Pujols to have Tommy John?

[kujay]

Per ESPN he'll be fully recovered by spring training after this bone spur surgery.

[wolf stansson]

Derrick Goold's twitter from about 5 min ago.

dgoold Pujols just has bone spurs removed. Doctors say no need for "reconstruction" of ligament. News up shortly. #stlcards

[Guest]

It's wildly stupid because 1- Tommy John has little or no adverse long-term effect on hitting, B- He has played through injuries his entire career, so there is nothing in his past behavior to suggest he'd try to manipulate his situation like that and 3- the Cardinals approached him about working out an extension last week and he turned them down. If he was so eager to get paid and get surgery, he'd have already done it.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10248184/Pujols-to-have-surgery-on-right-elbow

 

No TJ this offseason. He's getting 5 bone spurs removed and will not miss any time.

 

So you mean to tell me that if you were in line for a huge payday, you wouldn't want to minimize any risks you may have?

 

He's been able to play through this injury, as you've said. Now, especially considering the next off-season chance he'll have for TJS is his contract year, he's not going to opt for it until his next contact. But fine, my post is wildly stupid. You win.

It doesn't matter what I'd do. It doesn't matter what you think he should do.

 

It matters what he did. He turned down a contract extension. You're asserting he's going to sign a huge deal and get the surgery. Well, he was offered to start on that huge deal and he turned down the opportunity for now and opted for minor surgery. If it was his goal to maximize earning power and minimize the risk that his elbow would blow before the opportunity to sign a $250,000,000+ contract, THAN HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT LAST WEEK WHEN THAT OPTION WAS OFFERED BY THE CARDINALS. Instead, he has chosen to put off contract negotiations for now and undergo a procedure that doesn't fix the ligament problem. Sounds like he's ok with the risk.

Or maybe he doesn't want to sign his next contract with the Cardinals. ;)

[illiniguy]

It's wildly stupid because 1- Tommy John has little or no adverse long-term effect on hitting, B- He has played through injuries his entire career, so there is nothing in his past behavior to suggest he'd try to manipulate his situation like that and 3- the Cardinals approached him about working out an extension last week and he turned them down. If he was so eager to get paid and get surgery, he'd have already done it.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10248184/Pujols-to-have-surgery-on-right-elbow

 

No TJ this offseason. He's getting 5 bone spurs removed and will not miss any time.

 

So you mean to tell me that if you were in line for a huge payday, you wouldn't want to minimize any risks you may have?

 

He's been able to play through this injury, as you've said. Now, especially considering the next off-season chance he'll have for TJS is his contract year, he's not going to opt for it until his next contact. But fine, my post is wildly stupid. You win.

It doesn't matter what I'd do. It doesn't matter what you think he should do.

 

It matters what he did. He turned down a contract extension. You're asserting he's going to sign a huge deal and get the surgery. Well, he was offered to start on that huge deal and he turned down the opportunity for now and opted for minor surgery. If it was his goal to maximize earning power and minimize the risk that his elbow would blow before the opportunity to sign a $250,000,000+ contract, THAN HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT LAST WEEK WHEN THAT OPTION WAS OFFERED BY THE CARDINALS. Instead, he has chosen to put off contract negotiations for now and undergo a procedure that doesn't fix the ligament problem. Sounds like he's ok with the risk.

Or maybe he doesn't want to sign his next contract with the Cardinals. ;)

I imagine that will depend on what happens with Holliday this offseason. If the Cardinals don't look to him like they are trying to win I imagine Albert walks.

[SouthSideRyan]

I imagine that will depend on what happens with Holliday this offseason. If the Cardinals don't look to him like they are trying to win I imagine Albert walks.

 

I don't buy that. I know it's the popular opinion, but I think he's just trying to apply pressure.

[Magdal]

There is not a dam thing wrong with his elbow. It's all a bunch of BS....I don't pretend to understand the motive of the crazy lies the Cards have been spouting for 2 years, but his on field play has not waivered in 8 years.

 

Tommy John and then no Tommy John...bone spurs now? BS!

The only thing wrong with the man is that he is 34 yrs old now...not 29.

[wolf stansson]

Or maybe he doesn't want to sign his next contract with the Cardinals. ;)

That could be a logical conclusion. Without speculating how much he values what he has invested in the St. Louis area (restaurant, charities, house, kids school, family, etc) the only other reasons he wouldn't want to negotiate this early is he doesn't care about the money (unlikely), the Cardinals offer wasn't worth discussing (unlikely, they know what he's worth) or the aggressiveness of the organization to start negotiations has been over reported (likely).

[TruffleShuffle]

hopefully dr. nick riviera performed the surgery.

[erik316wttn]

hopefully dr. nick riviera performed the surgery.

