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Seamaholic
Wow. Can whomever has the voodoo doll with the Rockies jersey on please stop putting pins in it?
anon_coward
this happens to almost every team every few years
Mark Kelevara
Really? I don’t think so… Tulo and Cargo are the main reason why anyone would even go to watch a Rockies game at this point. They are the face of the franchise. While most teams do face the diliema of having certain players go on the DL or perhaps lose a star to season ending surgery it is RARE for a team to lose their top 2 players to season ending surgery. Imagine the Marlins losing Stanton to season ending surgery after already losing Jose Fernandez to TJ?! The Rockies are just unlucky, no other way to phrase it.
Portland Micro-Brewers
Stanton missed 2 months last year and if Jose had TJS last year they would had missed the same percentage combined as Tulo and Cargo combined this year. anon_coward is right most teams experience similar situations every couple years. I’d say it was more unlucky if Tulo and Cargo weren’t always missing large chunks of the season. Both players average under 120 games a year for their Rockies career.
KJ4realz
It really isn’t coming that two corner pieces go down with season (possibly more) ending injuries within the same week of eachother.
Injuries happen to all teams, but not normally like this.
Portland Micro-Brewers
Going into 2013 the Dodgers considered Matt Kemp and Hanley their two best offensive weapons and both played less than 90 games that year. Cargo and Tulo shut it down for the season because Colorado is the worst NL team. If they were in the playoff race both wouldn’t have opted for surgery without trying to get back for October.
Mark Kelevara
Yes, but did Stanton lose those 2 months to season ending surgery?!
The point I’m making is that it is rare to lose your top 2 players to SEASON ENDING SURGERY. I’m not talking about DL stints throughout the season, or even missing time. My point was strictly on the season ending surgeries that Tulo & Cargo are faced with…So while the Dodgers did suffer from having players like Kemp & Hanley injured last year, neither of them at any point of the season were ever lost to SEASON ENDING SURGERY. Now, imagine if that was the case? Again, rare.
Portland Micro-Brewers
They only took season ending surgery because the Rockies season is over! They’re looking up at the Cubs, Phillies and D-Backs in the NL. Of course these guys opted for surgery, 2014 has been over for Colorado since the AS break.
Karl Larson
It must be the Rocky Mountain air.
Seamaholic
It’s not just those two. VERY far from it. Cuddyer’s been out almost all year, and Arenado missed two months. That’s their four best position players. And then you get to the pitching. Sometime soon they’ll run their 15th starting pitcher out there (let that sink in for a second … who’s your favorite team’s 15th best starting pitcher?). It’s really 16, since another guy got hurt before he could make it to the bigs. It’s odd in that we have two really historic injury situations in the same year — Rangers and Rockies — but make no mistake, they are NOT normal.
Pete Harnisch
Most teams don’t build their team around injury prone players.
Seamaholic
I don’t think “injury prone” exists. Cargo and Tulo have had a half dozen major injuries over the years, and none have been related to any others. World class athletes do not have a generalized tendency to different injuries. A specific one that recurs, sure, but that’s not what’s going on here.
Pete Harnisch
I respectfully disagree. Some bodies can withstand a lot more than others. Those who get hurt more are “injury prone”. Brett Anderson comes to mind.
anon_coward
I believe it’s Joe Torre who will disagree with you. he wrote recently how today’s players work out too much and it results in injuries
Portland Micro-Brewers
This isn’t that rare and the only reason these guys opted for surgery so early is the Rockies being so far out of the playoffs. You bring up another team (Rangers) who have actually had it worse and that’s from only 2014. Last year Matt Kemp and Hanley played in less combined games and they were trying to get back in time for October. Greinke missed 6 weeks last year too. It’s not uncommon.
Kapler's Coconut Oil
There’s also the part where Tulo and/or Cargo get injured almost literally every year. That doesn’t happen to every team.
anon_coward
no biggie, they can’t go any lower than last place
oleosmirf 2
Rockies would be wise to trade CarGo for pitching. They really don’t need him anymore with the other OFs they have.
Douglas Rau
How are they going to trade him when he’s on the DL? Who is going to want to trade for him, now that he can’t help him this year?
oleosmirf 2
I was referring to the offseason obviously and there will be plenty of teams willing to trade for him in hopes he plays like he did before.
Blue387
The Rockies owe CarGo $16,000,000 in 2015, $17,000,000 in 2017 and $20,000,000 in 2018.
Douglas Rau
Colorado will go nowhere until they are out from under these contracts of this, albeit very good when they’re healthy but, injury-riddled duo.
Seamaholic
They’re both bargains, really. And the team is up around $100m in salary now. I don’t think that’s their problem.
I Believe We Can Win
Well, Brady Aiken is available next year. That’s a plus right?
steimel
I think the other Texas team will end up picking him. The Rangers are in very poor shape.
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
I’m going to go on record now and say the Rockies will not win the 2014 World Series.
JordanMantor
Bold prediction, man.
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
I try to live on the edge!
JayKay
As someone once said, “What could possibly go wrong?”
Gator4444
Well they’ll get Matuella to pair with Grey.
Ray Ray 4
Hopefully not. From what I have heard Matuella’s best pitch is a sweeping curveball which will NOT work as well at altitude. They need to get Dax Cameron first and foremost.
Chioakcisco
If I’m Arenado, I’m upping my medical insurance.
For now, it’s tanking time in Denver!
Mario Saavedra
The Rockies want to guarantee a first overall pick next draft I see..
DarthMurph
Cargo and Tulo represent the downside of locking up your young talent. If these guys aren’t at full strength, this team has a big uphill battle to deal with and these guys never seen to be at full strength.
Mikenmn
He’s only 28 years old. The contract looked like a pretty smart deal to start with–the last year he will play at 31, and then someone else could have paid him for his mid-thirty years. It’s the Tulo deal that looked(s) crazier. The risk of not doing the early signing is that his performance gets him huge arbitration awards, and then you lose him anyway. Tough call.
DarthMurph
It did look smart and it was, and certainly still is, a tough call. The problem is that the Rockies are dedicating around 30% of their payroll to two guys who should be major contributors, but can’t seem to stay healthy.
Locking up your core is an important thing to do for a team like the Rockies, but they’re options are pretty limited when that core can’t deliver.
Bleed_Orange
At this point it probably would be wise for the Rockies to start considering the future without Tulo. Gage trade interest at the winter meetings, or possibly wait and pray that he’s healthy all the way the to trade deadline next season.
anon_coward
who in their right mind will trade for a guy owed $100 million and a history of injuries? not even the yankees would make that trade
Bleed_Orange
When healthy (key word being “when”) he’s a top 10 player in the league. I bet there are plenty of teams who would take a chance on him.
formerdraftpick 2
It’s like the Final Destination team. Who’s next?
Spare Tire Dixon
How are Tulo and CarGo even trade targets at this point? Sure, both are great players, but the injury track records couldn’t possibly get CO the sort of return they would likely want for their superstars.