Ben Brown to IL w/ Neck Strain

[Derwood]

Ben Brown to IL 

 

[PackLandVA]

Must be from those dingers given up the last couple of outings.  Surprised Wesneski doesn't have a neck strain too.

[Tim]

So that makes what, 273 IL stints on the year so far?

[Bertz]

Ben Brown's realistic cap for innings this year is 130-140?  He's already at 55 about 40% of the way through the season.  Not that I'd ever accuse the team of faking injuries, but this might just make it so they don't have to yoyo him between starting and relieving the rest of the year to manage innings.

Edited June 11, 2024 by Bertz

[mfcubs22]

But they can just option him. Why fake an injury?

[cl smooth]

and THAT'S WHY you don't try to suck your own dick!

 

 

 

 

 

j/k feel better, dude. 

[Bertz]

1 minute ago, mfcubs22 said:

But they can just option him. Why fake an injury?

Well that's a fair point!  I'm going to blame the afternoon I've had at work for making me conspiratorial.

Also I think I'm the one guy on this board who likes Brewer so yay I guess.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I once strained my right neck

[Transmogrified Tiger]

just a profoundly stupid season so far

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

He's got a long friggin neck. Gotta be careful with that thing.

[javy knows my name]

What the hell is a stress reaction

[Andy]

2 hours ago, javy knows my name said:

What the hell is a stress reaction

It's a less severe stress fracture. I've literally never heard of someone having one of those outside of their legs, but this is the 2024 Cubs.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

2 hours ago, javy knows my name said:

What the hell is a stress reaction

you might recognize it in its plural form, a game thread

[cl smooth]

18 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

you might recognize it in its plural form, a game thread

Frame this comment. 

[KCCub]

Hmm

[WhyCantWeWin]

23 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Hmm

I might be dumb, im a little confused by the tweet, does this mean he had a tumor like mass in his neck that was causing the pain? 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

I might be dumb, im a little confused by the tweet, does this mean he had a tumor like mass in his neck that was causing the pain? 

Levine's tweet phrasing always leaves a little to be desired, and it's not an entirely clear situation.

My interpretation was that 1) Brown had a stress reaction in his neck 2) the spot on his neck with the reaction is not in a particularly problematic area(either for recurrence or impacting pitching), so now that the discomfort is dissipating he can start building up again.  Counsell said when he first went on the IL that there's not much history of this type of injury in this location, so I imagine everyone's doing the best they can to frame it in a way that makes sense given how little is certain.

[CubinNY]

31 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Hmm

what is the wide wide world of sports does that tweet mean?

[WhyCantWeWin]

11 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Levine's tweet phrasing always leaves a little to be desired, and it's not an entirely clear situation.

My interpretation was that 1) Brown had a stress reaction in his neck 2) the spot on his neck with the reaction is not in a particularly problematic area(either for recurrence or impacting pitching), so now that the discomfort is dissipating he can start building up again.  Counsell said when he first went on the IL that there's not much history of this type of injury in this location, so I imagine everyone's doing the best they can to frame it in a way that makes sense given how little is certain.

Ah gotcha thanks for that