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porplesmcgee
Washington will not be a serious player for Rizzo or Wieters?
mmlotto0707
What do you mean rizzo? Rizzo who?
ckdexterhaven
re: Strasburg
“It’s easy to imagine the growth serving as the root of many of Strasburg’s back issues in 2015”
I’ve had a “non-cancerous growth removed” from MY back. It was done on an outpatient basis, with only local anesthetic. The growth never caused me a moment of discomfort. I didn’t even know it was there for quite some time. It’s an assumption that this type of issue had anything to do with this athlete’s back issues. One can “imagine” it, but that’s far from it being a fact. I’ve also had back issues that were muscular in nature, and completely unrelated to the growth. So, there’s that.
mattdsmith
You seem like a generally unpleasant person. If it was a surgery to remove it and it was not done on an outpatient basis, it is easy to imagine it playing a role. But even if it didn’t, you made the point that he did say “it’s easy to imagine,” not that it’s known to have affected his play.
homeparkdc
IIRC, Strasburg’s first DL stint was a turned/twisted ankle that led to some mechanical issues. Then there was the neck, shoulder stiffness. Without all the medical details it’s really difficult to conjecture about the severity of the growth or it’s prophylactic removal.
Steve Adams
So your assessment of the situation is that every non-cancerous growth in someone’s back is roughly equal? And that despite the fact that as a professional athlete, Strasburg puts his body through more physical stress on a given day than 97% of the average population, it’s silly to think that such an issue could’ve led to some of his mound struggles because you had a relatively painless procedure? All of this despite not knowing where the growth in Strasburg’s back was specifically located, the size of the growth, etc.
Additionally, at no point did I claim that to be fact. I was, in fact, deliberately careful not to make such an assessment, given the lack of detail surrounding the procedure.
willi
Desmond gone, He had his chance and blew it, Next Stop New York Mets !
Philliesfan4life
I think he goes to the padres , or an american league team
homeparkdc
🙂 Rizzo is always interested in Ben Zobrist — like just before he traded for Asdrubal Cabrera, and then right before he traded for Yunel Escobar.