A-Rod may not need second hip surgery
ByWhen word got out in March that Alex Rodriguez had a torn labrum in his right hip, it was just another pile-on moment in a forgettable offseason for the beleaguered star. Rumor had it that he could miss most of the 2009 season as he rehabbed from surgery, and of course all the “he’ll never be the same” talk got started. Then came the news that an alternative, hybrid procedure could be performed to minimize the recovery time and get the Yanks’ cleanup hitter back in the lineup sooner rather than later.
This hybrid procedure came with the caveat that Alex would eventually have to undergo the more extensive surgery this coming offseason, and everybody was pretty much fine with that because Alex would be back sooner. They were also watching Chase Utley OPS over 1.000 early in the season after he had the same procedure last winter. As it turns out, A-Rod might not need that second surgery after all. To quote Bryan Hoch’s report:
“I don’t want to jinx us, but there is a very good chance we can use conservative treatment,” Dr. Marc Philippon told the New York Post. “We will take our time and look at all the variables, but I am very optimistic and happy.”
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Rodriguez, who has benefited from regularly scheduled days off this season, told The Post on Monday that it was “80 percent no; 20 percent yes” that he’d need offseason surgery.
Obviously, avoiding surgery is the preferable path. You don’t just cut into a world class athlete, especially a major joint of a super expensive athlete, unless you really have to. Yeah, it stinks that he needs more rest now than he did before, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. He’s been hitting like his old self for over two months now (.310-.423-.548 since the end of June), and his defense – which has certainly declined post-hip injury – is tolerable. If the options going forward are a) have the second surgery and hope it heals well, and if not who knows what, or b) not have the second surgery and give him some extra rest every week or two, I’d take the latter every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
After all that we’ve witnessed and all that he’s been through in his five plus years in pinstripes, it’s almost hard to believe that something like this could actually be going A-Rod’s way. I’m certain Dr. Phillippon and the team will do whatever is in the best interest of Alex Rodriguez now and his career going forward, and if that doesn’t require another surgery, then fantastic.
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Isn’t 80% No, 20% Yes…more than a “chance” he may not need off-season surgery? Normally at that point you would say there’s a “chance” that he may NEED off season surgery…
Well, the original plan was to have 2 surgeries, no doubt about it.
The current thought seems to be that he’s doing much better than expected, therefore, the odds are good that he won’t need the second surgery. But until the season ends and they do extensive tests to be sure, he should still plan on having the surgery.
agreed
i don’t see why not have the second surgery immediately after the season and rehab to his old form like chase utley did
Risk/reward.
Surgery doesn’t always go as planned. Complications may come up after the surgery (see Eric Gagne’s nerve issues). You really don’t want to have unnecessary surgery.
If he doesn’t have to have the other surgery that is huge.
So why are his numbers down? Are we insinuating that after this season and the off-season rest…he’ll be at-least close to 100% so his numbers will be much better? Not that they’re terrible right now…but Matsui and Arod have almost identical numbers where in the past…Arod was head and shoulders above everybody else.
Yeah the past 2 months he’s been hitting like his old self…I see it.
I guess we can assume then. He just doesn’t look the same to me when I watch him play. Those numbers may be there but I still see a different player…perhaps because he has a different attitude and is somewhat silent and distant from the media these days?
Keep in mind that his numbers early this season (when he returned from surgery/rehab) drag down his overall numbers, and he didn’t have Spring Training.
Interesting that this year his K/BB ratio is 1.13/1, compared to a career 1.63/1.
I think we are just seeing him growing up, becoming more mature in how he approaches things.
Had A-Rod played in 162 games and hit at his current rate, he’d be on pace for 38 home runs and 117 RBI. He had a terrible slump at the beginning of his season and didn’t really hit his stride until the Yanks started giving him and his hip some regular rest. I’m not too concerned about his numbers.
A-Rod jumped straight into the season with no spring training, he had to adjust himself to hitting major league pitching again while he was still only months removed from surgery. He wasn’t getting the recommended rest that he was originally prescribed either. Take a look at his more recent numbers and you will see the actual A-Rod.
