Pelf on the shelf

[Ceetar]

would it be better if I said Rubin's a partial jerk?

[TransMonk]

Per Metsblog, Mike Pelfrey�s TJ surgery was successful.

[nymr83]

Given that I was ready to non-tender him rather than risk arbitration this past offseason, I'd certainly do so again. But I have questions- If a player suffers injury and is placed on the DL does the team owe him anything past his current contract in terms of medical? Would he just have to file for worker's comp if still injured (and nobody else signs him?).

Probably a moot point as he'll get the minimum from someone (or a minor league contract, either one of which gets him free access to his new team's doctors) but I'm just curious

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was wondering that too.

Pelfrey is eligible for arbitration again for 2013, right? And he can't get less than 80 per cent of this year's contract, so he'll surely be non-tendered. Once that happens, he'll be available cheap and I suppose the Mets might be one of the teams willing to consider signing him. (I don't know if they will or not, and my guess is that they won't, but Pelfrey isn't necessarily finished as a Met.)

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: would it be better if I said Rubin's a partial jerk?

Has there ever been a negative post-op report on a Tommy John surgery? On virtually any sports medicine surgery?

"We took a ligament from Mike's hip and tranplanted it to his elbow and, frankly, it was an absolute disaster."

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess there are things that could go wrong that would be immediately identifiable. A patient could die on the operating table, for example. Or when the surgery is done he could find that his fingers are paralyzed. So I think that when they say that it went well, they mean that nothing went horribly wrong.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was wondering that too. Pelfrey is eligible for arbitration again for 2013, right? And he can't get less than 80 per cent of this year's contract, so he'll surely be non-tendered. Once that happens, he'll be available cheap and I suppose the Mets might be one of the teams willing to consider signing him. (I don't know if they will or not, and my guess is that they won't, but Pelfrey isn't necessarily finished as a Met.)

It's a moot point because I don't see any way they actually offer him arbitration. The Mets can say "Hey, we're not tendering you to not be available until May-June, but if you take this 1 million dollar contract, we'll gladly let you mill about and provide depth.

I mean, that's what he'd get from another team anyway right? Does the status quo make the Mets more favorable? I guess we'll see come November and accessing the team's SP depth. Maybe a team will indeed tell him we're gonna sign Bartolo Colon to hold down the fort, but expect you to take his spot in June? But I don't see any real reason the Mets would outright not look to retain him, pitching depth being what it is. Unless someone's actually willing to seriously offer him a contract of substance?

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: would it be better if I said Rubin's a partial jerk? Has there ever been a negative post-op report on a Tommy John surgery? On virtually any sports medicine surgery? "We took a ligament from Mike's hip and tranplanted it to his elbow and, frankly, it was an absolute disaster."

We went in to replace his ligament and determined he doesn't have one. We looked up and realized we'd gotten Dickey instead of Pelfrey.

[ashie62]

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: would it be better if I said Rubin's a partial jerk? Has there ever been a negative post-op report on a Tommy John surgery? On virtually any sports medicine surgery? "We took a ligament from Mike's hip and tranplanted it to his elbow and, frankly, it was an absolute disaster."

The surgeon.