Schafer Update: Headed for Surgery

[sdp]

News is starting to circulate that Jordan Schafer has a broken wrist and has been playing with it since the first week of the season. He's likely done for the season.

I can't find a confirmation yet, but the official news should be out soon.

[Chris_Moderato]

News is also circulating that I'm the greatest lover the world has ever known. I can't find a confirmation yet, but the official news should be out soon.

[argentina brave]

Originally Posted by sdp

News is starting to circulate that Jordan Schafer has a broken wrist and has been playing with it since the first week of the season. He's likely done for the season.

I can't find a confirmation yet, but the official news should be out soon.

if it's true, we should keep him, b/c his legend would rival that of buford t. pusser.

[Lauren T.]

A friend of mine works as a valet at his condo building and sees him a few times a week -- I'll ask her if he's wearing a cast or anything next time she sees him.

[sdp]

Nothing has showed up. I saw it being discussed on a Scout.com board but couldn't get into the thread.

[sdp]

I was duped and jumped the gun. Sorry about that.

DOB says an MRI of Logan's wrist revealed nothing of consequence and so he'll have a CAT scan.

[KB 34]

Originally Posted by sdp

Nothing has showed up. I saw it being discussed on a Scout.com board but couldn't get into the thread.

That would be Bill Sh*nk's site which is well-known for false rumors such as Glavine signing a year before it happened. I'm glad to hear Schafer is fine because I still think he could contribute this season.


Note: I did some editing to Bill's name as he tends to cry to site administrators when someone calls him out on his reporting style. He has broken some stories, Hodges and Tavarez signing for example, but has also been wrong a lot of the time proclaiming rumors to be fact. Read his rumors knowing it's a 50-50 shot what you're reading is correct.

[Braves N 10]

I was going to post this in the schafer thread but it was closed.

I was listening to the game today on my iphone and they were saying his wrist is still hurting and he may be shut down for the rest of the season. This was on the rain delay(not much of a rain delay)show with chip caray.

[Chris_Moderato]

Went ahead and re-opened this.

[wordslayer©]

I heard him on the satellite radio network and he said that he thought he would be fine after he got a shot of steroids.

[Middle Man]

I just don't know about Schafer. I kind of hope that he has a serious (but fixable) wrist injury, because otherwise - good lord, he sucks at the plate. I was at his last game Friday and he was flat out flailing at some stuff from Norfolk's AAA pitcher. When he finally hit the ball, a fly out to CF, he was immediately lifted because of injury, apparently.

Also, based purely on body language, he looked kind of angry all night. He looked all pissy when the RFer called him off a ball to right center. He was also getting an earful from a guy in a red, white and blue wig out on the RF concourse who was shouting unkind things about steroids and such. And apparently he was tossed the night before for arguing balls and strikes.

[luvdembravos]

Schafer? bleh The Braves have less need for him now that we have McLouth.

I know, I know ... he's young, he's fast and has "so much potential" but I'm no fan. Dude's a cheater, has a crappy demeanor but most of all, he can't hit. Hopefully, the Braves can package him in a trade down the road.

[RiknTN]

Originally Posted by luvdembravos

Schafer? bleh The Braves have less need for him now that we have McLouth.

I know, I know ... he's young, he's fast and has "so much potential" but I'm no fan. Dude's a cheater, has a crappy demeanor but most of all, he can't hit. Hopefully, the Braves can package him in a trade down the road.

Wow....can't say I agree with you on any of the 3 points you made against Schafer.

If you read the circumstances of his drug thing, even the account by the Braves, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He, himself, never TESTED positive for drug use. It was all circumstantial.

By all accounts his early demeanor was bad. But after the suspension this year he has had nothing but glowing praise by coaches and teammates alike about how hard he works and how he tries to fit in now.

He has proven he can hit. He is struggling and got his confidence shaken early this season, while playing with a possible wrist injury. Let's see how all that shakes out over the next 6 months.

He's too young and has too many natural tools to simply toss aside so easily. He could be the answer to one of our OF spots in the future.

[sdp]

Not to be a pessimist, but as J.C. Bradbury pointed out, one of the prime side-effects of HGH overuse is carpal tunnel syndrome (which would explain the persistent pain in his wrist), and from what I understand, an MRI is not of much diagnostic use in carpal tunnel syndrome.

[luvdembravos]

Originally Posted by RiknTN

Wow....can't say I agree with you on any of the 3 points you made against Schafer.

If you read the circumstances of his drug thing, even the account by the Braves, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He, himself, never TESTED positive for drug use. It was all circumstantial.

By all accounts his early demeanor was bad. But after the suspension this year he has had nothing but glowing praise by coaches and teammates alike about how hard he works and how he tries to fit in now.

He has proven he can hit. He is struggling and got his confidence shaken early this season, while playing with a possible wrist injury. Let's see how all that shakes out over the next 6 months.

He's too young and has too many natural tools to simply toss aside so easily. He could be the answer to one of our OF spots in the future.

To each his own, Rik.

Like the saying goes, you only get one shot to make a first impression. I wasn’t impressed.