“b) not have the second surgery and give him some extra rest every week or two, I’d take the latter every day of the week and twice on Sundays.”
If they only had a 1-2 game lead, or if they were in second would the feeling stay the same about giving him a day off every week?
Yes, this offense is potent even without A-Rod (despite the record before A-Rod was brought back into the lineup, not everything then was clicking though).
The guys playing great considering he missed ST and a chunk of the season. But doesn’t he look like it hurts like hell when he runs. Just saying, plus he never was a burner, but he looks slower too. And no I don’t have his times from last season as compared to this season.
If it’s true – and I’m not saying it is or isn’t – it’s probably because he’s not pushing himself as hard as he can. A-Rod has proved to be an excellent base stealer in the past, and the downside of a hip injury would be the decreased speed.
Arod has been a liability at 3B this season. Hopefully he gets the second surgery and comes back better, or the off-season does him good. Youk has been better or around the sames quality defense at third this year, and he is naturally a first baseman!
man, the crap you’ve been spewing today is incredible
you need to take trolling 101
How is it crap? You can honestly say that Arod has been better than average defense at third this year? Or that he is much better than Youk defensively?
His bat has been very good lately, I’m just talking about his defense.
Well, to be honest, Rodriguez has been pretty crappy on the field, though it is understandable.
Career Minor League Games
1B: 59
3B: 340
you = fail
Is this a serious nitpick? Youk is a first baseman! He has played there for most of his major league career and even won a gold glove. At least pick a good argument if you are going to say “you = fail” Posada is naturally a second baseman but that was years ago. Please…
Gold Gloves don’t accurately measure how great defensively someone is.
You don’t win a gold glove though unless you are somewhat good defensively.
See: Rafael Palmeiro 1999
So in the last 50 years covering 9 positions in 2 different leagues they made 1 mistake? Seems like acceptable error to me.
See: Derek Jeter 2007
What is the argument here? Youkilis is a better fielder than A-Rod, period and Youkilis himself is better at 1B than he is at 3B. What’s the dispute, ha?
Nate McClouth says Hello!
Derek Jeter (2004-2006) says hello!
Rafael Palmeiro in 1999 says hello!
2008 Nate McLouth begs to differ.
So does every year he won the GG Derek Jeter.
LOL. Yes, yes you do. It happens all the time. What you need is name recognition (largely a function of market and hitting ability) and to not make a crazy number of errors.
let me guess. you saw it with your own big league scout capable eyes…..
You’re trying to make it sound like Youk is a Giambi-like 1B and moving over to 3rd he’s better than ARod just to shit on Arod. When in reality Youk came up naturally at 3rd, who was moved to 1st.
Youkilis is naturally a third baseman (he played the majority of his games in the minors at third), the Red Sox just moved him to first. Also, Youkilis at third this year has a worse UZR/150 of -8.9 (in 44 games) to A-Rod -7.2, though Youkilis UZR/150 was over 22 last year in 36 games. However, Youkilis does have a better wOBA, of course A-Rod’s numbers are hurt by a bad start.
So what are you saying? Defensively they have been about the same? That is what I said.
-7.2 > -8.9
ergo
A-rod > Youkilis
Not in the last 5 years.
And if Youk only played like 30 games at 3rd in that span and A-Rod playing like 600 games then that would be an unfair of a comparison.
And then I found out how many Youk played so this comment I made can go to hell.
No. What they are saying is that you were claiming he was a 1st baseman moved to third, when in fact he was a third baseman, moved to first, then back to 3rd. They are saying he should be able to play some 3rd, since he came up that way.
Well put.
i’d alsolike to add that he has maintained those skills by playing at least 15 games there every yr since he was made a full time first baseman whereas the teixeira comparison won’t fly because the big difference is he hasn’t played an inning there since 2003.
Actually, Youk is a natural 3rd baseman, not 1st baseman.
