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Solomon
So Richards is out all of 2017?
GeauxRangers
Basically
theo2016
Hence trade trout talk.
halos101
I’m seeing a few people say that he could be back in 6 weeks if all goes perfect. Man wouldn’t that be a great turn of events
Logan10braves
He’ll be shutdown for 6 weeks. He won’t be back for probably another 2-3 months.
Jeff Todd
Still unclear, but my sense was more that he’d take a six-week layoff and work back from there. Regardless, seems to be pretty dependent upon how the treatment takes and how he’s feeling, and he’ll need a full minor league ramp-up as well.
halos101
I know it’s unlikely but if he came back in 6 weeks that would be such good news
stl_cards16 2
He’s being shut down for 6 weeks. That means no baseball, at all. So they’ll evaluate him at that point. If things are looking better, he’ll begin a throwing program. Best case scenario would be about 10 weeks until he returns. Worst case is they try rehab for 8+ weeks and he ends up needing surgery.
cubsfan2489
How do you figure? He’s doing this instead of the surgery, which would have made him miss all of 2017.
theo2016
Surgery is about a year meaning he could be back for 2nd half of next year. There is probably a 50/50 chance he needs surgery after this anyway in which case he will 100% miss all of next year.
cubsfan2489
I disagree, at least about the 50/50. Look at Tanaka for the Yankees
willm
Bold move Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.
Ace of Spades
Rather him get the surgery now. Don’t waste your prime years in and out of the DL
scardiesel
Should just get the surgery… He’ll end up just being out longer now. Just watch
angelsinthetroutfield
If he was likely to be out all of 17 anyway how does this hurt? Worth a shot and doesn’t really set his timetable back
jimmyz
It could work out fine, it could place undue stress on a verifiably fragile ligament and create more serious, long term issues. Why risk it in a year that the owner refused to add payroll because he’s waiting for contracts to expire after this season. Seems like ownership and front office were letting this season play out for better or worse anyway and it took a turn for the worse, so be it, but why jeopardize one of your top starters’ pitching elbow for half a season of presumably non-playoff baseball?
Solomon
2014 rangers all over again