Reportedly Devon Williams has 2 back stress fractures that may keep him sidelined for up to 3 months. He will not throw for 6 weeks and then slowly rehab to get back on the mound.
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The baseball gods strike again. What a bad deal all around.
My only question is did he not disclose the extent or severity of injury or was the team aware and kept him practicing and pitching anyway? Not exactly a common baseball type injury.
@Tschmack posted:The baseball gods strike again. What a bad deal all around.
My only question is did he not disclose the extent or severity of injury or was the team aware and kept him practicing and pitching anyway? Not exactly a common baseball type injury.
He probably had a stiff back, the normal PT and stretches you do for it didn't help, and so they eventually did some high resolution imaging and found this. Hard to blame the training staff or Williams for missing this. As you said, it's not a common baseball injury and a lot of athletes probably get muscle stiffness in their backs and get stretched out all the time for it.
It sucks going from a staff that less than two years ago included Burnes, Woodruff, Hader, and Williams to what they'll have now (Peralta and a bunch of hopes and prayers), but this was going to be a rebuilding year anyway. It would have hurt more if it had happened 2-3 years ago and compromised a real chance at a post-season run (like when Williams broke his hand punching a wall a few years ago right before the playoffs).
Hopefully he can make it back and be effective this year. If he doesn't it really compromises any offseason trade value he might have before the last year of his contract.
Actually he was having back issues last Sept. but kept pitching anyway. I hope Uribe can get his control issue straightened out. With his power he could be a dominate closer.