The stats says otherwise
A-rod at 3B: -7.2 UZR/150
Youkilis at 3B: -8.9 UZR/150
Thanks for playing though.
For the record, not taking a shot at anyone, just putting the numbers up for everyone to see:
A-Rod UZR/150 @ 3rd: -7.2
Youk UZR/150 @ 3rd: -8.9
youkilis is a 3b they moved to 1b because they had this guy named lowell doing a bangup jb at the time….
nice try though.
Alex rodriguez uzr\150
2009: -7.2
2008: -3.2
2007: 2.3
2006: -12.4
2005: 0.2
draw from that what you will…
Youk has been better or around the sames quality defense at third this year, and he is naturally a first baseman!
this only furthers my theory that you have no idea what you are talking about, do no research, and have zero credibility
(go ahead, i’m kicking that ad hominem red herring’s ass)
Fine I’ll use your crazy stats:
Youk since 05 at 3B: 7.9 UZR/150
Arod since 05 at 3B: -1.5 UZR/150
Yeah i have 0 credibility for being right
UzR iS tEh CrAzY sTaTs!1!!!!!111
Oh so now I post something that backs up my argument and you make fun of me using a stat that you used. That is fair.
No, I just laughed because people tend to hate on UZR for no reason other than being unfamiliar with it.
There are plenty of reasons to hate on UZR once you’re familiar with it.
People who use it as the sole point in an argument tend to fall in the middle ground.
No, you shot your credibility when you said Youkilis was a natural 1B.
How many games did Youk play at 3rd since 2005? My B-Ref skills epically failed me.
Around a full seasons worth.
Since ’05, he’s spent 965.1 innings at 3rd; so that’s a little less than a full season.
So the comparison is around 5 seasons worth of data for A-Rod and one season of data on Youk? Or does it not matter?
No, that matters, especially with fielding data. Since the stats aren’t perfect, you need as much data as you can get.
Youk
3B: 133
1B: 464
A-Rod
3B: 682
There’s a massive sample size difference there, folks.
you don’t even know what position the guy is a “natural” at.
and again, those youk stats are in a small sample size because again, they have this guy named mike lowell.
2005: 24 games at 3b
2006: 16 games at 3b
2007: 13 games at 3b
2008: 36 games at 3b
2009: 44 games ar 3b
and 7.9 uzr/150 since 2005?
2005: 3.4
2006: -7.7
2007: 6.9
2008: 22.6
2009: -8.9
combine those and they don’t come out to 7.9
UZR/150 is a rate, not a counting stat. Yeah, i just looked that up. That is what the “/” symbol means. Nice try though.
fair enough. you have 1 point. and all it took was for you to be wrong on msot everything else to do some research.
well done. i see improvement.
He got the 7.9 from Youkilis’ career value, which goes from 2004-2009. For 2005-2009, it is 2.1, so Youkilis has dropped off significantly since becoming a first baseman pretty much full time.
i knew something was fishy ith that…
Fine I’ll use your crazy stats:
Youk since 05 at 3B: 7.9 UZR/150
Arod since 05 at 3B: -1.5 UZR/150
Yeah i have 0 credibility for being right
Doesn’t this counter your assertion
If Youkilis has been better at 3B since 2005, then wouldn’t we expect that to continue this year? If A-Rod is just as good as he’s always been defensively (and also at the plate) then why push for a surgery that is apparently not needed?
well the credibility drops because it is not 7.9 but 2.1 as Thomas says directly above.
Good grief. I’m sorry, but you guys are all making Jim the Jew a very sympathetic figure in this conversation, and that’s not easy to do. He said:
“Arod has been a liability at 3B this season. Hopefully he gets the second surgery and comes back better, or the off-season does him good. Youk has been better or around the sames quality defense at third this year, and he is naturally a first baseman!”
