This from the L A Dodgers showing time today under
when successful arthroscopic surgery in Los Angeles by Dr Neil
Atrache to repair a labrum tear. That results of
my left shoulder dislocation. October 26th. He is
expected to be ready for spring training. I know
we always want to hear our stars perform big and
ultimately to in the post season was a disappointment 767
ops. But think about this, they got tough
. He is played with a dislocated shoulder of the
World Series. It was amazing. You could really
see after that slide in the second base, he
had little resistance at all on anything that was on
the outside of the plate. You go back to
the fifth inning and Garrett Cole just pumped fastball after
fastball on that hour half, he just couldn't go
out there and get it and surround it and put
anything on it only 2 to 19 in the World
Series. But I will say the L CS,
he was great. He kind of struggled early on
against the, against the Mets. So he showed
some of that oi he is, he is a
once in a general rational type player and I am
so excited to see him back on the mound next
year. I'm telling you when he came over from
Japan, we do a lot of tapes and we
do a lot of things about guys that may come
over here. He was the most talented gifted mechanics
guy that I've seen coming from Japan, the Braves
, Roda KJR and Spencer Strata will not be ready
for opening day. That's what Alex Anthopoulos said.
The GM means the first time he said they won't
be ready though, indicated previously, it could be
a month or two of the season before a kun
is ready. They'll evaluate a cigar alone. We
saw last year sack how Atlanta got derailed, but
I know you like me thought they'd be a contender
and unfortunately, injuries got to them. What does
this mean if you don't have str opening day in
Acuna? Potentially? Not until June? Yeah,
I, I think going in the Braves in a
perfect world were hoping they would have them maybe by
May listen. It is what it is. This
is the second surgery for Ronald Acuna. June Spencer
Stryder, arguably one of the best strikeout pitchers in
the game right now. When you think of the
ammunition that the Braves lost during this 2024 campaign,
heads up to Brian ser that whole crew of the
Braves because they took this thing right till the end
. I mean, it took game 1, 61
game 1, 62 they had to win game two
of that double header after losing that heartbreaker in game
one. And, uh, it is what it
is. They ran into a good team for Garrett
Cole and the Yankees. It ends up being exactly
what it was when they all began as you point
out four years, 100$44 million. And when
you look at the big picture here, he's gonna
turn 35 years of age during the 2025 season.
He did miss about half of this year with an
elbow issue. So to paraphrase one of the great
baseball minds I've ever met what's not to like,
he's tremendous. It's a four year deal at$36
million. It's actually the fifth highest A AV ever
for a starting pitcher only. And when you think
about what he went through this year with the elbow
, he's able to get the fifth highest A AV
ever for a starting pitcher without having to test the
open market. If I'm an agent for one of
these pitchers, I'm in a good mood today because
the right teams that tend to spend big are all
in the market for starting pitch. You think about
Corbin Byrnes, the team that he just pitched for
this past season, the, they need a starter
. Max Fried's most recent team, the Braves,
they need a starter, the Giants, the Padres
, the Dodgers, the Yankees, maybe the Cubs
, the right, teams are involved here. So
while I don't expect it to be a quick moving
market, Lauren, I do expect it to be
a very lucrative one. And so even with Garrett
Cole off the board, tremendous names of starting pitchers
still available. I expect a robust starting pitching market
this week and for many weeks to come. Well
, I, I feel fortunate to have been here
the past six seasons so very well connected to our
own front office. I think that's where everything starts
is within, uh, knowing our own people.
What we need to do to continue to do the
things, well, that we're doing well where we
need to maybe make changes to improve. So I
feel very confident with what we have internally and now
it's just a matter of trying to gather as much
information, get a sense of what teams are trying
to do so on and so forth at this point
in the off season. For more on these and
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