Cuddyer's Injury
by Jesse on Aug 9, 2008 7:07 AM EDT
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Michael Cuddyer's second metatarsal was broken last night in a rehab game with the Rochester Red Wings. It was his fourth game since coming off of the disabled list, and he was scheduled to return to the Twins on Monday for the series opener versus the Yankees in Minneapolis.
Metatarsals are the bones that connect the "tarsal" bones in the hind foot to the phalanges, aka your toes, and play major roles in the functions of propulsion and support. Because of the lack of soft tissue surrounding them, metatarsals can be easily injured or broken by direct trauma, which is what happened when Garrett Jones' line drive hit Cuddyer.
Recovery time from a fractured metatarsal is generally six to eight weeks, which from yesterday places Cuddyer's return somewhere between September 19 and October 3. This of course is an average estimate, and once further details are known we won't have to rely on my speculation and subsequent searching of medical sights.
It does seem quite likely that Cuddyer will be out for the season. If the Twins are in desperate need of an outfielder, or a bat, come the end of September, we might see a push to get him back onto the field. Barring that, however, the safest and healthiest bet would be to shut him down.
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8 weeks at least
I have a difficult time imagining a pro athlete recovering from this in the span remaining from now till season’s end. Then there’s the rehab, which certainly won’t include Rochester at that point. I see little choice but to consider him to be toast.
by Johnny Safron on Aug 9, 2008 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome article
This is exactly what makes the blogosphere great. Reasonably esoteric knowledge presented to the masses, and only mere hours after the injury occured. Thanks!
By the way, I say we shut Cuddles down, barring some sort of miracle healing. The Twins outfield is performing adequately at the moment, except for Gomez of course, who will never be benched often enough by Gardy anyway.
by PhoenixV on Aug 9, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cuddy
No use pushing him into anything this season. I agree. Might as well shut him down. This year’s been fun and it would be nice to make the playoffs but I think we still gotta keep 2010 in perspective. I’m assuming from the contract that includes a healthy and productive Cuddyer. As far as this year, it certainly allows us to evaluate Gomez and Span even further. Also Ruiz if you think about it too; will he be a productive bench bat for a couple seasons? The way things stand (course everything is subject to change, I’d like to have the 2009 roster include Span, Cuddyer, Young, Pridie and Kubel. The first 3 being the starters while Pridie would serve as the 4th OF and Kubel the 5th along with his regular DHing duties.
The Gomez evaluation for the rest of the season should look at all the parts of the game he has yet to develop while skyrocketing through the Mets system. Also a distinction is going to have to be made at some point. I’d much rather see him trying to drive the ball racking up extra-base hits as opposed to bunting the ball so often. Granted if he improved that part of his game he’d certainly have a lot more value. I just see him maximizing his value working towards more of a Hanley Ramirez mold instead of a Luis Castillo type. At some point somebody is going to have to make him realize that it’s extremely hard to be a slap/bunter type from the right side of the box.
Gardenhire's major league career: Banjo hitting, futility infielder who couldn't lick it.
Rick Anderson's major league career: Strikethrower who never made it happen with his sub 90's fastball.
Really gives a new definition to living vicariously through other people, don't it?
by caseintheface on Aug 9, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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