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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2013 21:31:16 GMT -5
What's the status on Kalish? I think he still has good potential if he can stay healthy and get some good playing time. Is he due back this month? Also, if he wasn't ready to return at all this year or just stay in AAA, the Sox could keep him on the 60-day DL instead of burning his LAST minor league option. Hopefully though, he wont need any more time in AAA and will be ready for Boston and will be healthy enough to produce.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 14, 2013 22:42:47 GMT -5
You do not need to bump an old thread. In fact, sometimes it can be misleading - folks seeing the title of that other thread may have thought he got hurt yet again (like I did briefly). Anyway, a Google News search turned up an Ask Nick from a couple weeks ago where he answered that question: www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/07/ask_nick_is_middlebrooks_trade_bait.htmlHe also tweeted about a month and a half ago that he was taking swings off a tee and would be getting in games a month from then, but that tweet seems to have disappeared? |
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Post by charliezink16 on Jul 14, 2013 23:17:09 GMT -5
Hah, thanks for the edit Chris, I also had that quick "oh not again.." feeling. I was also wondering about Kalish, simply because there has been such a media absence from him. How has his rehab been going? How serious is the injury? There are no guarantees that Kalish can re-harness his skills immediately upon returning to game action (whenever that is), and even if he can, it will take many many AB's. For this reason combined with the fact that he is in his final option year, I can see Kalish being a DFA candidate next year. Kalish has always been a 5-tool guy with great potential, so some team may uncover a gem in him, but Boston can't wait for this to happen if the injuries continue to stockpile. (Barring a move to the OF by Cecchini, Bogaerts, or whoever), it is easy to see that our outfield talent in the minors is lacking behind IF and pitching. Simply put, Kalish needs to get back on the field soon if he wants an extended career in Boston. EDIT: Disregard this, need to further research rules regarding exercising options. Regardless, an update on his healthy would be nice... |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 14, 2013 23:32:00 GMT -5
FTR, Kalish is presently not in danger of using his option. The 60-day DL is part of the major league roster. If he misses the whole year, he will not burn his final option.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2013 9:11:04 GMT -5
FTR, Kalish is presently not in danger of using his option. The 60-day DL is part of the major league roster. If he misses the whole year, he will not burn his final option. I wonder if they are going to keep him on the 40 man in the off-season though. I hope he gets a chance to play somewhere before they make that decision. |
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Post by Guidas on Jul 15, 2013 12:24:54 GMT -5
This is going to be one of those "why should we believe you?" types of posts. All I can say is there is little reason for any of you to, but I'm going to say it any ways. I know people with inside connections to these things and the Red Sox medical & training staffs have been a mess over the past few years. I cannot speak to changes that were made since the start of last (2012) season, but unless things did a 180 over the previous few years, there is little reason to have much faith in what they are doing. I think we all know enough at this point that not all professional sports teams have top notch staffs when it comes to these things. Often times, it doesn't have to do with the doctors or trainers not being good at something. The process by which they go about things could suck or the things those people are asked to do may not go beyond the scope of what they are experts at. In the Red Sox case it's a little bit of everything, including neglegence and people treating players who are not supposed to be. I'm not sure this is necessarily inside info. I'm not saying you don't know things we don't, but a) there has been house-cleaning in that department each of the past two offseasons, and b) I believe Francona calls the medical staff out in his book. I n Kalish's case, the initial decision to try to let him rehab his initial shoulder injury without surgery looks like massive folly in hindsight. At best, he lost the time wasted between then and the surgery itself, and at worst it led to the neck injury that cost him even more time. Having torn a couple labrum I can attest to this - it was a joke they offered him a nonsurgical "fix" for a torn labrum. That should've never been done for a young player. If he was in his last professional year or it was Sept, they were in a playoff run and he was an integral part of the team they could try to forestall surgery as long as he could deal with the pain level (some guys have little pain or manageable pain), he could try that, but it was likely his skills would experience some reductions/degrading in this period. That's the athlete's decision, but doing that it won't "fix" anything long term (nor will strengthening the area around the shoulder) Labrum don't heal. Once they are torn they have to be physically reattached to the shoulder capsule. If he got that done back then it would've been 6 months surgery and rehab time total. Now he's lost more than two years and possibly incurred another serious injury along the way. Awful. |
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