Unless I'm mistaken he is also a Boras client/advisee so he has that form of insurance as well.
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Just saw he's officially ruled out for this weekend, but they're making it sound like it's more precautionary and not a season ending type deal. Maybe there's hope?
I am curious what his post-game treatment is. If he came off the mound good last outing, and suddenly couldn't go during his Tuesday bullpen due to residual soreness from Friday, it doesn't sound like a structural issue.
Here's the problem:
He didnt pitch last Summer.
He barely threw in the Fall
1 start into the Spring and he is being shutdown for an undetermined amount of time.
It sounds like they are delaying the inevitable. Had he had surgery in July- he would be 6 months into rehab already.
Can he just go ahead and have the surgery without it being torn?
The whole point of him not pitching was so he could get stronger so this wouldn't happen again. Obvious hasn't worked. If there is nothing there no MD is going to operate on him unless he is a quack. If there was something wrong and the MD found it JT and his family wouldn't delay having surgery I'm sure. There is no point in delaying the inevitable and no MD would recommend delaying surgery if that was the case.
So, do we have the pitching to compete for the sec now?
Lot of speculation on here but I’m not sure anyone really has any facts other than the young man is being held out today with what Lemonis describes as “soreness”. Maybe we should hold off until we actually know what diagnosis the orthopedic surgeons find.
This is pretty much where I am. Not so much on thinking they should have already had surgery, but just on the fact that it doesn't look real good for the possibility of us leaning on him at all this year. They've handled him with kid gloves since late last year and still are, and he is still not 100%.