Triston McKenzie starting the season on the DL because of his “forearm.”
No inside info, but that’s not good.
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He is still really, really young so I don't expect to see him for a few more seasons either way, but I don't like major injuries to our young guys since that could really derail their careers. Hopefully it is just a muscle pull or something small that he can recover from in due time.
A few more seasons?
Obviously things change if he’s hurt, but he’s a candidate to be in the rotation next year.
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That is way too early for him I feel either way. He is only 20 years old and he isn't physically developed all the way yet. I think with who we have the projection would be September of 19 or sometime in 2020 since that would give him a full season at AA (18) and a full season at AAA (19). I am not saying he doesn't have the stuff, but we shouldn't rush him too quickly either. A season at both AA and AAA should be in the cards before we bring him to the pros at least as a full time rotation member which would make it 2020.
Also that would be the year (2020) if we are going to trade Kluber, Carrasco and Bauer so we need to replace a fair amount of the rotation. 19 we need to replace the bullpen and Tomlin, but we could possibly trade a Carrasco, EE, Kipnis etc and keep building long term since that is what we kind of have to do to stay in contention as a small market team.
This is at least what I am seeing we should do going forward. I think Kipnis will get traded next season to help find players to help build the farm and replace the fact we are losing 8 of the guys who are likely on our playoff roster in free agency. So its possible we have 10 players gone from our current projected playoff roster when 19 starts. We will still likely be competitive and in the race, but it will be a bigger change than people would like.
Huh? What did ya mean by this?
Who cares how old he is? His stage of development is all that matters.
He’s in Double-A. Wouldn’t be all that surprising if we saw him this year.
They also said “precautionary” but also did not say the severity. Hoping for the best but Salazar situation comes to mind as far as a nagging lingering injury starting.Triston McKenzie starting the season on the DL because of his “forearm.”
No inside info, but that’s not good.
They also said “precautionary” but also did not say the severity. Hoping for the best but Salazar situation comes to mind as far as a nagging lingering injury starting.