World Baseball Classic vs injuries

[mrreality68]

Hi

I am sure you all heard by now Edwin Diaz Closer for the Mets is lost for the season (or most depending on the extent of the injury) while celebrating his teams win yesterday.
A key player for the Mets is now out in a World Competition

What are your thoughts?

[butchie_t]

One cannot stop a person from living a life. Things happen, he could have just as easily slipped and fell awkwardly.

Chase Elliott, NASCAR driver broke a leg skiing in Colorado a couple of weeks ago. He is out from 6 to 8 weeks to recover. People, players, drivers, etc. cannot be put in a cage during their career.

It sucks but it happens. Next man up.

Butch…

[seanofjapan]

All apologies to Mets fans, but are we supposed to debate the merits of spring training every time a guy gets injured during that too? Because that is where he would have been without the WBC, and his chance of getting injured would have been about the same.

[mrreality68]

Takeaways
1. Freak accident
2. WBC was created and sponsored by MLB to push brand awareness and International Appeal
3. Owners are always hesitant to let their players play do to risk of injury
4. Mets have Championship aspirations and one of the best closers in the league is out potentially for the years.


Stay tuned to see

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

All apologies to Mets fans, but are we supposed to debate the merits of spring training every time a guy gets injured during that too? Because that is where he would have been without the WBC, and his chance of getting injured would have been about the same.

With all due respect, that's obviously false. He didn't get injured throwing a ball or swinging a bat. He was injured in a raucous celebration that would not concievably have happened in a spring training game.

[Snapolit1]

It is beyond silly to have a fever pitch international tournament falling in the middle of spring training. An accident that is no longer waiting to happen.

There guys are paid a Kings ranson to play in MLB. The fact that they love the tournment is really besides the point.

[packs]

Couldn't he have just been a little more careful? I don't see why there isn't some personal responsibility involved in this. This isn't the first time someone has gotten hurt doing something like this. Kendrys Morales broke his leg jumping onto home plate too.

Diaz is at fault in my opinion. Yes, it was a freak accident. But he also chose to celebrate that way when he could have just give some people hugs and been happy about it.

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

With all due respect, that's obviously false. He didn't get injured throwing a ball or swinging a bat. He was injured in a raucous celebration that would not concievably have happened in a spring training game.

With all due respect, that is some deep level nitpicking there.

What are players supposed to do by that standard? Spend all their time off field in a health spa with a bunch of pillows strapped to themselves with every movement approved by a team trainer?

Also, your statement itself is false, players suffer non-playing related injuries during spring training all the time. And yeah, they sometimes even celebrate stuff, or pull pranks, or do other stupid shit that gets themselves injured.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Maybe it's time they found a way to celebrate that doesn't involve jumping up and down in a circle? I don't believe they do this in basketball or football. Seems like flat-footed high fives and chest bumps would get the job done

[Snapolit1]

Ok, so by that logic if a player is injured hang gliding, or crashes a motorcycle, or is stabbed in the back visiting a crack house, we should say “well, gee, hey it’s possible he might have gotten seriously injured on the field that day …”

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

With all due respect, that is some deep level nitpicking there.

What are players supposed to do by that standard? Spend all their time off field in a health spa with a bunch of pillows strapped to themselves with every movement approved by a team trainer?

Also, your statement itself is false, players suffer non-playing related injuries during spring training all the time. And yeah, they sometimes even celebrate stuff, or pull pranks, or do other stupid shit that gets themselves injured.