Frandsen Ruptures Achilles
by m34josh on Mar 24, 2008 3:39 PM PDT
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Guess this means Velez and Castillo are here to stay
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Ah man that sucks. Hope he can recover well and come back strong.
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My Outlook: Augusta Greenjackets FTW!!
damn..
we are losing infielders faster than we can sign for center fielders. Oh well, Velez is a lock for making the team now. If Ort can't make it, expect Velez/Castillo to be your 3rd/2nd base platoon behind gimpy Durham. With Aurilia taking 1st. Oh course, this could be big news for Rohlinger getting further looks. Now, if Lewis can play first...
by pittsburghian on Mar 24, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Velez
Should already be a lock to make the team. I just got back from watching the White Sox and Brewers games in Scottsdale this weekend, and Velez was by far the most exciting player on the field. Any time he gets on base, he is immediately in scoring position, and it is his type of player that will generate the most runs for us. Sure his defense is a little suspect, but he's about the only dynamic offensive player that we could have.
Frandsen
unbelievable. Terrible break for the kid. No more complaining about claiming Castillo off of waivers. I still hope they trade Durham though.
Randy Messenger: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!!"
Too bad. I feel sorry him. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the last we hear from Kevin Frandsen
"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean
by Smotheredinhugs on Mar 24, 2008 3:53 PM PDT reply actions
And an already bleak season...
...just got a little bit bleaker.
2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.
Frowny face
Oh Christ that's terrible news. What a painful and difficult injury to have. I was writing up a ST report for SF Dugout on Saturday and got news that his injury was only minor, then I read on the Merc that he could open the season on the DL, now this.
Terrible. I feel for the guy.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 24, 2008 3:56 PM PDT reply actions
With his scrappiness, he'll just wrap it in duct tape and be back on the field next week.
(Terrible injury; Mrs. Goofus ruptured her's a few years ago and it never fully healed.)
2008 Giants: A steaming pile of scrap!
Terrible News
Not just because it happened to the Bellarmine Kid, of all people, but because the Joe Crede Trade Threat Level was just raised to 'High'.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
San Francisco Giant's!
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 24, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Piss
Ah well. At least we can play Durham now and not feel bad about it. And that's also probly good for us, because if he keeps up what he's done so far this spring, he'll be very tradeable at the deadline. But I hope he can heal and come back soon.
Durham
The depressing thing though, is that if Durham plays well & is tradeable at the deadline, Sabean won't trade him because of a lack of a replacement!
Proud owner of the most boring Username!
Yet another example
...of the Sabean Dilemma (r)
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
Fook
Damnit, damnit, damnit.
Best case scenario: He heals, and gets to come back when there's no Durham to block.
Worst case? We don't hear from him again. Le sigh.
And Boom Goes the Dynamite
Roster set?
I think this injury sets the roster atleast in the 13 non-pitching spots unfortantly barring a trade.
1. Catcher: Bengie Molina
2. Catcher: Eliezer Alfonzo
3. First Base: Dan Ortmeier
4. Second Base: Ray Durham
5. Second Base: Eugenio Velez
DL Shortstop: Omar Vizquel
6. Shortstop: Jose Castillo
7. Third Base: Rich Aurilia
8. Outfield: Aaron Rowand
0. Outfield: Randy Winn
10. Outfield: Dave Roberts
11. Outfield: Fred Lewis
12 & 13. Brian Bocock, Ryan Rohlinger, Justin Leone, Rajai Davis
Yip Cabbage
-shakes head-
That's terrible. He works his butt off in the offseason only to lose the 2B job and get injured in the process.
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
Yeah, this is just absurd
Bad for Frandsen--he may never have the same opportunity for ABs again.
But to be a Giants fan now? Seriously, this is like being chained to a seat being forced to watch a Beckett play performed by deaf mutes in a community theater.
Absurd, torturous, and yet strangely liberating.
March is the cruellest month, breeding
Centerfielders out of the dead land, mixing
Molinas and Ortmeiers, stirring
Dull Rowands with spring training...
