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07-07-13 10:48 PM #126
Re: 2013 Alex Rodriguez Performance Thread
Don't totally agree...the Yankees are in second place right now..a half game out of the wild card race and I don't think he's going to be able to contribute anything anyway. The guy seems still not to be able to run. i mean...if he can't run comfortably now, why would repeated running over the next three weeks help that situation?
I'd be more optomistic if it was just a slow bat or general timing issues. As it stands now, it doesn't seem he can move. This goes past the point of needing to catch up to the speed of the game. He can't run beyond a glorified trot at this point.
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07-07-13 11:11 PM #127
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07-08-13 12:56 AM #128
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07-08-13 05:25 AM #129
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I don't think it is a big leap to say he will be an improvement over Luis Cruz.
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07-08-13 06:18 AM #130
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.... uh, did you just ask why repetition would help someone get better at something?
And yeah, I haven't heard anything about him running uncomfortably. In fact, he's been moving around in the field a lot, hasn't he? Charging bunts, double plays. He might not bust in out of the box after every groundball anymore, but I hardly think he's useless in terms of mobility.
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07-08-13 07:10 AM #131
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07-08-13 09:06 AM #132
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07-08-13 09:16 AM #133
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Are you just saying this over and over again in hopes that people start believing it?
And no, I wouldn't expect that to improve through the act of running more.
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07-08-13 10:37 AM #134
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07-08-13 11:43 AM #135
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07-08-13 02:43 PM #136
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It's not a secret that he doesn't look good so far.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yanke...H1k5gGoZWbxB2I
I've not heard anybody say that 'practicing running' can help heal a surgicially repaired hip. Between the very serious injury and the possibility of a long suspension, the odds are very large against ARod actually getting back on the field and being any better than a replacement player.
He's not running well at all. His swings have not shown anything that would suggest he can get his hips firing again. No amount of practice can fix all that. he's either going to heal or he's not without further rehabilitation and time.
Look at Jeter...he's in Triple A and some say he will be back next weekend. By all accounts he's looked fine running. Arod has not.
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07-08-13 02:51 PM #137
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We could use a replacement-level player at third right about now. His worst season, last year, when he was clearly hurt he put up a 112 OPS+.
Says you and nobody else.
Except he's doing fine in BP, which to me says his bat speed just has to catch up to game speed. Which you would expect since he's only had 25 ABs, which would be about a third of the way through a normal spring training.
What does Jeter have to do with A-Rod?
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07-08-13 02:56 PM #138
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Listen, Coffee, I'm not going to go through and correct all of your mistakes and faulty logic because I don't have the time.
Just suffice to say that ARod doesn't look close to being able to get back on the field and there are real questions if he'll ever play again, between the potentially career ending injury and a possible 100 game suspension (assuming Selig doesn't invoke the 'best interests of baseball' clause and get rid of him all together.)
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07-08-13 02:59 PM #139
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The article doesn't mention anywhere that arod has had any trouble running... It just mentions that he's been jogging down the line, which is more indicative of him getting back into the groove of the game rather than an injury he's hiding
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07-08-13 03:03 PM #140
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07-08-13 03:05 PM #141
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07-08-13 03:10 PM #142
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07-08-13 03:14 PM #143
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07-08-13 03:15 PM #144
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07-08-13 03:22 PM #145
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07-08-13 03:25 PM #146
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Why do you say this is a potentially career-ending injury?
And why are you assuming a 100-game suspension? The grounds for even a 50-game suspension look weak so far, and 100 games seems ludicrous. Any suspension would be appealed, and there'd better be a whole lot more evidence than we've heard about if MLB expects to make it stick. And the "best interests" clause? Don't be silly.A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
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07-08-13 03:31 PM #147
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Yeah, I would. If he's gearing up to be ready in 20 days, which would give him roughly two months of season to play, then yes. With just under three weeks to go for his return, I would think he could run at full speed.
If this were spring training and a guy couldn't run close to full speed a week into the exhibition season, I'd definitely have doubts that he'd be ready by opening day, unless we knew it was something short term like a twisted ankle or muscle strain or something.
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07-08-13 03:36 PM #148
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I'm not assuming anything. From the sounds of it, baseball is considering a 100 game suspension. 50 games for taking the PED's and 50 games for lying about it. On this I have no inside scoop, but that's the word.
I'm not predicting the 'best interest of baseball' move, but really it wouldn't shock me if Selig tries it.
Funny how apparently people are thinking I'm going out on a limb by saying i think there's a really good chance, maybe even a likelihood, that ARod will never again take the field and be a net positive for the Yankees.
Major League Baseball would love to see him gone. The Yankees would love to see him gone. And he can't run really beyond a trot. and he's 37 years old and looked shot even before the hip surgery...his second surgery of the kind. All the while trying to come back without the use of PED's (presumably).
I think I'm likely on the winning end of this bet.
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07-08-13 03:45 PM #149
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They couldn't suspend Braun with a failed test. The "word on the street: is this is all smoke for show.
I'm not predicting the 'best interest of baseball' move, but really it wouldn't shock me if Selig tries it.
Funny how apparently people are thinking I'm going out on a limb by saying i think there's a really good chance, maybe even a likelihood, that ARod will never again take the field and be a net positive for the Yankees.
Major League Baseball would love to see him gone.
The Yankees would love to see him gone.
And he can't run really beyond a trot. and he's 37 years old and looked shot even before the hip surgery...his second surgery of the kind. All the while trying to come back without the use of PED's (presumably).
I think I'm likely on the winning end of this bet.Baseball is life;
the rest is just details.
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07-08-13 03:49 PM #150
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I did a Google search looking for info on any problems with A-Rod's running and this is what I came up with:
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