Nate Pearson’s biggest injury so far has been a freak-accident line drive that broke his arm last season, whereas Kopech just had Tommy John Surgery in 2019. Mine happened while I was playing in a regular Wednesday night basketball game. Despite the – perhaps – humorous name a characteristic of groin strains (yeah, yeah, go ahead) is how easy they are to re-aggravate. Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins discusses Nate Pearson re-aggravating his groin injury and talks about the team's pitching depth that can fill in Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games ... Haha this might also be Nate Pearson. I think it clearly means reinjured again, once more. “Obviously, Stripling, with what he’s done in his career, has a leg up on that spot. Before the injury, Pearson … 2 starter behind Hyun-Jin Ryu. Pearson was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and promoted to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadiansafter making one start. The best thing – according to my doctor anyway – for it is to do nothing. “Maybe our starting pitchers won’t be stretched out quite as far as they would be at that point. I would agree. Hopefully he gets better quickly. The rookie has a 6.61 earned-run average across four starts this season. Even if they are at 4.5 or 5 era they would still win a lot of games with Jays offense. In other AL divisions, yes. I can’t see it any other way than a total burnout of the rotation and pen because the rotation can’t get deep into games (or even through the 3rd inning). And he never has a problem with his groin. Looking at the Jays rotation, he would be the #2 with a straight face. CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Blue Jays’ No. I think he nicely fits the profile as a … But, my point was, the usage of the term reaggravation is really poor. So not only is it poor usage, but it’s unclear as to what is meant; reinjured, or reinjured again. Chad Pearson offers comments on employer violence in understanding workplace injury as part of a roundtable on Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era, just published by Cambridge University Press. He has never pitched in the big leagues and we don’t know if he is even a starter yet. Agreed. The fact that the “home opener” will be played in Washington D.C. would normally raise a few questions; COVID-19, MLB experiments and governmental missteps have rendered any questions moot. Goes to show how bad this rotation could be. Share Followers 5. Guests, we are in agreement for the rude awakening around the corner. They’ll likely get similar results. The Astros have lost another key starter for the year, Nate Pearson injury update, Jays vs Orioles recap, Sub for fast baseball news. He needs at least one more developmental year. It appears that highly touted pitching prospect Nate Pearson will be on the shelf to start the season due to a groin strain that he suffered a few weeks ago. As a teenager, he'd undergone surgery for an olecranon stress fracture - "the knob in the elbow" - … That said, the Jays’ “depth” will be tested early. Holdren delves into the history of the emergence of workers’ compensation law in the United States. Not in that division. That was certainly my experience. At this point they need Pearson healthy and ready to take the next step whether he can or not. Although Atkins/Shapiro may think there’s a chance they think they can get a better price on starting pitcher’s to build up the staff during the season. I posted on the initial thread about this. Thing is, he’s never pitched more than 100 innings in a season and the jays know that. Julian Merryweather, who was being stretched out, is expected to be used in a multi-inning bullpen role now, which could also be part of the solution. If Pearson does need an IL stint to open the season, and is getting closer to 100% by that point, it lines up well for the Blue Jays. We need to move him while he still has worth. They suck, because until it heals, you can’t do anything. You’re right they probably aren’t done making moves, there’s been quite a few reports which imply they may think they can get better trades for starters in-season. Pearson also spent a month on the IL due to elbow tightness. There’s no doubt that reaggravated means reinjured again. He was able to walk off the field under his own power and did not return to the dugout. Opinion | Nate Pearson’s injury gives the Blue Jays a chance to be patient with their top prospect; ... Blue Jays Top 100 Players in Franchise History (11-15) jaysjournal.com - David Corcoran • 19h. He wasn’t ever going to pitch the amount of innings a normal #2 does bc of that. That he aggravated the injury again? One of the exciting teams with some young offensive talent. This was Pearson’s second bullpen session as he worked back from the injury, which he suffered in a game on March 1. Through his first six starts, Pearson did not allow a run, and yielded only four hits and one walk while striking out 16 in 13 total innings. A Look at Nate Pearson, Prospect In our next look at a former Valley League player who is now in professional baseball, we have the huge 6-foot-6, 245-pound righthander Nate Pearson ! A source later reported that Pearson was diagnosed with a broken ulna. Tanner Roark, Ross Stripling, Trent Thornton, the re-signed Robbie Ray, and new acquisition Steven Matz are all looking for bounce-back seasons, while younger arms like Anthony Kay and Thomas Hatch are still unproven at the MLB level. Opening Day is just a touch over two weeks away and Pearson would need to ramp things back up with his arm once his