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Brewers organization really taking Braun's fake thumb injury rouse to the extreme, by scheduling surgery for this week. http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/article/96804688/milwaukee-brewers-ryan-braun-optimistic-procedure-will-fix-thumb-issue
Yeah it's just weird that, you know, this thumb injury has been happening for years and he was suspended for the 2nd half of the season last year, plus had the offseason after that, and didn't choose to have surgery. It's really weird.
No actually, if you paid any attention to the numerous comments said and written by Doug Melvin, Gord Ash, Ron roenicke, the brewers beat writers, etc., it isn't weird at all. Of course those comments don't don't fit your conspiratorial narrative, so my guess is that you've willingly ignored them.
So why not have the surgery when he had more time, being suspended for the 2nd half of last season? I guess that's not weird to you? Having his .320, 40, 120 bat in the lineup vs. his .273, 21, 100 bat in the lineup? I guess our offense was so good down the stretch it really wouldn't have made a difference at all? Oh wait...
Using that 'logic' why is he having surgery now? Just for fun? Obviously they all know that it's just a fake excuse, but hey, let's go slice your hand open and mess around in there. Hands aren't important for a baseball player anyway. Either it's a fake injury as you have contended all along, and there is no reason for surgery, or it's is a real injury that has affected his hitting, that surgery may or may not help. So we're clear, for your position to remain consistent, he is having unnecessary surgery to fix a non-existent injury. Is that correct?Btw, your wager is stupid, for many reasons, and they flat out say (again) that surgery guarantees nothing. In fact the previous recommendation may have done more harm than good, so you really don't understand why they may have chosen to wait? Of course you do, but that doesn't fit your narrative. Your strawman approach is so much more fun, and requires very little thought.
Y'all don't think the PED use has directly resulted in the thumb injury, do y'all?
You really need to learn to read...actually nevermind. It is clear that you intentionally misinterpret, misstate, etc. To help support your ridiculous arguments and conspiracy theories. Interesting to see the exact same thing happening over in the NFL thread about Jay Cutler. No longer worth my time.Since you can't answer, I'll just go ahead and assume that you do in fact believe that Braun is having unnecessary surgery to fix what you claim is a fake/non-existent thumb issue. Makes all the sense in the world.
Nah, Braun's thumb is fooked up. But, not to the extent that he butt fooked the Brewers. I wonder if they can recover from the financial beat down he laid on them. Peddle his heine for just about anything a team throws your way, hey?
Brewers will win 94 games if Garza stays healthy all year. For every three days he's on the DL, subtract one win.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Eh... I think he's untradeable at this point. Injured and expensive with baggage. I personally think that surgery or no surgery, there is a good chance the thumb thing may seriously impact/shorten his career, based on what I've seen (unlike some who want to over simplifying and try to pretend that sports come with guarantees), further worsening the financial impact on the Brewers. They need to seriously hope that surgery works.
I guess I'd maybe believe this if you could find me just one example of a good MLB player whose career was ruined by a thumb injury.
LOL.Of *course* that is what a New York newspaper would do. Make up some sort of metric that makes Jeter look good and rank them accordingly...but make sure that Honus Wagner is ranked first in order to not look like complete homers.There are two major problems with this. The first, and the most significant, is that the only portion of the metric that touches on defense at all is WAR. The rest are all offensive categories. Second, is that there is an overlap between these categories. Why use batting average AND on-base percentage? Why use home runs but not slugging percentage? And stolen bases? Cmon...Jeter ranks about 7th all time in WAR for the shortstop position. (That is if you classify Yount as a SS and use his career stats.) That's about right. A sure fire Hall of Famer. BTW, he will be the only SS in the HOF with a negative defensive WAR.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. It's important to note that every injury is different. Who knows, Braun could have had a hammer slip last offseason and injured his thumb then.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I wouldn't be surprised if Braun had a thumb injury that affected his performance this season. However ...When you are a pathological liar who has proven you will say or do anything to protect your image and your agenda, you shouldn't expect to be believed about anything ever again.Three years ago, if you asked me to describe what Ryan Braun is, I'd have said: "One of the elite ballplayers in the world."Now: "A lying douchebag."
Except its not just Braun that is talking about his thumb injury. Its the Brewers organization too.I mean either he is having surgery to correct a problem that impacts his ability to perform...OR he is having unnecessary surgery. Now if his thumb is fine next year, and he still puts up numbers similar to this year, then people like Wade's can beat their chest. Otherwise they simply sound a little looney.
I have no horse in this race, but a few comments:1 - Exhaustive studies indicate that players generally peak around age 27. The better the player, the slower the decline, but you can generally expect deterioration of numbers around that point. Braun will be 31 next year, so naturally his numbers would be decreasing anyway. Also, injuries tend to increase the speed of the decline. 2 - Since QuesTec's implementation, the strike zone, particularly the lower region of the strike zone, has undoubtedly gotten bigger. I believe that to be the biggest cause (along with increased use of bullpens and increased velocity of bullpen pitchers) of declining offensive numbers all over baseball.3- Braun hit 40 homers only once in his career, and averaged 34 HRs during his first 6 seasons. Also, RBI are also a function of men on base in front of him, which is largely out of his control.4 - Braun could still cheat and not get caught. I think cheating is certainly down, but I also think that most of the cheaters don't get caught.So rather than focus on batting average, home runs and RBI, your bet should be based on OPS+ (Braun's performance vs. the rest of the league adjusted for environment). Braun, throughout his career has varied OPS+ from 130 (2008) to 166 (his age 27 season). He's at 143 for his career. You should agree on an OPS+ number (I'd suggest around 130) and base your bet on that.Besides, based on your original proposition, who wins if Braun hit .265/35/115?