Familia - Arterial Clot, surgery possible

[Centerfield]

Per Ken Rosenthal on twitter.

Not sure what this means, but it sounds bad.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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[Centerfield]

Man, we are going to be awesome in September. 25 games out by then, but awesome.

[Guest d'Kong76]

It's something like every other day this season.

[MFS62]

Think how sweet it will be to overcome this adversity and win the World Series.

LGM

Later

[seawolf17]

d'Kong76 wrote: It's something like every other day this season.

Seriously.

[seawolf17]

MFS62 wrote: Think how sweet it will be to overcome this adversity and win the World Series. LGM Later

Also seriously.

[Centerfield]

I think Dillon Gee had this many years ago and missed the rest of the season. I feel like that was in the second half though, so maybe Familia can come back for August/September.

[metirish]

WOW, feel awful for him....this is some serious shit

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Criminy.

[Edgy MD]

Is this the sort of thing that can be attributable to being a professional pitcher? Or is it just a thing?

[Guest themetfairy]

I can't even process this....

[Benjamin Grimm]

The tabloid covers I've been collecting recently have been pretty grim.

This isn't going to change that.

[Frayed Knot]

Centerfield wrote: Per Ken Rosenthal on twitter. Not sure what this means, but it sounds bad.

Well, arterial clots tend to be dealt with by either dissolving them or removing them.
Dissolving is obviously much better but that isn't always possible.

[Frayed Knot]

The other mystery here is what triggered this diagnosis.
Despite the bad outing yesterday, Familia claimed afterward, "I feel great, my arm feels great" and just said that his command was off.

Ackert's first article (NYDN) on this claims that the Mets had been "privately worried about" Familia and quotes some unnamed scout saying how "disinterested" and lousy he's looked this year - but much of
that sounds like nothing more than after-the-fact justification.
Prior to yesterday he had given up just 1 hit and no walks in his previous five innings/outings, something which is kind of tough to do when you suck and don't care.

Something either was being hidden or just cropped up over night.

[Edgy MD]

I guess that can happen. Sleep funny. Wake up funny.

Anyhow, I'm guessing the Smoker we drink will be the player we get. And at least he has a full day to report to the team and sleep. Go Mets.

[MFS62]

I'm looking for my old baseball glove.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, finger numbness is often the warning sign for this sort of thing, so either JF just woke up with it today and realized was more than simply sleeping on his hand or he's had a mild case of it
for a while and decided to fess up now after it grew worse.

He's slated to see Harvey T.O.S. guy in St Louis tomorrow.

[Centerfield]

Would go a long way to explaining why he struggles when used 3 straight days. I hear it blocks oxygen? So the recuperation is tougher.

[Lefty Specialist]

Ay caramba. Waiting for the Shea Bridge to collapse next.

[ashie62]

Familia will be OK.

Save opportunities may dwindle as the year goes on.

[Guest 41Forever]

Since this seems to happen to the Mets just about every year, might swapping out the training staff be a horrible thing? It's probably not it's fault, but I think we can all agree that something's not working.

[Methead]

Can't we just inject some nanobots into his bloodstream to eat the clot away, or is ownership too cheap to go that route?

[Edgy MD]

41Forever wrote: Since this seems to happen to the Mets just about every year, might swapping out the training staff be a horrible thing? It's probably not it's fault, but I think we can all agree that something's not working.

That doesn't sound very scientific.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I've read that all teams except for the Mets have an organizational anti-clot
policy in place. Clearly, it's just one more thing in a long list of medical issues
with this franchise that needs to be addressed and NOW!!

[Edgy MD]

Two words: Adriana Lima.

Twenty-two more words: Give The New York Post 48 hours and they'll have gotten to the bottom of her role in all Metly circulatory issues.

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: Anyhow, I'm guessing the Smoker we drink will be the player we get. And at least he has a full day to report to the team and sleep. Go Mets.

Solid Joe Walsh reference here.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Obviously, the Mets are trying to rectify the central point of this FiveThirtyEight piece:

The Mets Aren’t Even Best At Getting Injured

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mets-arent-even-best-at-getting-injured/

[Benjamin Grimm]

Can any of the time that Familia misses be applied against his next suspension?

[seawolf17]

Obviously, the Mets are trying to rectify the central point of this FiveThirtyEight piece: The Mets Aren’t Even Best At Getting Injured https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mets-arent-even-best-at-getting-injured/

First of all, yes we are, sabermetric injury stats be damned.

Second of all, that picture is the most perfect picture for an article ever.