royce hurts a quad running the bases in the first game?!

Why, oh why, do the baseball gods pick on the Twins of all the 30 available teams?

I feel as bad for Royce as I do the team. 

And we can't bring up Lee, because he tweaked his back the last game.

(Heavy sigh)

I think Martin is the logical choice to come up. He play some 2B, as well as LF/CF and I'd play Castro at 3B most days. Keep Farmer in his role. 

Martin is not ready for Major League

1 hour ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

This injury is quite reminiscent of Joe Mauers injury in Game 2 of 2004. In a way.

That was exactly what I thought as soon as I saw it.