groin is totally ready to go. 2020 Was not solid but you cannot expect that to repeat. Anything can happen, but three of those guys combined for an ERA of 7.27 last year. He’s barely pitched more than 100 innings in a single season and they were going to be careful with his innings. When you’re a dad and those kids are growing up with their wildly erratic movements and innocent horseplay all measuring about groin height. That is the way MLB wants it as the league continues to do everything possible to destroy careers of pitchers. Per Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins, Nate Pearson suffered a grade 1 right groin strain while pitching Monday. In today’s game it’s roulette on the mound. As Davidi notes, this could put Kay, Hatch, Thornton, or T.J. Zeuch in line to take over Stripling’s long man job in the bullpen, which creates further juggling down the road about how to manage innings and whether younger pitchers are best deployed as relievers or kept stretched out as rotation depth. 1 prospect, Nate Pearson, had a “mild re-aggravation” of his right groin strain while throwing a bullpen session Tuesday, general manager Ross Atkins announced. The rotation is not strong. Position: Pitcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-6, 250lb (198cm, 113kg) . “We want to make sure we put everyone in a position to have options,” Atkins said. I lived for those Wednesday nights, and every week that I missed was agony. Today we begin a week-long roundtable discussion on Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era, just published from Cambridge University Press. Despite the difficulties of Pearson’s first season, the Blue Jays were counting on big things in 2021, hoping that Pearson would emerge as a solid No. That will play a major factor in how they line up their pitching staff early on. And because of that, I just don’t like the term being used. Bob, there are some in this world who pay for that kind of maltreatment…. Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Saturday that Nate Pearson (groin) hasn't thrown off a mound yet. They’re built just like the Rockies were the past few years. In your example, I think you’re getting more aggravated, and not reaggravated. Yet his stock has never been higher. Fortunately for the Blue Jays, there’s no shortage of starting pitching depth in the organization. ... 1 UFC card due to injury. It’d be almost gone & I’d slip a just a little bit on ice or something & BAM! He finished the 2017 regular … They’ll score runs, but their starting pitching will sink them to mediocrity. During the Toronto Blue Jays “home opener” in Washington Wednesday night, another monumental moment in Canadian history will launch from the right arm of 23 year-old Nate Pearson. Aggravated groin? A rude awakening is around the corner. : The Toronto Blue Jays have provided very little in terms of updates on the status of Nate Pearson and that could be concerning. A lot of the fairweather experts had him pegged as a future #1 despite him not throwing more than a few innings in professional ball. By the time the Blue Jays get through that stretch, which ends April 18 following a four-game set in Kansas City, they’ll have a chance to catch their breath. Nate Pearson - SP TOR Nate Pearson - SP TOR. All good to get these minor injuries healed up in spring training. Allstar studded lineup, mediocre-poor starting rotation, and 0 pitching depth. And many use it when they only mean to say reinjured, and not reinjured again. An injury history explains why Pearson drew only modest interest in high school. Maybe don’t give up your regular job for an attempted comedy career. For real. Do you think the Blue Jay’s have another Reese McGuire on their…ummm…hands? He was selected 28th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, and signed on June 28 for a $2.45 million bonus. It’s not where he’s necessarily in the five spot. Then, there are several guys in a similar situation with less experience.”. Tough break for the Blue Jays. And, using another correct definition, if someone cut you off, and then he struck you from behind, you would be angry, and then more angry, you wouldn’t have been angered and then re-angered. One of the game’s most highly-touted young pitchers, Pearson made his MLB debut last season and posted a 6.00 ERA over 18 innings in the regular season, plus two scoreless frames during the Jays’ wild card series with the Rays. Shaw narr.. more The Globe and Mail Hatch has the upside to insert himself into this rotation long-term, regardless of the injuries ahead of him, so he’ll be on the radar. It’s easy to focus in solely on the Opening Day roster, but that can change quickly. I didn’t realize that we were relying on so many arms to have “bounce back seasons.” Not too sure how I feel about that…, Angels been doing that for years. You call 18 innings at 6 era and good test? Stripling, who came over from the Dodgers in a deal at the Trade Deadline last summer, made 59 starts with the Dodgers as he swung between the rotation and bullpen. I agree that Mark probably meant reinjured again. That’s one of the reasons the Blue Jays were attracted to Stripling, and while they hadn’t planned on leaning on that versatility so early, Stripling will help bridge the gap. If you are relying on Matz, Ray, and Roark your staff is mediocre. AND he has an extensive injury history, so there is tons of risk here. He was a weapon for the team last year as a reliever and could be a big part of the team this season in a similar role. Jays need him. Ross Stripling projects to be first in line for that rotation spot. Spring