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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 11, 2014 20:10:21 GMT -5
No word on how serious it is, yet. They're saying he sprained it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 23:03:11 GMT -5
Roch Kubatko of MASN is saying that it's a right knee sprain and Machado will be re-evaluated tomorrow. I hope that's all it is. If he has to go on the DL for a short stint, I think the Orioles can weather that. If the knee is found to be injured more seriously and Machado is possibly out for the year, that's a huge blow.
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Post by mmmbeer on Aug 12, 2014 6:47:23 GMT -5
Agree md. Forget wieters, Manny is a real difference maker in the lineup. I bet there is a big disparity in their record when he's playing vs not since 2012.
Anybody have an update on JJ's thumb? A .200 infield of Davis, Schoop, Flaherty, and Pearce for an extended time is going to sink their playoff chances, unless somebody unexpectedly gets hot.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 12, 2014 8:35:06 GMT -5
I think the O's dodged a bullet with Machado. The MRI pending, but he seemed to feel pretty good in the post game interview and was standing on it fine. Freak accident, rolling the ankle like that and having it torque the knee.
Normally I'd worry about an infield like that, but I don't see the Yankees or Jays being good enough to overtake the O's at this point. It's pretty clear when these teams are playing one another that the O's are a cut above them, maybe several. Plus the Yanks and Jay's have to play each other a bunch, and the Jay's schedule is easily the toughest now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 8:49:00 GMT -5
Agree md. Forget wieters, Manny is a real difference maker in the lineup. I bet there is a big disparity in their record when he's playing vs not since 2012. Anybody have an update on JJ's thumb? A .200 infield of Davis, Schoop, Flaherty, and Pearce for an extended time is going to sink their playoff chances, unless somebody unexpectedly gets hot. According to The Sun, Hardy hopes to be back in the lineup tonight. |
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Post by alienrace on Aug 12, 2014 10:47:05 GMT -5
Definitely need Hardy back if Machado has to go on the DL for any length of time.
I think thought that this Orioles team is looking very complete right now. They're pitching lights out, starting to bash the ball again, and other than last nights goofy error fest in the second inning, are still one of, if not the best defensive team in baseball.
In fact, right now, assuming Machado is ok, they look like one of the two best teams in the league, and their record over the last 40 games I think is in fact the best in the league. I really can't see anyone in the AL East catching them, that's for sure(Hope I don't have to eat those words later - I'm sure a couple of antagonistic posters on these forums would love to necromance this post just to rub in in my "face", lol if they do collapse).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 13:40:51 GMT -5
Machado was supposed to have the MRI at Good Samaritan this afternoon, but we've also had storms moving through the region. From what I understand, an MRI will not be conducted if there is lightning in the area.
Update: ESPN's Tim Kurkjian is saying that from what he's been hearing, Machado's injury is not serious. Nothing official, however. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 22, 2014 13:24:33 GMT -5
He will not return when first eligible to do so. Buck will speak about it sometime today.
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Post by mmmbeer on Aug 22, 2014 15:49:50 GMT -5
I hope for the best, but he will probably need surgery like the other knee. Maybe surgically tightening up the ligaments is what he needs to correct some kind of congenital knee looseness.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 22, 2014 18:01:12 GMT -5
Surgery. Per Kubato. He is done for the year. Small abnormalities in both knees will be repaired. Two knee surgeries by 22. I am beginning to wonder about his durability. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 22:59:58 GMT -5
I was afraid this going to be the case, particularly when Manny stated that the knee wasn't feeling any better.
If there's any silver lining here, it's the fact that the injury occurred at a point in the season where the Orioles might still have time to adjust to playing without Manny. Not that whatever lineup they put out there will be as good as it would have been otherwise, but whenever a key player gets hurt, roles have to be redefined and the lineup needs a regular feel to it. Had this happened later, the adjustment would have been even tougher. Besides, I'd imagine that most of the Oriole players had already resigned themselves to playing the rest of the way without Manny.
The road to the playoffs just got a little bumpier, but hopefully some of that "deep depth" that Duquette has been acquiring can step up and pull the O's through. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 23, 2014 10:31:37 GMT -5
A bright spot is that Davis no longer seems to be the disaster he was a third base before Manny came up. When he got moved to first he really worked on his fielding. Is he as good as Manny? No. But I don't see him as a liability any longer. Of course, more Flaherty in a streaky hitting lineup doesn't fill me with enthusiasm, but... players go down. The Angels just lost a key starter the other day. Last year one might argue that injuries ko'ed an otherwise promising Blue Jays club.
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Post by alienrace on Aug 23, 2014 11:42:47 GMT -5
Surgery. Per Kubato. He is done for the year. Small abnormalities in both knees will be repaired. Two knee surgeries by 22. I am beginning to wonder about his durability. The abnormality in the left knee was repaired in the surgery last year, so I think it's just the right knee that is getting worked on. I'm not too worried about the durability. These were defects from birth, and they will both be fixed and stronger than previously before. His last surgery hasn't slowed him down, I expect this one won't either. Better to get this fixed now before a more catastrophic injury occurred. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 12:23:14 GMT -5
I just hope that Machado isn't on his way to becoming the Bill Walton of baseball. The guy's too damn talented to have his career wrecked by balky knees.
The Angels also suffered a setback last week when Garrett Richards, their excellent young pitcher, suffered a torn patellar tendon in his knee while running to cover first on a routine grounder. What is it with these young guys and knees all of a sudden? |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 23, 2014 13:10:56 GMT -5
The abnormality in the left knee was repaired in the surgery last year, so I think it's just the right knee that is getting worked on. Yes, I misunderstood the initial report. Just one repair this time. Coming earlier than the corresponding injury did last year, he might be ready for at least the end of spring training; hopefully he won't spend April 2015 spinning up like he did April 2014. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 23, 2014 15:00:13 GMT -5
The Orioles are not happy that this news broke ahead of their plans. Buck says he's fairly sure who had a big mouth (I'm paraphrasing) but did not share his suspicion (why would he?). Evidently Machado reached the decision to have surgery without consulting the team or its doctors. I get the impression the team wasn't enamored of that process, either.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Aug 27, 2014 19:22:19 GMT -5
Surgery today was successful. Now begins the rehab. Hopefully he won't spend anymore damn time with ARod in the off-season; that man's not going to teach Manny anything he needs to know.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 17, 2014 14:18:29 GMT -5
Did not see Manny at the celebration last night. Kind of surprising. His contributions this year weren't huge, but they were real.
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