Michael Main -- injured ribcage

by tricer on Mar 18, 2008 12:10 PM CDT

Right-hander Michael Main, one of the Rangers' two first-round draft picks last summer, has a stress fracture in his rib cage. Main is not expected to pitch before late May.
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/

At least it is not the elbow or shoulder.

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Not that big a deal

Doesn't sound like they were planning on sending him to an affiliate before then anyway ala Kiker last year so it probably won't affect him too much.

by Steven on Mar 18, 2008 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

strange injury

for a pitcher.

by SteveP on Mar 18, 2008 12:32 PM CDT reply actions

Tim Wakefield

suffered a fractured rib cage in '06 and missed about 2 months.

by jparks77 on Mar 18, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Trivia

Kason Gabbard was called up from AAA to replace Wakefield in the starting rotation after the rib injury put him on the DL.

by jparks77 on Mar 18, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully

It has nothing to do with a throacic outlet.

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by Ed Coffin on Mar 18, 2008 12:33 PM CDT reply actions

Heh.

Not a problem for my pick to be the Ranger's #1 prospect next year.

I still can't imagine how to have a stress fracture in one's rib cage. Is he breathing to hard?

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by rooster on Mar 18, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

better the the ribcage than the elbow

not as bad as expected when i saw the diary with 6 replies already.

by DShep on Mar 18, 2008 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

Whew

You almost gave me a heart attack.

I was thinking TJ surgery, or worse.

What's the over/under on how long it takes for Dwyade to show up at Heat practice limping on the wrong leg?

by thedirkatron on Mar 18, 2008 1:09 PM CDT reply actions

I changed the title

Didn't intend for it to sound so ominous.

I guess my #1 wish for this season is rapid, injury-free development by the high ceiling young arms. It sure would be great if all those guys (Beavan, Main, Font, Feliz, Castillo) avoid injury and one of them just burst onto the scene and became a Kershaw type prospect.

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by tricer on Mar 18, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

by jparks77 on Mar 18, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Meh

Rib cage injury >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>shoulder injury >>>>>>>>>>>elbow injury

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by ghtd36 on Mar 18, 2008 1:26 PM CDT reply actions

Is that backwards?

"The back of our rotation ... One guy that couldn't break a mirror with his fastball and another that could break a mirror just by looking at it." - Tricer

by inactive lsb user on Mar 18, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I guess what I was saying was

A rib cage injury is far preferable to a shoulder injury, which is far preferable to an elbow injury.

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by ghtd36 on Mar 18, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Elbow should be in the middle

Rib Fracture - no big deal
Elbow - TJ surgery is often successful.
Shoulder - Worst thing a pitcher can have go wrong.

by Oracle Galvez on Mar 18, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

TJ can suck, but there's a pretty good chance a guy will come all the way back if given enough time.

Shoulder injuries are just plain scary. When I hear about a shoulder injury, the first thing that pops into my head is that the guy might be done for good.

What's the over/under on how long it takes for Dwyade to show up at Heat practice limping on the wrong leg?

by thedirkatron on Mar 18, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions