David Murphy with "mild groin strain"
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 30, 2010 12:57 PM CDT
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David Murphy's MRI apparently indicated that he has a "mild groin strain," and is day-to-day.
At this point, I'm guessing Murphy doesn't play again until the playoffs, other than maybe a few innings on Sunday to shake off some rust if the medical staff feels he's all the way back.
The injuries to Murphy and Josh Hamilton, though, do lead to a question about the outfield alignment, and could lead to Julio Borbon being forced into full-time action, after the assumption up to this point having been that Borbon's playing time in the playoffs would be limited.
Hamilton, of course, had been playing a lot of centerfield in the second half of the season, and was playing center when he collided with the wall and was put on the shelf.
Murphy is a corner outfielder who can play some center in a pinch, but really isn't equipped to handle centerfield.
There was some thought that if Hamilton was limited by his injury, Murphy could play center some in the ALDS. But if Murphy is nursing a groin injury, and Hamilton isn't 100%, then the Rangers' only centerfield option ends up being Borbon.
Too early to say at this point, but this is a situation that bears watching as next week rolls around...
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I feel there's a Wily Taveras mention coming up somewhere soon.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
I think you have to do this if Murphy isn't available
My main concern would be what to do if Borbon got injured during the series. What are the rules again on players getting injured during a series? Either way, you’d need to do something for the game he got injured and I really don’t want to see Hamilton anywhere near CF.
I do think his getting injured in CF is a little fluky as I don’t really see why he should be getting injured so much more there than in LF but it does keep happening.
if someone gets injured during a series he can be replaced with a player who plays the same postions..the player who got hurt is not eligible for the next series.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Yes, I am 99% sure.
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"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I'm good with rolling with Jules.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I wasn't really following it
but what happened with endy chavez? Was he just terrible in the minors? Did he get injured again?
injured again.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions
QUICK! Somebody remove all the sharp objects
from JWs kitchen.
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Don't
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Day-to-day is better than the alternative
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isnt this picture taken where most of you guys seats
are for the ALDS series?!?!?!? KIDDING!
by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 30, 2010 1:15 PM CDT reply actions
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by RangersSD on Sep 30, 2010 1:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
guys perhaps better suited to part time roles
are going to have to produce if the Rangers are to win. C, 1B, and in the outfield, and the bottom of the lineup will continue to be dicey at best.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
ditto
or Paul O’Neill
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
No
I’m just thinking of how popular O’Neill and Brosius were with Yankees fans because of some big postseason performances. Murphy is having the kind of year Brosius had in ‘98 in some ways. I’d love for him to have that kind of postseason.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Or Billy Hatcher!!
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
See Below you...
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Or Billy Hatcher
Hit .750 in the 90 World Series vs. the A’s
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Dang
Nice call sir. Didn’t mean to try to steal your thunder….didn’t see you until after I hit it.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
I hate you
Not really. Yes I do.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
My brother was a die hard Eric Davis fan
So we were dialed into that World Series more so than most.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
That was my first World Series
Where I really had sport consciousness. I had just turned 7. I remember not understanding why pitchers got to bat in the World Series.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
That's fun
I was 8. Hatcher was sick though. The only thing similar that my blurred young memory recalls is Brian Downing in ’91 for the first couple of weeks or so.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
I know I'm in the minority here but in the play-offs I'm rolling with my best defensive team and that means Borbon in CF.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
This is what I mean. This is not a good analogy,
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm rolling with the best team
and that means a Murphy/Hamilton/Cruz OF if all are healthy.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I'm rolling with the best team considering all situations. (Hamilton, Borbon, Cruz)
1) Keeping Hamilton healthy.
2) Let me repeat #1, most importantly.
3) Defense in CF.
4) Situational hitting.
5) Defense in LF.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
6) Bench Bat
or is that included under the umbrella of #4?
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by Jose Cardenal on Sep 30, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
That isn't the best team
considering it’s a short season now, I play the best players, and sit the guys who aren’t so good, like Borbon.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
by DJCahill on Sep 30, 2010 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kenny Powers
Taint Tattoo should be the good luck charm.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 30, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
My inner Dirkatron says...
Penis.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
maybe they are saving it for October
let’s hope
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Since the Rangers medical staff
seems to downplay injury timelines, Murphy won’t be available for the playoffs.
/ducks
Agreed
/standing proud
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio," Washington said. - After Borbon dropped a fly ball with one out in 9th of the AL West clinching game against Oakland As. 09/25/10
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 30, 2010 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Why in the hell would you take Josh out of CF?
You can flank him with Frenchy & Cruz and be good defensively and much better offensively.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
it all comes down to how healthy josh is.
we will know by sunday.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 30, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Certainly - that is the key, but he scares me out there, badly.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
For game 1
Then suspended for the rest of the playoffs
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
I've been thinking about that
An epidural (which is what Josh got for his ribs) is typically an opioid delivered directly into the spinal cord. I wonder if since it’s a local injection than it isn’t an issue in terms of addiction.
Anyone out there with a more advanced medical knowledge got an answer?
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by Desert Ranger on Sep 30, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I may have answered my own question
There is apparently another type of epidural injection with a local anaesthetic and corticosteroid. Perhaps that’s what Josh got.
