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GeauxRangers
Thoughts and prayers
stratcrowder
Good post! The first inclination is to think about how much worse the Reds will be without him. I’m happy to see the first post as one of unselfish and thoughtful positives.
thegreatcerealfamine
Please people save your thoughts and prayers for the Rockies pitcher with recurring cancer!!!
outinleftfield
Feel sorry for DeSclafini. He has so much potential. Even if he doesn’t have TJ, 2017 is going to be a tough season for him. A month until he is reevaluated and then if he is healthy, at least a couple of months until he is ready to pitch for the Reds again.
Mattimeo09
That’s a shame. Hopefully he won’t need surgery. Best wishes
schellis 2
The reds medical staff are butchers. They’ll delay and he’ll lose two years instead of one
redsfanman
Preemptive Tommy John surgery is the way to go! Knock him out for a year when he might be fine in a couple of months…
redsfanman
Lorenzen is a promising example as far as avoiding surgery, but pretty irrelevant as far as setting a timeline. His mono seemingly kept him out longer than his elbow, or at least when they were talking about starting up his throwing program it was delayed long term due to his illness.
It’ll be interesting to see what, if anything, modern medical developments can do for him. Placelet injections? Primary repair? Wait it out and hope it heals, without requiring TJ surgery?
a1544
Make Iglesias a starter again
redsfanman
They won’t, due to Iglesias’ lingering shoulder concerns and a plethora of other candidates. Robert Stephenson, Cody Reed, Amir Garrett, Sal Romano, and Rookie Davis give them lots of young rotation options who are highly rated, have pitched well this spring, or both.
I think Lorenzen is a more likely candidate than Iglesias to return to the rotation, but even his chances seem pretty slim. They wouldn’t know what to expect from Lorenzen, which is the same argument against all the other young candidates.
SueJen
Do the Tommy John now! He is gone for half the season and will still have the UCL
kiddhoff
I think it’s time to face the possibility that there will be NO pitchers available (league-wide) to begin the season.