The title for this season's play:
Waiting for GoDefense
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
Damn
The whole gamer slogan seemed to be so pathetic except as applied to Kevin -- I think the slogan jinxed him.
I did
not need to hear that. That is just wrong.
Kevin Frandsen "Out. All Season"
Damnit !!
My adopted son Matt Downs. Gamer !
And this probably spells the end for our boy Frandsen
This year was his opportunity. His window was small. Did it just close?
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.
Oh geez
I go away for less than two days and all hell breaks loose.
That's really, really awful. Frandsen was one of the few I was honestly pulling for, and he was finally getting his chance.
He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM!
Remembering Dravecky
Can't help remembering Dave Dravecky at a time like this.
A very tough break for a truly nice young man who did everything asked of him in the pursuit of his dream. Let's hope the dream does not end here for his sake...
Agreed. Frandsen looked like a promising infielder who was somewhere in-between a building block and a stop-gap. But now this creates not only a dark cloud, but facilitates the need to keep Durham for possibly the whole season unless we bottom out like the Tigers did a few years back.
How come I'm having a feeling Sanchez and a mid-level prospect are going to be gone by mid-May for bats we need, but are forced to take on aka over-aged prospects?!
it's always noonan somewhere
I am wondering if the Giants training staff dropped the ball on this one. I mean, he's had achilles trouble for 2 weeks. They must have done an MRI, right? Wouldn't that show something such that they could either say, "naw, it's healing," or "damn, this looks bad, better not run him out there, yet?"
The other bad news, and there can't be any other kind with this, is, based on the Julian Peterson experience, isn't it 2 years before one has a full recovery?
There might be something there...but usually with an achilles, if it's slight or just nagging, it can be hard to diagnose. It just seems they wanted him to test it and the worst possible thing happened. I don't know if they'd risk losing him if there was a significant risk it would give out...but I'll keep open the "horror door". As for recovery time, I'm not quite sure how the injury plays in baseball. In football, the achilles plays to the total speed factor. Given Frandsen could lose some and still be effective, maybe he loses some range and at worst would have to be a first/third baseman. Probably retards his development and we don't seem him until winter ball at the earliest. Hopefully the achilles injury is like what an ACL tear is to a hockey player, in that the recovery time is reduced.
it's always noonan somewhere
by sectionop92 on Mar 25, 2008 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Poor kid. Hell.
I tore my Achilles tendon in college and had to drop my dance minor. However, it did not spell the end of my career. Poor Frandsy.
Adopted son Notgardo tearing up Spring Training ... that's tearing as in tears. Make mama proud!
You're fully healed?
Can you back up Durham at 2nd?
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
TK said dance
So naturally she's Omar's backup.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 25, 2008 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Dances With Minors
And then she drops them...leaving them both bruised and confused.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Mar 25, 2008 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Whiny dancer
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 25, 2008 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea..
Ruptured Achilles Tendons are no joking matter. My dad had one and was in a cast for around a month, month and a half and then went to a walking cast for 3 or 4 more months after that. He's now able to even hike fine, he healed totally. He's always wary though. He couldn't even walk with it ruptured, and if it would have ruptured in the backcountry he probably could not have gotten out on his own.
Funny thing is, when he ruptured it he was walking from the camera to join the group for a timed picture. And he just fell down and thought someone hit him in the ankle with a baseball bat.
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This is terrible. He might not get another chance to start. Sabean won't trade Durham unless there is someone to give the job to, say, Velez or Castillo. Then, next year, Frandsen has to compete against someone who has now "proven" they can play the position at the BL level. With so much riding on 50 spring AB's, it could go anyway.
It's too bad, he deserved a shot to start this year.
I guess now we have to put our future hopes on Lewis, Velez and *sigh* Ortmeier...
Bengie Molina: stretching doubles into singles since 1998.
Josh Barfield
the Giants should try to acquire this guy from the Indians. He's shown good ability at times, but lost his job this spring to Asdrubal Cabrera.
I imagine the Indians would want some pitching in return, which I would be ok with as long as it isn't a core guy.
Bonds stands alone.
by nostocksjustbonds on Mar 25, 2008 9:34 AM PDT reply actions
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