Boyd Meniscus Surgery

[Cubs420psd]

16 hours ago, Bull said:

Cubs pitchers will keep getting hurt until we give Brown a chance to prove he belongs in the rotation. 

 

Imagine getting Steele and Boyd at the trade deadline.

Steele is done.

 

I would be shocked if he pitches this year.

[Cubs420psd]

14 hours ago, BKHoo said:

How is Wiggins pitching? Why not him? 

Wiggins is Cade Horton 2.0, two guys who will never be healthy and you absolutely can not count on. 

Massive arm injury is right around the corner for Wiggins. The Cubs have babied his arm more than Hortons and it still constantly falls apart.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:36 PM by Cubs420psd

[mk49]

Thank you, Shota for accepting the QO, and thanks, Marlins for the Cabrera trade.

[We Got The Whole 9]

27 minutes ago, Cubs420psd said:

Wiggins is Cade Horton 2.0, two guys who will never be healthy and you absolutely can not count on. 

Massive arm injury is right around the corner for Wiggins. The Cubs have babied his arm more than Hortons and it still constantly falls apart.

 

 

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

6 weeks seems a bit optimistic, but maybe a mid to late July return is realistic.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 hour ago, Cubs420psd said:

Steele is done.

 

I would be shocked if he pitches this year.

Based on?

[Outshined_One]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Based on?

[squally1313]

2 hours ago, Stratos said:

Source? BN says it was a "trim" per Hawkins, out over a month.  Let's hope back before ASB.

Jesse Rogers tweeted that it was a 'successful partial left knee menisectomy' and when I googled that word it said removal. When I had that surgery they repaired it, not removed it, and my (obviously not as intense or driven) rehab was like 6 months. 

[UMFan83]

1 hour ago, squally1313 said:

Jesse Rogers tweeted that it was a 'successful partial left knee menisectomy' and when I googled that word it said removal. When I had that surgery they repaired it, not removed it, and my (obviously not as intense or driven) rehab was like 6 months. 

I think this is similar to what NBA players have done with meniscus injuries.  The second Rose knee injury they opted to repair the meniscus and he missed the rest of the season.  When he happened again, I'm pretty sure he opted to have it removed and was back shortly after.  The tradeoff is that it can shorten your career and/or cause flair ups in the future.  Boyd is 35 so maybe isn't as concerned about the long term ramifications.

[squally1313]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

I think this is similar to what NBA players have done with meniscus injuries.  The second Rose knee injury they opted to repair the meniscus and he missed the rest of the season.  When he happened again, I'm pretty sure he opted to have it removed and was back shortly after.  The tradeoff is that it can shorten your career and/or cause flair ups in the future.  Boyd is 35 so maybe isn't as concerned about the long term ramifications.

When I had it done, the surgeon said he wouldn't really know until he got in there whether it was going to be repairable or not. In my set of circumstances, the conversation was framed as like 'we're going to try and repair it to avoid long term issues, but it's not like you're some professional athlete that needs everything working perfectly'. But the flip side of that for Boyd is that repairing him costs him at least half of one of his few years left.