The Officially Official Off Season Thread (2016)

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Hamilton early to Rangers camp despite achy knee

His left knee is starting to bark again after the effects of a January anti-inflammatory shot, administered by team physician Dr. Keith Meister, wore off.

The pain isn’t unbearable, at least not yet, and Hamilton plans to do the work necessary to have him ready to go for Opening Day. While it’s not yet a major cause of concern, Hamilton is searching for answers.

“We’ll hit it with treatment and see if it responds to being active every day. Hopefully it does,” said Hamilton, who arrived in Arizona on Sunday. “I’m not really worrying about it. I ran some bases today. It seems like the more I do on it, the better it feels.

“I think Doc said it was inflammation of the capsule. I’m wondering why, 2 1/2 weeks later, it started happening again. Is this going to be an ongoing thing? Is this not going to be an ongoing thing? I have those questions, too.”

 

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Texas Rangers projections: PECOTA predicts sub-.500 season for Texas

 

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[romeo212000]

Hamilton early to Rangers camp despite achy knee

His left knee is starting to bark again after the effects of a January anti-inflammatory shot, administered by team physician Dr. Keith Meister, wore off.

The pain isn’t unbearable, at least not yet, and Hamilton plans to do the work necessary to have him ready to go for Opening Day. While it’s not yet a major cause of concern, Hamilton is searching for answers.

“We’ll hit it with treatment and see if it responds to being active every day. Hopefully it does,” said Hamilton, who arrived in Arizona on Sunday. “I’m not really worrying about it. I ran some bases today. It seems like the more I do on it, the better it feels.

“I think Doc said it was inflammation of the capsule. I’m wondering why, 2 1/2 weeks later, it started happening again. Is this going to be an ongoing thing? Is this not going to be an ongoing thing? I have those questions, too.”

Yes, it's going to be an ongoing thing he'll have to manage and some times play through. Probably getting a knee replacement at some point after he retires I would imagine.

 

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[Kelleyman]

No surprise re Josh. There have been intermittent tumors all off season. We need to prepare as if he won't be a mainstay starter. This is why a surprise rookie may emerge. I still think we may look for a lockdown CF esp on a MILB contract

 

[Justinkm83]

If you had to choose one of the two to give a three year contract extension to would it be Beltre or Darvish?

Darvish, and I love Beltre, but using age is the deciding factor here.

 

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Free Agent Spending Trends: Pitching vs. Hitting

 

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Too bad for Matt.

 

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[Bmurph]

• The Phillies don’t expect lefty Matt Harrison to appear at camp this spring after a recent trip to a back specialist, GM Matt Klentak told reporters, including MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki (via Twitter). Indeed, it would seemingly come as a surprise if he returns to pitch all season as he continues to deal with serious back issues. Harrison went to Philadelphia as part of the financial balancing in last summer’s Cole Hamels trade, and his new club would stand to recoup some insurance proceeds for whatever period he is unable to work. Though he had rather remarkably returned to the hill for Texas, Harrison hasn’t suited up since.

 

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[Bmurph]

Too bad for Matt.

I just read and thought the same thing. Too bad for a really nice guy

 

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I just read and thought the same thing. Too bad for a really nice guy

A great guy and one who fought so hard to get back. It was amazing that he was even able to pitch at all last year. Best wishes to him and his family. I hope we can find a place in our organization for him after his contract expires.

 

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"Here in camp... Mitch Moreland revealed he played the last two months of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot.....Healthy now"--T R Sullivan

 

[Bmurph]

"Here in camp... Mitch Moreland revealed he played the last two months of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot.....Healthy now"--T R Sullivan

Unfortunately for MM, I see this being the norm year after year with him. Seems to be a guy that almost always will have some kind of injury, that just keeps him from being 100%. I guess in a 162 game season, that may be fairly normal for a lot of guys though. I have been hoping for that injury free, 30 HR year from Mitch for several seasons now, which I guess would also require him to be better vs LH'ers and play most everyday. Pipe dream, I guess

 

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Unfortunately for MM, I see this being the norm year after year with him. Seems to be a guy that almost always will have some kind of injury, that just keeps him from being 100%. I guess in a 162 game season, that may be fairly normal for a lot of guys though. I have been hoping for that injury free, 30 HR year from Mitch for several seasons now, which I guess would also require him to be better vs LH'ers and play most everyday. Pipe dream, I guess

I was thinking along the same lines. It seemed that one brief injury was all he had and that would have been fine. Then you add this to it and the only thing different was that he played through it. It was pretty much the same oft-injured Mitch.

I wonder if that was a contributing factor in acquiring Napoli. This also explains why they refused to put Mitch in the OF instead of Napoli. That always puzzled me.

 

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