Did we possibly dodge a bullet?

[gotime909]

Fielder has complained about neck problems pretty much all season. He has a herniated disk and had a nerve root injection this morning. Anytime you have neck or back problems it could lead to lingering problems. Gonna sit through the weekend and see if the injection takes.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10946999/prince-fielder-herniated-disk-neck-texas-rangers


Note: I was gonna put this in the MLB forum, but figured it's "Tiger talk". If any of you mods want to move it feel free.

 

[Branthrax]

Way too early to tell. It's probably be much ado about nothing, or it could be a major issue. One thing is for certain though, a man his size with a potential back issue cannot be a good thing for the Rangers right now.

 

[mhughes0021]

anytime youre that fat you could have lingering issues. Anytime your wife is messing around with teammates you could have lingering issues. We dodged a bullet before his neck started to act up.....

 

[gotime909]

right, and I'm sure that violent swing doesn't help matters

 

[wheels002]

We dodged a bullet when we traded a player who could give a shit if the team won or lost for player that gives his all on every play and saved about 200 million in the process. It doesnt shock me that he has back issues because he is fat and doesnt take care of himself like he should. And as mentioned above he swings very violently. As you get older your body will break down. His will break down faster because of his weight.

 

[Mitchrapp]

We dodged a bullet when we traded a player who could give a shit if the team won or lost for player that gives his all on every play and saved about 200 million in the process. It doesnt shock me that he has back issues because he is fat and doesnt take care of himself like he should. And as mentioned above he swings very violently. As you get older your body will break down. His will break down faster because of his weight.

We didn't save close to 200m. More like 55m~.

 

[gotime909]

We didn't save close to 200m. More like 55m~.

I read 71 million. 76 if they decline Kinslers 2018 option. Either way definitely not 200.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I read 71 million. 76 if they decline Kinslers 2018 option. Either way definitely not 200.

I might have missed a year..and I think I saw 71 million as well.

 

[wheels002]

OK so I was off when I said 200 mil.

One thing that shocked me when I read the article is that Texas admits they did not give Prince a physical when they made the trade. Given the amount of money involved I would think you would make sure he was healthy.

 

[michiganalex]

could the same be said for Doug Fister?

 

[tigermud]

I do recall thinking that his swing didn't seem quiet as violent as it had previously largely in the second half..it may make sense now...I do also remember that fister had battled some elbow issues off and on last year and was often not getting through 6 so...yeah...those trades weren't so bad were they

 

[wheels002]

Prince now out for the year after having neck surgery.

 

[spockmaster]

Bullet successfully dodged. I read though that even if the rump rangers had given him a physical, it wouldn't have shown up because it's not something that would show up on a normal physical.

 

[kmd47]

Now all we need is Fister to have Tommy John and we can all proclaim DD Lord and ruler of all.

 

[tomdalton22]

I don't want anybody to get hurt....I just wanted him to suck!

 

[Thumb]

Now all we need is Fister to have Tommy John and we can all proclaim DD Lord and ruler of all.

Doesn't Iggy kind of balance that out as of right now?

 

[tomdalton22]

Doesn't Iggy kind of balance that out as of right now?

I think Asvail Garcia being out for 2014 balances out Iggy being out this season. Everybody is dumping their injured players on each other!

 

[Mitchrapp]

It's definitely a win for this season..a big one at that. And Fielder being a year older next season, after neck surgery the trade will work out much better than I anticipated.