Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

You can't force a player to undergo a medical procedure. They could have insisted (maybe they did), but in the end it's his body.
“I’m pretty in tune with my body. That’s exactly why I refused to take the MRI. I knew there was nothing happening in there.”

The Met's could have DL'd him, but they couldn't force him to get an MRI.

 

And that is what they should have done, tell him he isn't pitching until he has an MRI. If that means a trip to the DL, so be it.

 

Easy to say that now, but they entered the series 7.5 back of the Nats and had lost six in a row. Suddenly, they were on the verge of sweeping the Nats and you want them to DL their best pitcher, who steadfastly insists he's fine and is throwing 100mph without an issue during his bullpen session? That's some high-grade 20/20 hindsight.

Granted, the Mets don't get much benefit of the doubt because of their track record of incompetence, but this really was Syndergaard's fault.

 

If the medical staff was concerned enough about him to order an MRI, the team needs to make sure that happens before he pitches again.

 

Mets' Syndergaard out indefinitely with lat tear

 

Will we ever know what it was before he pitched yesterday?

 

No, because he was dumb enough to refuse the MRI and the team was dumb enough to let him pitch without having it done.

 

I know that, just asking if there's any way for them to know medically if / how much he damaged it yesterday. All parties involved are better off not knowing, so even if it's medically possible I'd imagine they wouldn't bother.

 

Of course you want to know if he blew it out while pitching.

 

I don't see how it would be possible.

The medical staff should have refused to clear him and the front office should have backed them.

 

Fenway proposal. She says no. Seems like it's real.

Did a Fenway marriage proposal go horribly awry Sunday night? - The Boston Globe

 

Sadly I must have hit my cap on reading Globe stories. I'm sure that is an entertaining tidbit. Probably not much to do with MLB, aside from the location, but likely entertaining.