His biggest crime in that comment? Saying Youk is “naturally a first baseman,” when what’s really true is that Youk was originally a third baseman who moved to first to accommodate Lowell and who really is adept, and “natural” if you will, at both first and third base. Other than that he didn’t say anything so crazy. A-Rod hasn’t been so great at third this season. Youk hasn’t, either, they’ve been pretty similar in the field… but JtJ said Youk’s been better or just about the same as A-Rod, so it’s not such an egregious, ZOMG YOU’RE TEH SUCK kind of mistake.
Nothing else he said is that crazy, but everyone’s in such a rush to crap on him that you’re all way overstating the arguments against him.
Thanks. I may not be able to make the best arguments because I go by what I see, but it seems like people were waiting to put holes in every single one of my sentences. People are even going as far as selectively quoting what I say.
See, I understand going after this guy…he generally doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But I never claim to know the answers…I offer possibilities and then a riot ensues. Maybe I’ve just reached celebrity status in here and everybody wants to be a part of it? Who knows…
seriously? dude, give it a rest with your everyone is piling on me bit. it is old. no one singles you out, youre nto a celebrity, and did you just try to hijack this whole thing to turn it into another discussion about you? come on man.
jsb – Just ignore it. We’ve all been down this road before, we know the drill by now.
but…it’s…like…fly…paper….
Just trying to make a point. Not digging up anything.
That’s all.
At least Raul Mondesi has taken a new approach this time. Ignoring and/or cordial conversation is always a better alternative. Thank you.
I was never not-cordial in the conversation this morning, and your comment insinuates that I was.
In a related story, A-Rod will resume his collagen lip treatments shortly after the season ends.
Jim the Jew = bigpinklips
??
Hell no, I just try to post what I hope are at least somewhat amusing comments.
i enjoyed it. made me chuckle
mroe to follow at 11. stay tuned
+1
Any word on breast enhancement/reduction?
yes.
enhancement = woo
reduction = booooo
You want A-Rod with bigger breasts?
Or even just the inverted nipples?
I have to disagree here. The guy has been laying low, waiting for his moment to emerge with a big zinger of a joke, and all he can come up with is the equivalent of ‘hey guys, A-Rod has puffy pink lips, har har?’ That’s the joke so hysterical he just had to speak up? I’ll go -1 on this one.
Does it count as off topic if I say hey guys I love the magic number addition?
How about that A-rod fellow and maybe not needing hip surgery? Sweet deal.
You could say that the magic number, 25, is 5 more than the percent chance of A-Rod’s surgery!
i agree
i love the little addition
AS Michael Madsen said in Reservoir Dogs”You kids shouldn’t play so rough someone is going to start crying” Mr Blonde
All I am going to say is Tex was in the minors as a third baseman and moved to first in the majors. If next year he played a full season at third and was better than Arod defensively that is a bad indicator of Arod’s defense. Youk was a third baseman full time years ago. For him to play at third this year and be nearly as good as Arod is not good. Arod is a bottom 5 third baseman defensively for players with more than 500 innings fielded.
Well were you expecting him to be good in the field this year after hip surgery?
No. Which is why I said way back that I hope he has the second surgery or recovers somewhat in the offseason.
Yeah, the surgery doesn’t bode well for fielders. Lowell’s been crappy this year and even Utley’s fielding has suffered this year. Ha, wow, it’s ridiculous that he’s at 8.7 UZR/150 and that means his fielding has taken a 12.7 point HIT. I effing love Chase Utley.
Except he was good defensively before the hip surgery. FWIW almighty defensive Mike Lowell has a -11.3 UZR this year having nearly the same injury as A-Rod. His UZR before that was 11.1
His bat still makes up for it.
cept youkilis came up in 04 and played 65 games at 3rd and has payed there a little every yr since. he has not been a 1b only.
this means that he has bene able to keep his skills up and i would be willing to wager that he practices at 3b in the offseason too because they might need him or to at least keep his versatility. i could be wrong on that but i wouldnt doubt it…
PLUS teixeira has not played 3b since 2003. you are trying to compare apples to oranges, or trying to put the square peg in the round hole
Let’s also not forget that if Tex had gone to Boston, Youk would have been the Sox #1 choice for 3B. So he definitely preps to play there, in fact I wouldn’t be shocked if he takes grounders there during BP to stay sharp.
