Matt Harrison out for the season with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 24, 2009 4:36 PM CDT
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Matt Harrison is out for the season with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
He's the third Ranger in recent years to deal with this, and I have to wonder if this is coincidence, the Rangers' medical staff picking up on something others don't, or what.
In any case, forget about him being back in the rotation in early August. Wednesday's rehab start is apparently the last time he'll be on the mound this year.
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Rangers have to lead the league
In ribs taken out of players.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Or, as Blalock put it, lead the league in syndromes.
It’s a shame.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jul 24, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blalock and Rogers
what was their rehab time and did they both receive surgery for this?
by Chris Hanes on Jul 24, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yes both had surgery
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fanpost
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Jul 24, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
also the fanshot I made earlier
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
by lisa w on Jul 24, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Rheinecker had it too.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 24, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rheinecker Rowdie
Saw Knoxie at the park on Wednesday and forced an awkward conversation alluding to our interview with him two seasons ago during a day game.
"Guys are visual creatures, that’s how we’ve been wired, for millennia…only fat and or ugly chicks use that word you just typed." - Rodney
by Chase Irwin on Jul 24, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well that sucks....
I was actually hoping that he could come back and make one solid start, and then be one of the chips traded for Halladay….(pipe dream I know)
BTW…why is it always a lefty that has this?
by death of the cool on Jul 24, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Blalock throws right.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 24, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paging Tommy Hunter...
…Tommy Hunter, your time to shine is here…
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Jul 24, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does this now make us more likely to trade for a starter?
I would think so.
We are probably still looking at someone cheap both salary-wise and prospect wise.
by death of the cool on Jul 24, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If they can't find a trade partner...
dare they convert Feliz back to starter?
by troysboys on Jul 24, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just afraid you would see the same things that we are seeing with Holland
too dependent on the fastball to be solid in the rotation
by texasraider on Jul 24, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not unless...
Harrison having surgery results in Hicks getting a few million.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jul 24, 2009 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to Wiki
The two groups of people most likely to develop TOS are those suffering neck injuries in motor vehicle accidents and those who use computers in non-ergonomic postures for extended periods of time. Young overhead athletes (such as swimmers, volleyball players and baseball pitchers) and musicians may also develop thoracic outlet syndrome, but significantly less frequently than the two large groups above.
I guess I’m due for it.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Jul 24, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so I either have
a bulging disc causing the pain down my left arm or TOS.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 24, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good
It doesn’t mention masturbation
by Evil Monkey on Jul 24, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you masturbate without a computer?
Imagination? I think not. Still gonna need TOS.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Jul 24, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as you do it ergonomically...
by Brett Perryman on Jul 24, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something tells me the Swedes have developed a chair for that.
Or some other gizmo you can get at IKEA.
by LoneStarHoosier on Jul 24, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn
That’s 3/5 of the season’s starting rotation out for a long time.
by troysboys on Jul 24, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
BMac, Harrison and ???
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 24, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hurley
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Jul 24, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee
NAO.
Way to not lurk and instead shit all over yourself during your first fanshot.
-FirebatM3 to Ryan2907. 6/3/09.
by SarasotaRanger on Jul 24, 2009 4:54 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Millwood, Padilla, Feldman, Hunter, Holland
With Moscoso, eventually B-Mac,maybe they try to stretch Jennings out. I think JD has to be working the phones for a veteran starter and a bat now. But they have to be cheap and not cost Smoak, Holand, Feliz, or Perez. Who is out there that fits that bill?
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Jul 24, 2009 4:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I'm guessing the Pirates are on JDs speed dial
Duke, Snell and even Capps and Grabow should they stretch Jennings or Feliz (doubt it) back out. I just don’t want to see Lizard or Benson making any starts for a team chasing the playoffs.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Jul 24, 2009 5:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I would be on board with Snell
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Duke
'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56
"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard
by hinduplaya on Jul 24, 2009 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Correia
I heard his name mentioned a while back as someone the Rangers have interest in. He would be cheap and they could control him but I can’t imagine he would be of any long term value for the team. I wonder what it would take to get Lannan from the Nats?
by pblack on Jul 24, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with Evan Grant
Ace SP or nothing at all. if they want a pitcher. I still think VMart would look good hitting behind Hamilton.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 24, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At what cost though?
Smoak plus what?
by N41D on Jul 24, 2009 5:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Argh
Harrison was the guy that I had put an irrational amount of faith in this year. I was sure that he’d take a step forward from being just one of those mediocre lefties the Rangers tend to run out there to someone who actually has the ability to solidly handle the #3 or #4 spot in a rotation. And it’s sad, because he actually had shown some signs of making that jump before his first injury.
Ugh. I’m annoyed.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jul 24, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You are always annoyed lately
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone has to step up
and be the #2 resident curmudgeon after Cahill.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jul 24, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn
I had lost hope on him being more than a fringe starter the rest of the year so it doesn’t exactly devastate my rangers hopes, but its annoying nonetheless.
Dutch, you’ve got to come up big. Sorry for the pressure.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 24, 2009 5:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Little harsh
He showed a stretch of what, 5 brilliant starts before going absolutely to shit in his last two?
Maybe he had clicked and the injury derailed him.
We can only hope he comes back and puts it back together after surgery, but he was currently a better rotation option than one of Holland/Hunter.
by Trickman on Jul 25, 2009 2:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harrison's career has turned into Gabbard...so long
by texasrfan on Jul 24, 2009 5:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Harrison has more talent
in his shoe than Gabbard ever had.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and he hasnt been screwed over by Richie Sexson
'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56
"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard
by hinduplaya on Jul 24, 2009 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
guess that’ll open up a spot on the 40-man
by shroomer on Jul 24, 2009 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy Happy!!!!!
