Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 07, 2009
Weighing Surgery

The Yankees and Alex Rodriguez are trying to decide if he should opt for surgery now, or try to play with his injured hip. Surgery now might be better, because playing with the injury might make it much worse and surgery more complicated. He also might opt for just fixing the labrum, and not the bone, which would lead to a quicker recovery time.

When a reporter asked Girardi why Rodriguez had not decided to have the surgery immediately, he paused.

"The players always believe that they can always play through everything," Girardi said. "Sometimes they're right. Sometimes they're wrong."

Asked a similar question, Cashman said: "It's a fair question." He described the recent events and conversations as "kind of a roller coaster" and said "this is a very difficult decision for everybody involved."

"We have to make sure we don't make a short-term decision at the expense of a long one," Cashman said.

Indeed. The Yankees have a long term investment here, and it may be better to have Alex miss four months now than the last four years of his contract.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:13 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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Gee, ol' Cashie gets in another subtle dig at his superstar's expense. Interesting.

Aside from the possibility that the injury could shorten A-Rod's career, there's the greater possibility that it would hasten his move to first base. Where, of course, they now have Mark Teixeira on a long-term contract. And they have an overload of DHs and potential DHs as well. If the injury causes any decline in A-Rod's mobility, the Yanks are screwed. That would seem to be a powerful argument for surgery now.

Posted by: jvwalt at March 7, 2009 09:20 AM

Agreed, they have to play for the long term. AL East is a beast, and that lineup is lacking without his stick. Pricey tix will lead to an enraged fanbase if the Yanks are floundering in thrid place by June. This is gonna be fun!

Posted by: dave at March 7, 2009 11:00 AM
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