“i would be willing to wager that he practices at 3b in the offseason”
That seems like blatant speculation for your argument. I bet Mariano Rivera practices being a catcher during the offseason to maintain versatility. Oh no, I made a hyperbole, don’t overreact.
Considering how much he plays 3B each year and the fact that it was reported heavily by the Boston media that he would move to 3B permanently if a long-term 1B came to Boston (re: Tex), then it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to say that he does practice the position.
It wouldn’t be far-fetched, but it is still speculative and the truth is unverifiable.
JtJ, you should drop this line of reasoning. Youk is both a first and third baseman. It’s more reasonable to think he practices both positions than to think he doesn’t (which, frankly, doesn’t make any sense and is almost surely wrong).
He plays both positions.
Ha, remember when people were advocating for Tex to play 3rd this season with Swisher at first?
So lets get this straight because its tiresome.
A guy coming off hip surgery isnt having a Gold Glove season on the field?
Thanks for the great analysis.
I think we all can agree hes hasnt been Brooks Robinson. Thanks Jim.
Yeah I expect someone making 252 Million dollars to be good in the field. I would expect any professional baseball player tobe good in the field. If your healthy enough to be out there your healthy enoughto be productive.
A-Rod is productive.
In a vacuum, you would always prefer a player that is better defensively. just like you would always prefer someone that is faster, or a pitcher that walks fewer batters. The problem is there is rarely a player that is productive in every aspect of the game. The goal is to get the player that overall is the most productive. Sometimes you are willing to take a hit on defense because a player is great offensively (like with Jeter – the last 2 years excluded), and sometimes you take the hit on offense because the player is great defensively (like Gardner).
How do we know his diminished defense and need for rest is a permanent side effect? It’s only been a few months since he had surgery on a major joint, I don’t think I would be off base by saying that it’s a long recovery to get back to 100%.
Agreed.
Mike Lowell who is older than AROD should not be having amore productive year after having the same surgery. Oneis hitting over 300 and one is well below. I am sorry but that is sad for AROD.
Are we going to have to have the batting average argument again? The average is not that important.
How do you figure? I would say a 300 hitter with relatively the same power numbers which lowell has is more productive than a 260 hitter. Especially one who has 2 w/s rings
WTF. This has straw man written ALL over it.
Seriously what the hell do world series wrings matter? Why the hell does batting average only matter? if you knew any other stats which are more important you’d know that A-Rod is doing much better offensively.
I seriously hate the batting average beats all mentality.
And according to that logic are we going to see that Ellsbury is a better hitter than A-Rod because of his .300 batting average?
Sorry to interrupt, you are definitely on the right side of the argument here but I’m afraid you don’t know what the straw man fallacy is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
mryankee isn’t employing the straw man here, he is just being ridiculous.
Oh my god, my head hurts. Because A-Rod is the sole and only reason that the Yankees have not won a World Series, and Mike Lowell personally carried the ’03 Marlins and ’07 Sox to championships.
Batting average has nothing to do with productivity sir. It’s an overrated stat.
Let’s not get carried away. Batting average is overrated, but saying it has nothing to do with productivity is just as wrong as using batting average as your primary means of valuing a player.
Bingo.
Every stat is an imperfect representation of a player’s effectiveness.
Some are just more imperfect than others.
Agreed. I overstated to push my point.
Alex Rodriguez’s power is better than Mike Lowell’s power.
Lowell IsoP: .205
Rodriguez IsoP: .235
Lowell AB/HR: 23.5625
A-Rod AB/HR: 15.3478
A-Rod: OPS+ = 136
Lowell: OPS+ = 114
…
Lowell is not out producing A-Rod. A-Rod has 50 points more of OPS than Lowell. Let’s not get crazy. And if you are talking defensively they are around the same.
