Majewski's Injury

by pw on Aug 7, 2006 8:41 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

From CBS Sportsline:

Majewski pitched in the World Baseball Classic in March, replacing Mets closer Billy Wagner on the U.S. roster. He said Monday that he has taken anti-inflammatory drugs since early in the season and received a cortisone shot before the All-Star break.

"It's been bothering me for a while, after the World Baseball Classic," Majewski said Monday. "I tried to fire it up too quick."

General manager Wayne Krivsky said that Majewski didn't tell the team that his shoulder was bothering him all along.

"That's the first I've heard about it," Krivsky said.

Asked if the Nationals told him about the cortisone shot and the anti-inflammatory drugs Majewski was taking before the trade, Krivsky said, "I'm not going to comment on any of that stuff."

The Reds were waiting for the results of a medical test to determine the extent of Majewski's shoulder problems, which prompted them to make their fourth bullpen-centered trade in the last four weeks.

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Good to see Krivsky is also a douchebag

SMOKED. YOU GOT SMOKED.

by Geki on Aug 7, 2006 8:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bet it's a torn labrum...

The kiss of death for any pitching career.

Can McJeffsky play short? He might hit better than McClayton.

Don't mind me...just pitching to contact, that's all...

by Paul Householder on Aug 7, 2006 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

did any one...

ever find out if there was truth to what the pre game guys were saying about the trade, or part of it, becoming void?

"Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes." - Crash Davis

by Caleb on Aug 7, 2006 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm still wondering the same thing

Please, for the love of my sanity, if anyone finds out anything, post it here!
If he was getting regular cortisone shots before The Trade, and that wasn't disclosed, surely good ol' Bowden broke some sort of rule. A friend of mine suggested that if we did get an injured player, MLB wouldn't do anything until the offseason - I disagreed. There's no way that we should suffer for two months because Bowden is up to his old tricks.
Watch absolutely nothing come of this. Maj will still be here and crappy two weeks from now.
Bah.

by Ash on Aug 8, 2006 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

THE TRADE

I don't remember a trade where Bowden ever sold a team a bad set of goods. Considering the number of trades that Bowden made during his tenure as a Reds I would have thought most teams would have backed off. I do remember Bowden saying idiotic things. I also remember at the beginning of the season he made an idiotic mistake and took Brian Lawerence on without a medical and San Diego knew or should have known that his arm was busted. Again I don't remember any trades that included a guy whose arm was ready to or did fall off that wasn't obvious.
If Majewski was taking drugs or had a cortisone shot before the trade then its highly likely that it would have been in the medical file. Considering how much Krivksy, as he admitted, was overpaying its not clear why he didn't check under the hood. You don't pay $40k for a Toyota Corolla without checking under the hood or driving it around the block. Medicals are seemingly simple procedures that generally find these sorts of things.

by Pinski on Aug 8, 2006 12:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bowden and bad goods

Remember the Jeff Brantley to the Cardinals deal? He's definitely done it before.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde

by JD Arney on Aug 8, 2006 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brantley to the Cards?

Jeff Brantley pitched less than 12 innings the year the Reds traded him. All of them in April and May; Brantley was traded in November.

I really don't see how that's deceptive at all. If I trade for a guy who pitched only 12 innings the year before I know what I'm getting. There's nothing hidden there.

by Pinski on Aug 8, 2006 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

12 innings

There was more to it than that. Brantley was billed as healthy, the Cardinals dealt a pretty good prospect/player in Dmitri Young for him so they obviously thought he was healthy.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde

by JD Arney on Aug 8, 2006 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Krivsky's attitude

I really don't understand what's going on here. Is Krivsky just keeping his mouth shut until he digests the facts? There seems to be justification for filing a grievance, but he seems to be discounting that with his comments about resting Majewski and then having him pitch later this year. You're not going to present a good case to an arbitrator if you sound like you're willing to settle for less. I'm surprised the press isn't all over this both here and in D.C. Or is Krivsky embarrassed he didn't kick the tires beforehand?

by pw on Aug 8, 2006 9:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's the Enquirer on this.

It sounds like Krivsky did not know. He asked the trainers, and they said there was nothing wrong.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/COL09/608080404/1071

I think his relative silence on this is merely a prelude to further remedies. If I were advising him, I would advise him to be very limited and circumspect in his statements until more facts are known.

Don't mind me...just pitching to contact, that's all...

by Paul Householder on Aug 8, 2006 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If the injury is serious

then they have a case. But I believe the MRI showed only inflammation? That's nothing. Most pitchers at this point in the season have a little of that anyway.

by mattg on Aug 8, 2006 10:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs