MASH Report (9/3/15)

• September 1st is such a mess with all the transactions. A bunch of semi-hurt players came off the DL. Also, several minor league DL players moved to the MLB 60-day DL to increase roster spots. With no real reason to put players on the DL with the expanded rosters, I will try to keep track of those players in another table after the official DL players. I hope I got everything, but let me know if I missed anything.

• Mark Teixeira’s bone bruise is going to keep him out at least two weeks. Historically, hitters take a little longer to return, but the time frame is close.

• Evan Scribner will miss the rest of the season with a torn lat muscle and should be ready by spring training.

• I am not sure where the MLB teams are getting their return times, but players, like Maikel Franco and Giancarlo Stanton who have major wrist injuries, don’t make it back in less than a month.

• Shawn Kelley is likely out for the rest of the season.

• Enrique Hernandez is on the DL with a strained hamstring.

• Great read from Grantland’s Ben Lindbergh on Marcus Stroman’s remarkable recovery from ACL surgery.

The key advantage to this data-driven approach is its capacity to eliminate the therapist’s bias toward a particular timeline or sequence of exercises, allowing the athlete to progress not when his doctor estimates that his body is ready, but when his body announces it is. It also allowed the Duke team and Toronto’s training staff to communicate clearly and base their decisions on objective observations. “Because we used the data, we could train him 11 times a week in a progressive manner and really continue to make gains,” Butler says.

• Alec Dopp at Daily Gammons looks at how Mike Trout’s wrist may be affecting him.

… it’s clear that Trout is dealing with some level of discomfort in his left wrist. Ground balls are up to levels we haven’t seen in quite some time, and rather strangely, Trout isn’t taking advantage of middle-middle pitches like he did at one point. Instead, he seems to be conserving his swings for pitches he normally likes — down and in fastballs — though even those offerings overwhelmed him last month …

• Dirk Hayhurst examines the mental side of getting hurt.

However, there is not a lot of sympathy for players who can’t get healthy. Not from management or fans. If you’re AA and you want the best for you player but you also have a team making history, you have zero time for players who don’t want to be a part of what you’ve built.

Factor in confused, emotional thoughts, a Union that won’t let players get taken advantage off, and the implications of being a “quitter” for a players career = things get messy fast.

Velocity Readings

• Manuel Banuelos’s average fastball velocity is at his pre-injury level.

• Gavin Floyd’s velocity is up from his pre-Tommy John surgery levels

• Erik Goeddel’s is fine.

• Tim Hudson’s is up a small bit over his pre-DL levels.

Kyle Kendrick’s velocity is up 2 mph.

• Marcos Mateo’s velocity is on the low side.

• Bobby Parnell’s velocity is fine.

• Chaz Roe’s velocity is at a season low.

Players on the DL in 2015

The Red players have had updates since the last report. Click on the “Date” for a link to go to the latest article on the player.

Players who should be on the DL