In what world is A-Rod having a less productive season than Mike Lowell?
Teh batting average stoopid!
I’m going to throw my two cents in here, ignore me if you prefer… Sometimes these conversations tend to get a little out of hand, though, and need to be reined in.
When you say something like “teh batting average stoopid,” you are making an ad hominem argument/attack against another commenter. That is lame. While not coming right out and saying ‘you are stupid,’ your statement has the same effect. That is not an argument nor an explanation intended to further a conversation and perhaps enlighten/educate another commenter who you think is wrong or even ignorant of certain concepts, it’s an attempt to marginalize that person by attacking their intelligence.
Being right doesn’t give you the right to be an asshole. The rules about civil discourse around here apply to you even if you’re the person who is right.
/End rant
you are teh suxor!
::couldn’t resist::
Heh. That’s cool, can’t stop the truthiness.
plus his uzr in 06 looooooong before the surgery was -12.4
ouch
One player makes about 10-12 Million older and more productive, than someone making 20-25 mill a year.
He is not more productive. Please show me one piece that proves that Lowell is more productive than A-Rod. Please.
Batting Average-Lowell is over or at 300 arod is 260-Home runs and rbis-how much difference is there-I would say Boston right now is getting better value for their dollar?
Alex Rodriguez’s performance is valued at $14.9MM this season. Mike Lowell’s is valued at $5.5.
Read up the meaning of OBP, Slugging and OPS then compare that to Lowell and you will clearly see who the better offensive player.
23>16, right? That’s the homer difference for the pair.
Please do us all a favor and look up the facts before you speak from now on.
One player had no preseason and started a month late during the season. Apples, meet oranges. Since a month after A-Rod came back, he’s been great with the bat.
I remeber when Arod was a 40-40 type of player and I know he is older but if your married to someone for the next 9 years and 252 you should expect better productivity.
Does your selective memory make you forget he had hip surgery? And he’s still having a good season with him not being 100 percent.
What in the world?
You really taking someone seriously when they say lowell is having a better yr than A-Rod?
Really?
Lowell has been so good that the Sox disrupted chemistry by importing another bat. They think so highly of him they tried to move a gold glove caliber 1b to 3b.
A-Rod could tranform into A-Rodimus Prime next season if he has the surgery…
We also can’t just think about whether he’ll be fine for next year. But we have this guy for another 8-9 years roughly. Not getting this surgery now when he’s younger could have some terrible effects on him as he ages…as well as being a bigger burden trying to fix when he’s older.
Look it’s a celebrity!!!!
Bingo…
hahaha
ietc
Good job, Jim
Bingo..
We also can’t just think about whether he’ll be fine for next year. But we have this guy for another 8-9 years roughly.
Right…
Not getting this surgery now when he’s younger could have some terrible effects on him as he ages…as well as being a bigger burden trying to fix when he’s older.
Or, the extra scar tissue from a second surgery could drag him down more than the hip problem will (see Jaret Wright’s scar tissue issues while on the Yankees). Something could go wrong during the surgery, or complications may develop (see Eric Gagne’s nerve issues after Tommy John surgery). He could end up worse off.
Or, the extra scar tissue from a second surgery could drag him down more than the hip problem will (see Jaret Wright’s scar tissue issues while on the Yankees). Something could go wrong during the surgery, or complications may develop (see Eric Gagne’s nerve issues after Tommy John surgery). He could end up worse off.
i had never considered this. this is bad news bears…so it’s kind of, well he might not need it because he has responded wel and is roughly, let’s speculate, 90% healthy by the offseason and it doesn’t make sense to risk it lioke you said….
but then it is al;ways hanging over him and could reoccur at any minute since this surgery, while working, was only supposed to fix it temporarily no? so it’s intent was duct tape and bubble gum to tide him over til the real fix. stop me if i am wrong.
it’s a frightening reality either way because there are so many unknowns and the one known factor is the mammoth length of his contract.