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 24, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks Mr. Brightside
at least there’s that.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 24, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JR Richard
If anyone remembers, TOS is credited with causing JR Richard’s stroke and ending what could have been a HOF career. It’s serious shit.
by Evil Monkey on Jul 24, 2009 5:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As far as the 2009
team is concerned, I don’t think this is a big deal at all. It was already very questionable if Harrison or BMac would be pitching again this year in the majors. Furthermore, the rotation is set with Millwood, Padilla, Feldman, Hunter, and Holland IMO. Harrison has sucked this year outside of a 3 week long run at the beginning of the year anyways. I know a bunch of people here will freak out with me saying this, but I’m growing a little tired of hearing all the talk of how the Tex trade was one of the best of the last several years. I still think we made an excellent deal don’t get me wrong. But Harrison hasn’t developed as hoped and Salty hasn’t hit. Andrus has been excellent and Feliz looks like a TORP (but is far from a sure thing like all young pitchers) and might end up in the pen anyways. I don’t classify that as good deal as most have made it out to be. Sure Salty’s bat could turn around and Feliz becomes an ace, but these things are far from certain. Anyways this news doesn’t bother me at all.
by erikj07 on Jul 24, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I get tired of people referring to the Texas-Atlanta
trade as the Tex deal. It was the Mahay deal and Teixeira was a list minute add in. /Ron Mahay
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 24, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've had the thought before
that some medical specialists tend to diagnose whatever it is that is their specialty. I can’t help but wonder if there isn’t some guy that has spent the last twenty years of his life studying Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, and the Rangers keep bringing him patients with one or two symptoms familiar to him, and he keeps saying, “yup, just so happens he has it too.”
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 24, 2009 5:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was kind of wondering the same
If one or two symptoms fit “well you have tos, time to cut out a rib”
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jul 24, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...
Millwood
Pad’s, who will be injured again this year
Feldman
Tommy Boy
Dutch
Nippert, B-Mac, Benson, Mendoza….
Ok, look at that list above… Wouldnt you love to see Neftali at the front of this list? I understand what they are doing with him, but come on it would be nice…
by PM Productions on Jul 24, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we start leaving Mendoza off these lists?
I am canceling my mlb.tv and giving up on the Rangers the second he gets called up.
by ncrangerfan on Jul 24, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
forget the Dozer
but Moscoso needs to be at the front of that list. He’s having an impressive run thru AAA.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 24, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, I'm confused...
he’s actually making another start on the upcoming Wednesday?
Is it to see if he can actually play through this, or how much pain he’s actually in? I’m a little confused.
by tdi1985 on Jul 24, 2009 5:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he
meant last wed’s rehab start
by PM Productions on Jul 24, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
UGH.
"Guys are visual creatures, that’s how we’ve been wired, for millennia…only fat and or ugly chicks use that word you just typed." - Rodney
by Chase Irwin on Jul 24, 2009 5:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
if it's not the flu
it’s something else
Michael Young > Steve Garvey.
Nelson Cruz >Greg Nettles.
Elvis Andrus > Willie McGee.
Ian Kinsler > Darryl Strawberry.
i dunno, that's just really random.
by gossamer on Jul 24, 2009 5:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he just sneezed really hard from the flu
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jul 24, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh indeed
What’s amazing, though, is that we’re doing well despite all of these injuries. This team has starting pitching depth. Read that last sentence again , It wasn’t a mirage.
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by Conjunction on Jul 24, 2009 5:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't you know,it's all luck and defense?
by Too Legit To quit on Jul 24, 2009 5:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I feel alright about this
It doesn’t disrupt the team as much as someone who’d been starting, plus there is a nice winning streak going right now.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jul 24, 2009 5:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
random thought
Does harrison have options left? If there isn’t a trade and sheets is signed, then next year’s rotation is probably Millwood, Sheets, Feldman, Hunter, Holland. That would leave the following guys as bullpen/AAA rotation guys: feliz, harrison, hurley, B-Mac, moscoso, kiker with beavan, poveda, and kirkman at AA to start. That is some serious depth, plus you never know who they sign or deal for and the great Perez will still be charging hard.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Jul 24, 2009 6:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget Hurley
He will be in the mix somewhere.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Jul 24, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scheppers to AA as well?
With possible bumps for Perez to AA, and possibly others.
We’ve got a High-A, Low-A crunch right now, and have tandem starters.
Are we going to keep the tandem starts going when we get to the AA/AAA level? It’s just crazy.
by Trickman on Jul 25, 2009 2:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't say I'm overly sad about this, as inconsistent as Harrison was this year
I’m kinda more dissapointed we won’t be able to use him as a trade chip at the deadline than the fact that we won’t see him in the roto for the rest of the season.
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
by lonestarJon on Jul 24, 2009 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I doubt we'd get much for him
and we have plenty of 2nd and 3rd tier pitching prospects we can use instead.
I’m not overly upset, mostly because he basicly had a good handful of starts in the middle of the season, but was mostly a failed bit the rest of the time.
I do think the injury shows why its so amusing that folks were getting their panties in a bunch over the Benson starts. Rangers fans should be used to pitching being a battle of attrition, and eventually every decent prospect will get more than a decent shot at establishing themselves in the roation. We’ve seen 10 starters already, and we will probably see a few more before the year is out.
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by DJCahill on Jul 25, 2009 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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