Casas has a left rib fracture. Transferred to the 60 Day IL on 4/27.

[OnTheBlack]

Can anyone smarter than me tell me if this has long term injury potential? A non-contact torn cartilage injury from swinging so hard doesn’t sound good, or easily avoidable unless you don’t swing as hard.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

I did break a rib sneezing but it was 6 months after breaking a rib by falling off a 20’ scaffold

 

[dynomite]

So it’s been almost a month. Any updates on Casas? I see he’s at Fenway and watching BP, but haven’t heard anything beyond that.

Obviously he’s on the 60 day IL, so he can’t return until late June anyway, I’m just hoping to hear good news.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Obviously he’s on the 60 day IL, so he can’t return until late June anyway, I’m just hoping to hear good news.

It's Casas Yoga Bobblehead Night

 

[Rovin Romine]

It's Casas Yoga Bobblehead Night

Solar powered.

 

[Skiponzo]

Injury Report

 

[teddywingman]

Why does that report say torn cartilage--which makes sense--when the original prognosis was a fractured rib?

Am I remembering this wrong? Or medically are the two terms interchangeable? Seems wrong.

Note: I didn't bother reading back to see if this was already addressed.

 

[dynomite]

Injury Report

This is great, thank you!

To save folks a click, here's the summary from the link:

May 14: 1B Triston Casas (torn cartilage, left ribcage) making progress

The slugging first baseman is far more upbeat than he was a couple of weeks ago, when he was uncertain about the rate at which his body would recover following his rib injury. Though Casas is on the 60-day injured list and isn't eligible to play until June 21, he is enthused about how he is feeling.
"Everything is going well. I’m making a lot of progress," Casas said. "Starting a running progression here in the next couple of days. Should get to start throwing in two or three more days. I’ve already started lifting. Swinging is probably the last step, because that's a lot of rotation. I’m picking weights up, not at 100 percent but slowly progressing into it. I’m starting to activate the core again. Doing planks on my knees and in a pushup position, I’m able to withstand my body weight. I’m ahead of schedule, so I like the progress I’m making.”

Running and throwing after 3-4 weeks does seem like it's toward the early end of the timeline, which is great!

Hopefully he continues to recover on this schedule and -- I imagine? -- we really get him back by the end of June. That would be enormous for this team.

 

[radsoxfan]

Why does that report say torn cartilage--which makes sense--when the original prognosis was a fractured rib?

Am I remembering this wrong? Or medically are the two terms interchangeable? Seems wrong.

Note: I didn't bother reading back to see if this was already addressed.

Not the same, but sometimes they just are not that precise with terminology. The ribs turn into cartilage before connecting to the sternum.

Sometimes they just say ribs to keep it simple, but presumably if it's been described as cartilage by a legit source at some point, then the cartilaginous portion is what is injured, not the bony part.

 

[Daniel_Son]

This is great, thank you!

To save folks a click, here's the summary from the link:



Running and throwing after 3-4 weeks does seem like it's toward the early end of the timeline, which is great!

Hopefully he continues to recover on this schedule and -- I imagine? -- we really get him back by the end of June. That would be enormous for this team.

Is there any concern that this could have a longer-term effect on his hitting? It sounded like a pretty unusual injury, especially for a guy his age.

 

[dynomite]

Is there any concern that this could have a longer-term effect on his hitting? It sounded like a pretty unusual injury, especially for a guy his age.

I’ve worried about that. It certainly didn’t sound good that he reported being told this injury was “inevitable” given the way he swung.

But defer to other folks who know more about how the body works about whether he risks re-injury unless he changes his swing somehow.

 

[teddywingman]

Not the same, but sometimes they just are not that precise with terminology. The ribs turn into cartilage before connecting to the sternum.

Sometimes they just say ribs to keep it simple, but presumably if it's been described as cartilage by a legit source at some point, then the cartilaginous portion is what is injured, not the bony part.

Thanks for the response.

As I said earlier in this thread: I've experienced both, and the torn rib cartilage was worse.

Weird that the reporting on this was so off. Garbage work by anyone who said "fractured rib" like they don't understand the difference?

But I'm glad he's feeling better. Hope it continues that way.

 

[BaseballJones]

I’ve worried about that. It certainly didn’t sound good that he reported being told this injury was “inevitable” given the way he swung.

But defer to other folks who know more about how the body works about whether he risks re-injury unless he changes his swing somehow.

I don’t understand how his swing is that much different from a hundred other guys who swing hard. Nobody swings as hard as Devers but this hasn’t been an issue for him.