Training has just a few days left, and we’ll be getting near the end of our look at the Top 100 Blue Jays in team history… Badly. jimmertee – Pearson may need more development, but he has pitched in the big leagues. One of baseball’s top prospects, starter Nate Pearson of the Toronto Blue Jays, will make his major league debut tonight. Atkins, as always, wants to keep as many doors open as possible for not just the organization, but each individual pitcher. The hard-throwing 24-year-old righty suffered a Grade 1 strain of his right groin in early March and then re-aggravated the injury … Hopefully Pearson can heal up and put this groin issue behind him. Ryu, Roark, Ray, Matz that’s a soild rotation when you have a top 5 offense most of these guys will probaly have around 4 era which is good enough to win with this offense. As I said above, the meaning of the term isn’t clear when others less reliable than Mark use it. I hope the Jay’s are able to completely shut him down or this thing could really cut into his season. 3:37pm: Pearson is doing “better,” according to manager Charlie Montoyo, but it’s “unlikely” he’ll be ready for the start of the season (Twitter link via Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet). That Monday, April 19, is an off day, and after a quick two-game series in Boston, the Blue Jays also have Thursday, April 22, off. Suffers minor groin s Jays have money to burn so it will be a good opportunity to pick up some arms. 1 prospect, Nate Pearson, had a “mild re-aggravation” of his right groin strain while throwing a bullpen session Tuesday, general manager Ross Atkins announced. However, I’m all in, and have been from day 1. By garlando, September 8, 2017 in MILB Forum. I think this team could surprise some other teams. Dylan Cease pitched 5 innings for the White Sox on July 3, throwing 55 fastballs and hitting 99 mph only twice. Which is not easy for some of us, man. Compounding the reinjury issue is the fact that it’s actually considered an area that gets low blood flow (another chance jokesters) – meaning it’s a slower to heal injury just due to that. If Pearson does miss time, Atkins intimated that Stripling was the favorite to step into the rotation, going from a swingman role to a starting role. The injury wasn’t considered too serious, and Pearson’s recovery appeared to be going smoothly — for instance, he came out of another bullpen session last Saturday with no issues. Out Injury Groin Est. Pearson is the Jays’ No. Get the latest stats, rankings, scouting reports, and more about Toronto Blue Jays player Nate Pearson on Baseball America I would love to see him be the #2 starter but you can’t expect a rookie to step in to be the number two guy in a team pushing for the playoffs. 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Maybe out for the season. So to speak. But being aggravated that someone cut you off is from a different definition meaning to be angry or displeased, which has nothing to do with aggravating an injury. Pearson suffered a Grade 1 groin strain on March 1, during his first Grapefruit League outing. But, not everyone is as competent as Mark. This injury actually makes it more likely Pearson is fully available to pitch later in the season. Pearson kept his arm flexed at the elbow and close to his side the entire time. Bad news on the Nate Pearson front, ... there’s obviously worry about Merryweather’s ability to do so based on his durability and injury history. Pearson suffered a Grade 1 groin strain on March 1, during his first Grapefruit League outing. The pride of owners and gms slams windows shut before they can even be opened. Out until after the allstar break. Instead, I think the progression should be injured, reinjured or aggravated, and then reinjured again or aggravated again. The injury wasn’t considered to be serious at the time, and while the Blue Jays don’t have a timeline set for the hard-throwing right-hander, this almost certainly puts him out of the picture for Opening Day. That is stupidity to say. Right ! Pearson will be monitored over the next few days, though considering that the young righty has missed almost all of March with the injury, it seems likely that Pearson will need to begin the season on the injured list while he heals and gets properly ramped up to pitch. If M. Polishuk is saying that Person re-aggravated an already aggravated injury, then that would actually dove tail with my experience with a strained groin. A healthy Devin Williams (which is an if now) is the other obvious one. CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Blue Jays’ No. Because of this, manager Charlie Montoya is going to have to come up with a plan as to how he wants to fill the fifth […] A groin strain typically has straightforward recovery, depending on the severity, but at this point on the calendar the focus will be not just on getting Pearson back to 100% health, but on building him back up to his full workload as a starting pitcher. Pearson was considered one of the top prospects for the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. Return 3/11/2021 $Signed a contract with the Blue Jays in June of 2017. As a teenager, he’d undergone surgery for an olecranon stress fracture, “the knob in the elbow.” @gbs42- the problem with pun, he’s not phunny, but rather puny instead. Mediocre is good enough I think with a great offense. Back in 2018, Pearson was hit by a bad-luck comebacker and broke a bone in his forearm, forcing him to miss nearly the entire season. This rotation still needs upside on the top end, of course, but they can quickly pivot to some of their young arms to cover Pearson’s innings and multi-inning bullpen roles. I think the post is a little misleading. I as well have had a groin strain. An injury history explains why Pearson drew only modest interest in high school. No he hasn’t established himself in the big leagues. It was something of a risky move even with Pearson healthy, and his absence (even if it ends up being a somewhat short stint on the IL) now underlines the questions surrounding Toronto’s pitching. It literally translates to re-reinjure. Don’t do this to me. With the alternate training site being utilized through April, until Minor League play begins again in May, it’s possible the Blue Jays bring Pearson along slowly and utilize that site in his rehab process. But. Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors, 10-day IL) Born: August 20, 1996 in Odessa, FL us Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (28th) of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Florida Community College (Ocala, FL).. High School: Bishop McLaughlin Catholic HS (Spring Hill, FL) Nate Pearson. But that’s still a full month down the road. 2nd in the rotation? Randal Grichuk and Travis Shaw homered, Nate Pearson returned from an elbow injury to earn his first major league win and the playoff-bound Toronto Blue Jays bea 10-5 Friday night. By Mark Polishuk | March 17, 2021 at 3:37pm CDT. Beyond Stripling, the Blue Jays have Thomas Hatch, who the club plans to keep fully stretched out as a starter. The Blue Jays open their season at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 1, and following the off day on April 2, they play 16 games in 16 days. Anthony Kay will also stay stretched out as a starter while T.J. Zeuch, who Atkins brought up multiple times as a positive story out of camp, is in the fold. 8/24 Jays Journal: Blue Jays: Is the Nate Pearson injury more serious than anticipated? BIG SEXY is still available. Because he likely has the second highest upside of any jays starter next year due to his prospect status almost every media outlet says they expect him to be their #2 starter. I’m not good enough at grammar to figure out if…. Either way, the pitching needs work. It took me ~ year to get over the one I had. right back to almost the beginning. Of course, he can’t even see his groin….. It was a huge disappointment. Please login to leave a reply. ... , Standings for any date in history, ... MLB Playoffs. “We’ll be thinking about those first couple of series, knowing that our 26-man roster could look different for the third or fourth series based on having to get through that,” Atkins said. We should be beyond dropping a number on any pitching prospect. Blue Jays' rotation depth to be tested as Nate Pearson suffers setback with groin injury The talented youngster appears to be headed to the injured list to start the 2021 season Cubswin the only solid part of that rotation is the contact made by opposing lineups. I was hoping to see what Pearson could do over a full season. I like the support from a cubs fan @cubswin108 but Its hard to argue that is anything better than a below average staff at least going into the season. Pearson wasn’t going to pitch normal #2 starter innings even if he wasn’t injured to start the season. Coulda easily rolled him into any of several TOR like sonny gray or lance lynn. Sounds like high school all over again! It’s like when I get cut off I get aggravated, and then when I get stuck behind that same person going slow I get re- aggravated, but when I try to pass him and he speeds up I’m definitely re-aggravated again, no doubt. Big expectations on his shoulders when he returns later in April. Total drag. It’s an electric arm that could very well to a closer despite the BlueJays and fans not wanting to hear that. This was Pearson’s second bullpen session as he worked back from the injury, … Here’s something you don’t want to see… Nate Pearson is dealing with a groin injury. It’s starting to seem like health issues are going to doom Pearson to a relief role long term. DOn’t think the Jays are done making moves. This adds another unfortunate chapter to Pearson’s injury history early in his career. There are several guys in a similar situation as it relates to our rotation with experience. Injury History — No longer being updated: Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET. Reply to this topic ... he’ll be 23 at the end of this month. According to Arden Zwelling, Pearson suffered a Grade 1 Right Groin Strain while making his 2021 spring debut on Monday against the Pirates. Seems like this guy has a lot of injuries. There will be teams that will be struggling by the break that will be desperate to shed some salary. 10:38am: Right-hander Nate Pearson suffered a “mild re-aggravation” of his strained right groin during a bullpen session on Tuesday, Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins told reporters (including Sportsnet.ca’s Shi Davidi). Blue Jays' fireballer Nate Pearson will be out of action for at least 10 days with tightness in his right (throwing) elbow. Luckily, I didn’t aggravate it. Pearson was scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday, but it was apparently scrapped. Look. The roundtable was organized by Chad Pearson. If nothing else, Toronto Blue Jays prospect Nate Pearson will have a great MLB debut story to tell his kids and his grandkids. This honestly may just mean Pearson is actually available to pitch more innings later in the season. So much of it will depend upon us continuing to have a good camp from a health and performance standpoint.”. 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