All of the reasons you guys discussed are the reasons why none of us really know what we’re talking about when it comes to A-Rod’s surgery/no surgery decision. We think ‘well just have the surgery and be done with it,’ but we disregard how serious and risky a surgical procedure can be, especially when dealing with an athlete who needs his body to be in near-perfect condition, and the risks surgery presents for both the near and long terms. Let’s leave it to Dr. Philipon, A-Rod and the Yankees.
so wait, are you pulling a bo here and telling us it’s pointless to discuss it and debate and share our opinions? or am i confused?
You know, I want to say no, but I’m not sure. I guess so, yeah. lol
But, come on, this is a medical thing, this isn’t really the kind of thing we can discuss, is it? This isn’t like discussing future personnel plans for a baseball team. I’m not going to bother thinking too much about this, but there’s definitely an important difference here.
Nah, I don’t think he’s going that far. I think he’s just pointing out that the most important factors in the decision are going to be ones that we’re not going to be aware of or know enough to have a meaningful opinion on.
Bo’s a different story. We’re all (or at least most of us) capable of having a meaningful discussion of the ideal postseason rotation. Bo just disagreed on the timing of that discussion. Unless you’re thinking of something else…
Right, this. Thanks.
Brendog likes to discuss trivial and totally unimportant matters.
Like discussing the playoff rotation on Sept 1.
Which is ridiculous.
Or discussing the fact that A-Rod may or may not get hurt and have more surgery.
but then it is always hanging over him and could reoccur at any minute since this surgery, while working, was only supposed to fix it temporarily no? so it’s intent was duct tape and bubble gum to tide him over til the real fix. stop me if i am wrong.
The surgery fixed things that caused him pain & limited motion, but did not fix the underlying issue. The problems that were fixed will eventually happen again if he does not have the second surgery.
Obviously the team isn’t going to be that specific on the exact details of this stuff, but, I’ve never heard any indication of how long it would take for the problems to recur. It may take a a few years, it make take a decade.
Also, when they planned the two surgeries, we have no idea what the expectations where. It may have been “surgery 1 lets him play this year, but he’ll need surgery 2 in the near future.” Or it may have been “surgery 1 will hopefully let him be an All Star player, surgery 2 lets him be an MVP candidate.” If it was the second option, they could very easily decide he’s recovered better than expected and not want to risk the 2nd surgery.
Yeah, but even with the new surgery…he’ll have scar tissue regardless. He may have scar tissue issues with his previous lighter surgery…and/or he may have a scar tissue injury if he chooses to have the more severe surgery. One could assume the severity of a potential scar tissue issue would increase with the severity of the surgery? Not that either would be good though…
tissue issue.
unique new york.
the arsonist had oddly shaped feet.
heh. tissue issue.
ok i’m done, sorry.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog?
One could assume the severity of a potential scar tissue issue would increase with the severity of the surgery?
That’s a safe assumption. Scar tissue is always weaker and less flexible than the tissue around it, so you always want as little as possible. A larger incision means more scar tissue, and obviously having a second surgery would lead to additional scar tissue.
I can’t tell you what the odds are of him having scar tissue issues from the surgery he already had. I also can’t tell you what the odds are if he has the second surgery. But I can tell you that if he has the second surgery, the odds of him having an issue will definitely be higher than if he doesn’t have it.
A-Rod rehabbed to get back on the field, not to fully heal.
30 days of low impact activity and lots of stretching may be an alternative to a second surgery as long as the labrum is stable and no impingement is present that would compromise the labrum again.
Imaging after the season will tell the story not wishing, hoping and guessing.
Isn’t this something that should be discussed after the season and after said player has been evaluated by the specialist?
Speculating about this is kind of ridiculous.
A-Rod may not
needget second hip surgery yet[...] he’d undergo a second procedure to finish the job. Yet as the season went along, Philippon sounded more confident that A-Rod would not need a second surgery. Today, via ESPN Radio’s Andrew Marchand, we learn that a second surgery will not be [...]