MASH Report (1/31/12)

Recent injury data

 •  Several reports are out about the health of Cole Hamels. First, he denies he was shut down this off season for shoulder soreness. The same article goes on and confirms he experienced some soreness while pitching this past September. No signs (low Zone% or loss in velocity) point to a major injury. Keep early tabs on him, but there is no reason not to draft/bid on him

 •  Derek Jeter says he is on pace to be ready by opening day. I expect him to be playing opening day. If he is 100% healthy will have to be seen.

 •  In some older, but relevant news, CC Sabathia may see an innings limit according to Larry Rothchild.

Rothschild also talked about Yankees ace CC Sabathia, who recently had arthroscopic elbow surgery after experiencing some pain in the postseason. The Yankees say they are confident Sabathia will be fine for the start of the season, but Rothschild said they may want to limit his innings.
“Joe [Girardi] and I have talked about it even going back to last year.,” he said. “This year we talked about it even more. When he had a chance to pitch on extra rest we did that. In the past he would pitch every fifth day almost all the time.”

Sabathia has averaged 200 IP over the past 6 seasons, but owners may want to temper expectations in 2013.

 •  Carl Pavano is out for an undisclosed time. Just stay away from rostering him for now.

 •  Finally, Jared Mitchell of the White Sox seems healthy and ready to burst onto the scene according to Rick Hahn.

‘We can’t possibly consider moving this guy, because he’s ready to bust loose,'” said Hahn during Saturday’s SoxFest Town Hall meeting. “Guys who have been working with him since he arrived here on campus are starting to get that excitement in their voice.
“He has a ton of tools, and it was always a matter at first of how quickly that development would happen. 

He missed the 2010 with a torn ACL. It is time to temper expectations and see if he can get his 41% K% projected by ZiPS in check.

Player Return Timetables

I added a few more pitchers who are recovering from Tommy John Surgery.

Name	Injury	Injury/Surgery Date	Early Return Date	Later Return date	Status	Source(s)
Scott Baker	TJS	4/17/12	Start of Spring Training	Opening day	Throwing off mound	(1)
Brandon Beachy	TJS	6/21/12	Mid June	Mid June	Playing Catch	(1)
Jeremy Bonderman	TJS	04/24/12	Late March	Late March	Healthy	(1)
Andrew Cashner	Thumb laceration	1/25/13	May	May	Rest	(1)
Carl Crawford	TJS	8/23/12	Early April	Unknown	Throwing	(1)
Kyle Drabek	TJS	6/19/12	Mid Season	Mid Season	Unknown	(1)
Danny Duffy	TJS	6/13/12	Late May/Early June	All Star Game	Playing Catch	(1)
Neftali Feliz	TJS	8/1/12	July	August	Playing Catch	(1)
Corey Hart	Right knee surgery	1/26/13	Late May	Late May	Rest	(1)
Daniel Hudson	TJS	7/9/12	July	July	Playing Catch	(1)
Drew Hutchison	TJS	08/08/12	August	October	Rest	(1)
Derek Jeter	Fractured Left Ankle	10/1/12	Late March	Late March	Fielding	(1)
Ryan Kalish	Shoulder Surgery	1/25/13	Early April	Unknown	Rest	(1)
Francisco Liriano	Broken humerus	12/1/12	Early April	Late May	Rest	(1)
Cory Luebke	TJS	5/23/12	July	July	Unknown	(1)
Ryan Madson	TJS	04/11/12	Late March	Late March	Throwing off mound	(1)
Brian McCann	Torn labrum	7/4/05	Opening Day	Mid April	Running and throwing	(1)
Charlie Morton	TJS	06/21/12	June	Unknown	Throwing	(1)
Juan Oviedo	TJS	09/06/12	September	2014	Rest	(1)
Felipe Paulino	TJS	7/3/12	Early July	Early July	Unknown	(1)
Carl Pavano	Ruptured spleen	1/25/13	Late March	Mid April	Rest	(1)
Mike Pelfrey	TJS	05/01/12	Late March	Late March	Throwing	(1)
Michael Pineda	Shoulder Surgery	5/1/12	May	Early July	Rest	(1)
Alex Rodriguez	Hip surgery	1/16/13	Early July	2014 season	Rest	(1)
CC Sabathia	Bone Spur	10/1/12	Late March	Late March	Throwing	(1)
Joakim Soria	TJS	4/2/12	Late May	Early June	Playing Catch	(1)
Eric Surkamp	TJS	07/24/12	Late July	September	Unknown
Tsuyoshi Wada	TJS	05/11/12	Late March	Early July	Unknown	(1)(2)
Josh Tomlin	TJS	08/22/12	August	2014	Rest	(1)
Joe Wieland	TJS	07/27/12	Early August	August	Catch	(1)
Brian Wilson	TJS	4/19/12	Unknown	Unknown	Not ready to pitch	(1)
Randy Wolf	TJS	10/30/12	2014	2014	Rest	(1)

Players Returning From Injury

Information will be added as it becomes available.

Players Playing Through Injuries

Here is the list of players who should exceed their power projections for 2013 because they played through injuries in 2012:

Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Howard, Cameron Maybin, Trevor Plouffe, Justin Upton, Paul Konerko, Dustin Pedroia, Luke Scott, Matt Kemp, Joey Votto, Mike Moustakas, Pablo Sandoval, Carl Crawford, Giancarlo Stanton, Jacoby Ellsbury, Evan Longoria, and Troy Tulowitzki