Let's talk about Michael King

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mark Feinsand (that's the kind of sand you would put in your kid's sandbox) reports that the Mets are one of the teams pushing hardest for Michael King.

[MFS62]

His IP dropped by 100 last year. Was he injured?

But he led the league with ONE shutout last year.

Kudos to him, but that is one sad statistic.

Later

[Gwreck]

His IP dropped by 100 last year. Was he injured?

 

Missed a couple months with shoulder inflammation, came back, made one start, then missed another month with a knee issue. Returned to make a handful of starts down the stretch in September. Didn’t start in the wild card series but was on the roster and pitched out of the bullpen.

[Centerfield]

He had an issue with his thoracic nerve that affected the strength in his shoulder. I dont pretend to know the difference between this issue and Harvey/Wheeler/Strasburg, but it sounds scary.

[Edgy MD]

Experience so far suggests to me that thoracic outlet surgery has served to be a solution that is worse than the syndrome, at least for professional pitchers.

If my client is confronted by thoracic outlet surgery, I would humbly (for I am no medical professional) suggest he or she pursue an alternate course of treatment, quite possibly including nothing.