 

If it isn't my old friend, Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/mr-mcgreg_002_1196470926.jpg

[XZero771679666304]

Or maybe he doesn't want to sign his next contract with the Cardinals. ;)

That could be a logical conclusion. Without speculating how much he values what he has invested in the St. Louis area (restaurant, charities, house, kids school, family, etc) the only other reasons he wouldn't want to negotiate this early is he doesn't care about the money (unlikely), the Cardinals offer wasn't worth discussing (unlikely, they know what he's worth) or the aggressiveness of the organization to start negotiations has been over reported (likely).

 

Regardless of what the Cardinals offer or how aggressive they are, I see no way Albert doesn't make it to free agency.

 

He gave the organization a discount last time, and helped the team win a championship. I would be shocked if he doesn't see just how much he can get this time around.

[wolf stansson]

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bernies-extra-points/bernies-extra-points/bernies-5-minutes/2009/10/pujols-clears-up-contract-speculation-praises-mcgwire/

Appearing on St. Louis sports station WXOS 101.1 FM on Thursday morning, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was asked to explain comments made during an interview in the Dominican Republic. In the interview, Pujols suggested he was in no hurry to sign a contract extension with the Cardinals.

 

“I’m not desperate to sign a contract extension. I still have one year remaining in my contract for 2010 and a club option for 2011. I leave the rest in God’s hands,” Pujols told Dominican radio station CDN 92.5 FM.

 

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said he was “surprised” by Pujols’ stance, given that the Cardinals had repeatedly expressed an interest in opening negotiations with Pujols this winter.

 

Pujols discussed the situation Thursday on 101.1 ESPN radio with Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell and Fox Sports Midwest anchor Pat Parris.

 

Pujols was asked if anything had gotten lost in translation.

 

“The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career,” Pujols said. “I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family, I don’t deserve the city to do that. And when you hear all of the players that come around to this town and say, ‘You guys are lucky that you are playing in St. Louis,’ we have the best fans. I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my career.

 

“And what I told those people (in the D.R.) was ‘Listen, why do people keep talking about my contract? I have two years (left) and we don’t have to worry about it.’ You know the Cardinals need to worry about signing Matt Holliday and all the free agents. There’s no rush for me to sign right now, you know? But if they come tomorrow and say ‘Albert, you know, we want to lock you up,’ — hey they know that we’re open to that.

 

“But I think part of that was (me) putting things in their place and the Cardinals don’t have to rush to sign me right now because we still have two years. But I’d love to finish my career here. And all that got all confused, or whatever, maybe because of the way that I said it. But people know that I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my life. I’ve said it in the past.”

[XZero771679666304]

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bernies-extra-points/bernies-extra-points/bernies-5-minutes/2009/10/pujols-clears-up-contract-speculation-praises-mcgwire/

Appearing on St. Louis sports station WXOS 101.1 FM on Thursday morning, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was asked to explain comments made during an interview in the Dominican Republic. In the interview, Pujols suggested he was in no hurry to sign a contract extension with the Cardinals.

 

“I’m not desperate to sign a contract extension. I still have one year remaining in my contract for 2010 and a club option for 2011. I leave the rest in God’s hands,” Pujols told Dominican radio station CDN 92.5 FM.

 

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said he was “surprised” by Pujols’ stance, given that the Cardinals had repeatedly expressed an interest in opening negotiations with Pujols this winter.

 

Pujols discussed the situation Thursday on 101.1 ESPN radio with Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell and Fox Sports Midwest anchor Pat Parris.

 

Pujols was asked if anything had gotten lost in translation.

 

“The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career,” Pujols said. “I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family, I don’t deserve the city to do that. And when you hear all of the players that come around to this town and say, ‘You guys are lucky that you are playing in St. Louis,’ we have the best fans. I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my career.

 

“And what I told those people (in the D.R.) was ‘Listen, why do people keep talking about my contract? I have two years (left) and we don’t have to worry about it.’ You know the Cardinals need to worry about signing Matt Holliday and all the free agents. There’s no rush for me to sign right now, you know? But if they come tomorrow and say ‘Albert, you know, we want to lock you up,’ — hey they know that we’re open to that.

 

“But I think part of that was (me) putting things in their place and the Cardinals don’t have to rush to sign me right now because we still have two years. But I’d love to finish my career here. And all that got all confused, or whatever, maybe because of the way that I said it. But people know that I want to be a Cardinal for the rest of my life. I’ve said it in the past.”

 

None of that is surprising. There's no doubt he loves where he is at, but you hear that kind of stuff from players quite often. He'll still see free agency, barring something unforeseen.

[ConstableRabbit]

hopefully dr. nick riviera performed the surgery.

 

If it isn't my old friend, Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/mr-mcgreg_002_1196470926.jpg

The bone spur's connected to my... wrist watch.

 

Uh oh..