In the best (mental) shape of my life

[Frayed Knot]

For at least the second or third year in a row now, the POST's Kevin Kernan is filing all the pre-ST stories on the Mets



Today's he's https://nypost.com/2019/02/09/the-simple-routine-that-changed-everything-for-steven-matz/talking about Matz and the changes he's made to his mental routine, changes which will either mean a lot or maybe nothing, who knows.

A couple of stats are thrown in which indicate that maybe Matz is on the verge of turning a corner, but they're all pretty selective in nature so you can take or leave them.

[MFS62]

Which leads to a question. If a player cannot perform because of mental illness for a short period of time (unlike Cleveland first baseman Tony Horton, who never came back from a breakdown) is he injured or disabled?

Later



OE: Or should this be moved to the re-naming of the DL thread?

[Fman99]

Maybe he'll be less inclined to stomping his feet and pouting when his inning gets tough. Cause that's baby shit.

[seawolf17]

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Which leads to a question. If a player cannot perform because of mental illness for a short period of time (unlike Cleveland first baseman Tony Horton, who never came back from a breakdown) is he injured or disabled?

Later



OE: Or should this be moved to the re-naming of the DL thread?

[MFS62]

Which leads to a question. If a player cannot perform because of mental illness for a short period of time (unlike Cleveland first baseman Tony Horton, who never came back from a breakdown) is he injured or disabled? Later OE: Or should this be moved to the re-naming of the DL thread? Pete Harnisch spent some on the DL with depression, IIRC. Mental illness is an injury/disability like any other, I'd say.

Yes, it is definitely a disability. But is it an "injury"? The question was about semantics and the name of the list.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, technically it's not an "injury". Maybe a better name would be the "Unavailable List".