"Embarrassing admission: I have never, ever, ever been able to see a guy's aura. That's right. I...am an aura-blind American." -Junior, FJM
by Desert Ranger on Sep 30, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
He got a nerve block
Its an injection of local anesthetic at the nerve. Deadens the whole area. I had a nerve block in my leg for one of my knee operations. A tiny little injection near the hip, and my whole leg was numb for 24 hours. It was weird.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio," Washington said. - After Borbon dropped a fly ball with one out in 9th of the AL West clinching game against Oakland As. 09/25/10
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 30, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool, thanks
The reports said “epidural nerve block injection”. I wonder if they just threw epidural in there for the hell of it cause that would indicate the injection was in the spine.
"Embarrassing admission: I have never, ever, ever been able to see a guy's aura. That's right. I...am an aura-blind American." -Junior, FJM
by Desert Ranger on Sep 30, 2010 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmm. More reading.
http://www.treatingpain.com/diagnosis-and-treatments/epidural-nerve-block.html
Could be the injection was for back pain. They mentioned a few times that a lot of his discomfort was because his back was in spasm. It sounds like the kind of epidural in the article above provides longer lasting relief than the nerve block I got. And if the effects spread out from the spine a bit, then it could also relieve any pain from the fractures themselves.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio," Washington said. - After Borbon dropped a fly ball with one out in 9th of the AL West clinching game against Oakland As. 09/25/10
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 30, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Bullshit.
Tampa routinely took extra bases this year v Judy and they’ll do it again.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
So wrong!
You excpect an unhealthy Josh Hamilton, who can run into walls and aggravate his knees on turf from backing up fielders in left and right field, to stay healthy. The best outfield possible defensively is Hamilton in left, Borbon in center and Nellie in right. The thing that gets Borbon in trouble is not hitting the cutoff man quickly, and with a little mental sharpness on his part he can do that.
Aren't there walls in LF ? Isn't there turf in LF as well?
Borbon has a terrible arm, routinely throws to the wrong base and isn’t very smart.
You are asking too much of your offense if you put three Black Holes like Judy, Tiny E and Treanor/Molina in it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Watching balls fly past David Murphy's outstretched glove...
the last time he was in center reminded me of watching Roy Williams (the safety) running, in futile fashion, 10 yards behind the receiver to the end zone on another blown pass coverage. It’s something I don’t want to see.
Center is a more physically demanding position, I don’t see why you’d want Josh there with questionable health.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
x
start Borbon and if we need offense later in the game put Murph in and move Josh to center. I see no other way.
I would think...
you’d possibly pinch hit Murphy for catcher or Frenchy for Borbon, necessitating a move. But I say go with the best defensive alignment without unreasonably hindering the offense.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Josh will have had a month off
and there are plenty of off-days in post-season.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Hamilton doesn't run into those walls.
Borbon is batting .341 last 30, .281 on season and .290 lifetime, he isn’t a black hole and I would much rather have Borbon up in a key situation than say MY.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Drinking Early?
I was ok until
I would much rather have Borbon up in a key situation than say MY.
I count myself as an LSBer and if I need to hate myself more than I already do, I need to be aware of why. ~ Evan Grant
by Jose Cardenal on Sep 30, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
No contest actually! MY sets the bar pretty low in situational or clutch hitting.
RISP .286 .270
GIDP 6% 16%
Adv 3B 71% 50%
Adv 2B 74% 51%
Clutch +.19 – 1.09
GIDP 6% 16%
Borbon is better in every category of situational or clutch hitting. So yes I would rather have Borbon up there in those situations. No drinks for me.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
If the Rangers...
open in Tampa, Josh’s knees will implode.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 30, 2010 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
As will the heads of the advertising execs trying to sell ad space for those games.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
what? isnt the trop astro-grass?
its not the old carpet-turf…… i i think thats blown wayyyyyyy out of proportion.. i played on the astro-grass for years and its better than grass imo. predictable too.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 30, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Plus you can play 9 innings on it then get stoned to the bejeezus on it
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by Dirk Diggler on Sep 30, 2010 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
NYY or Rays
Lets hope they are tied going into Sunday. If so, it couls be Pettite or Garza in game 1.
NY
Th: off
F: Pettitte
Sat: Burnett
Sun: CC
Rays:
Th: Garza
F: Shields
Sat: Davis
Sun: Price
I don't know
If I were them I’d rather sacrifice the division championship and start my #1 in the playoffs, especially best of 5 in the first round. AL East crown doesn’t matter, advancing in the playoffs does.
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by Desert Ranger on Sep 30, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Right
Both teams list Sunday’s starter as TBA. Is HFA important enough that you would waste your #1 starter? If they pitch on Sunday, they would be on 3 days rest to even pitch in Game 2 of the ALDS.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio," Washington said. - After Borbon dropped a fly ball with one out in 9th of the AL West clinching game against Oakland As. 09/25/10
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 30, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I leave the specifics to the more stat oriented guys in here
But the short answer is: Very little
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
It means something...
but not enough to throw your rotation out of whack to get it.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 30, 2010 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Just listened to that on radio and said since wild card team with HFA has a losing record in both rounds prior to Series.
"Borbon in CF gives us a much better fielding outfield in both CF and LF. It keeps Josh out of CF, which alone would make it better for Borbon to be out there."-- DD Aug. 2
by diamond_dave on Sep 30, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean Wednesday/Thursday?
Day off Friday for travel…
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by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 30, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Oooops.
heh.
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by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 30, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I for one, want no part of Murphy in CF
I’d much rather play Borbon in CF even if there was no injury. The only other option is Hamilton imo which is ideal against a lefty where we could play Frenchy
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