Decision time for Duque
-
- April
- 10
Why does a team shut down a pitcher?
Answer: Because what they are doing isn’t working and there’s no immediate hope for improvement.
The problem for ORLANDO HERNANDEZ stems from the wind-up change forced on him by the bunion.
Well, unless they get rid of the bunion it stands to reason this will be a problem again when he tries to come back.
So, cut the damn thing off!
If it takes a year, then so be it. Hernandez can do it if anybody can. I’d rather see him go through the surgery and rehab, then find out he doesn’t have it anymore than to go out hurt and getting ripped.
It’s the only way.
This entry was posted
on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm by John Delcos.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This Post
| 
the thing is, surgery on a bunion will be like an actual year of recovery, is that even worth it to him or the team?
There is no next year when you’re 43 and in the final year of your contract.
With the bunion, really, what is the big deal?
“A patient can expect a 6- to 8-week recovery period during which crutches are usually required for aid in mobility. It is much less common today as newer, more stable procedures and better forms of fixation (stabilizing the bone with screws and other hardware) are used.” -Wikipedia: Bunion
I am no doctor and Wikipedia may be questionable but it was an easy source for a quick look-up.
It appears El Dookie is headed in that time length for DL even without the surgery. Maybe he is scared of doctors like a lot of us.
These half-measures rarely work. I don’t think Schilling is gonna recover with physical therapy either.
runnin rebel, that kind of surgery and recovery might allow you walk again in 6-8 weeks kind of normally, but guess what, we’re not talking about being able to walk out to pick up the morning paper or make your way to work in an office. We’re talking about playing baseball, and doing that with screws in your feet ain’t easy.
I thought the same thing as everyone here, but during Spring Training Keith, Gary, etc. were discussing El Duque and this particular surgery has a THREE YEAR recovery period. At his age, he’d never come back.
John, maybe you can verify this?
Well then maybe he should consider to start picking up the morning paper is his Retirement condo with a special boot on his foot. His options are running out.
El Dookie is a done deal.
That bunion is not only affecting his foot but now it might be affecting other body parts…Hence some truth to the old childhood song “The leg done is connected the… knee bone..”
As for Wikipedia I just thought to shed some early light.
three years?!!! Oh yea,.. he’s done…
Well it was a good run for him..He will be missed..
Maybe he can be a pitching coach somewhere so they can something from the rest of the contract.
For him, if he wants to keep pitching, he’s doing it the right way for himself. He’s gotta be able to prove he can still pitch to get any kind of offer from anybody this Winter.
Maybe he should spend time with Pavano…....
He wants to play at the Citi next year when he turns 50!
Later Duque, u had a nice run…......
JD, I said that a few weeks ago. The Mets should have had him
take care of the bunion after last season was over. I knew this was going to be a problem, now it is to late. The Mets are now going to pay a full year salary for nothing, good bye El duke.
per metsblog, we signed claudio Vargas to a minor league deal
It was too late last year, too. He’s done. He’s old and hurt and his contract is up after this year. No one is going to sign him for 09 if he’s recovering from surgery and is more than a year removed from pitching. The reason he didn’t have the surgery was because he wanted to play and he knew he had no chance if he had the surgery. If Pelfrey can develop (a big if, of course) and if Figueroa or Vargas (if they sign him) can be moderately productive, then no need for Duque.
Hope that last nite Pelf realized that he does not have to worry about being replaced (if that was his head problem) b/c Elduqe will not be back for several mos, if ever. I expect Pedro to be back sooner.
I guess the silver lining here is that b/w Alou, Elduqe and maybe Pedro there will be plenty of $ (maybe 27MM of them) available to sign OP (assuming he does well this yr) and maybe Texiera b/c even Omar wont be able to bring these old guys back…...again.
I heard Keith or Ron say in the broadcast the total time for him to come back from that kind of surgery is 2 years. It would take a special circumstance to see him return after that time.
Is there any example of a player who has gone through this before? I can’t believe one of Duque’s age has.
“If any of y’all step on my bunion I’m gonna kill alla you…”
—Jim Brown in “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”
To Metsgrrl: The people I spoke to with the Mets said one full year. But, these weren’t medical people. Nobody said anything about three years. They are hoping for a miracle.-JD
Truth is he should have had it done in the off season unless the Mets did not want it done. If he can’t pitch then just have surgery and tell Duque to have a good life.
We’ll be fine without Duque. I would even submit we’ll be even better off.
Johan, Maine, Ollie, Pelfrey, C. Vargas.
That really isn’t a bad rotation. I bet a lot of teams would love to have a rotation like that.
This is ridiculous now. It is like one of those bad marraiges where they keep breaking up, almost divorcing before trying to get back together, over and over. And that usually ends bad too!
He should just do everyone a favor and say screw it and retire. At this point, they have enough back up options, and odds are if he ever does pitch, it won’t go well.
And now, since he would likely only be the 5th starter, he wouldn’t even start in the post season (or if he did, it would mean something real bad happened to someone else!)
Not a good signing, but probably worth the money just as a contingency plan.
Man, I am not going to miss Duque and Alou next year!