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Ohtani Needs TJ Surgery

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JoshHamilton

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^agreed on that.

It’s sad that the first thing a lot of people think about when a guy gets injured is how it affects the value of their baseball cards. From an outsider’s perspective, it’s comical and frankly pathetic
 

clarkzac

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I'm not an Angels fan, but I thought Ohtani was good for baseball. I was enjoying following all of his highlights this year. I looked forward to seeing how many strikeouts he had in a game, or how many hits he had when he was batting.
 

nosterbor

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Keep having pitchers throwing sliders. I feel bad for Ohtani and baseball fans. But I also think anyone who dumps big $$$$ on cards of pitchers are out of their minds. Guess they learned nothing from Stephen Strasburg, and he is back on the DL again.
 

MrMet

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Keep having pitchers throwing sliders. I feel bad for Ohtani and baseball fans. But I also think anyone who dumps big $$$$ on cards of pitchers are out of their minds. Guess they learned nothing from Stephen Strasburg, and he is back on the DL again.

I heard it’s actually the split finger that does it...


But then again I also heard he was just shut down for three weeks and then they’d evaluate again, so I don’t know where the definite TJ comes from, although we all know it will probably end up there ...


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joey12508

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Keep having pitchers throwing sliders. I feel bad for Ohtani and baseball fans. But I also think anyone who dumps big $$$$ on cards of pitchers are out of their minds. Guess they learned nothing from Stephen Strasburg, and he is back on the DL again.

I remember 2001 Mark Prior cover of Beckett all the hype, then poof!
 

Jaypers

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Let's not jump the gun.

Ken Rosenthal [MENTION=11748]ken[/MENTION]_Rosenthal
#Angels GM Billy Eppler: “There have been no changes in Ohtani’s diagnosis and neither our physicians nor medical staff have recommended (Tommy John surgery) or said it’s likely.”
 

rsmath

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Let's not jump the gun.

Ken Rosenthal [MENTION=11748]ken[/MENTION]_Rosenthal
#Angels GM Billy Eppler: “There have been no changes in Ohtani’s diagnosis and neither our physicians nor medical staff have recommended (Tommy John surgery) or said it’s likely.”

I predict it will be four out of six pitchers (3 of 5 from your post about pitchers undergoing this junk science needed TJ).

Angels might as well pull the trigger - minimum he's out the rest of the season since noone in your list of 5 pitchers was back within 7 months and we don't have 7 months left this season and maximum pull it now on the TJ and he could be back by next year's ASB if all goes well.
 

death2redemptions

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Let's not jump the gun.

Ken Rosenthal [MENTION=11748]ken[/MENTION]_Rosenthal
#Angels GM Billy Eppler: “There have been no changes in Ohtani’s diagnosis and neither our physicians nor medical staff have recommended (Tommy John surgery) or said it’s likely.”

Well, our president did make a special guest appearance in this thread so I figured "fake news" would be uncovered sooner or later.
 

JVHaste

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He needed injections in his elbow late last year and iirc had a major arm surgery a few years ago. In between that time he had ankle and knee injuries. Maybe just a bullpen pitcher in the future? Its hard to see where he goes from here since he already had a small workload this year in comparison to what we thought he would do.

It was said how much money he lost by not waiting a few years to come to MLB. Perhaps he knew how bad his arm feels and realized if he didn't come now he may not get a chance to fulfill that MLB dream.
 

David K.

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Not good news for the future hobby products! He should be back next year.....Hopefully...the price on the hobby stuff and retail mega boxes will be taking a drive. Best regards, David
 

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