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Post by ricke71 on Feb 14, 2020 18:52:55 GMT -8
I remember (June 2017) seeing Zach Clayton at the plate several times when he was in the summer league WCL, fresh out of high school. Good plate presence against college age arms, and an impressive physique. Really sorry that injuries (and perhaps other factors) never allowed him to scratch his potential as a Beav.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 14, 2020 20:02:07 GMT -8
The guys who didn't make the final roster are redshirting. We have a glut of OFs so no need for Meckler and Fuchs to waste a year. It's possible McMahan, Casey, Jones and Zalesky could be gone after this season.
Clayton is still not healthy, shoulder injuries are tough. He was not participating in several practices I saw.
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Post by Judge Smails on Feb 14, 2020 21:17:02 GMT -8
The guys who didn't make the final roster are redshirting. We have a glut of OFs so no need for Meckler and Fuchs to waste a year. It's possible McMahan, Casey, Jones and Zalesky could be gone after this season. Clayton is still not healthy, shoulder injuries are tough. He was not participating in several practices I saw. It’s definite that Jones is gone. He’s a Senior.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 14, 2020 21:19:01 GMT -8
The guys who didn't make the final roster are redshirting. We have a glut of OFs so no need for Meckler and Fuchs to waste a year. It's possible McMahan, Casey, Jones and Zalesky could be gone after this season. Clayton is still not healthy, shoulder injuries are tough. He was not participating in several practices I saw. It’s definite that Jones is gone. He’s a Senior. He has a redshirt season available should he get injured early but yes, he almost certainly is gone after 2020.
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Post by chinmusic on Feb 14, 2020 22:06:18 GMT -8
Abel pitched the opening game of the Minnesota Series on March 1st. Those were the last innings he pitched in 2019. We became aware of the injury when he missed his start in the Seattle tournament with Minnesota, Coastal Carolina, etc. I believe it was 2-3 weeks later he had the surgery. I noted the 15 month time line which put his return right around the time of a Super Regional or heading for Omaha this summer.
I think the decision not to attempt any competitive pitching this year was made in Kevin's best interest - his future in the game.
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Post by sagebrush on Feb 15, 2020 7:49:34 GMT -8
The guys who didn't make the final roster are redshirting. We have a glut of OFs so no need for Meckler and Fuchs to waste a year. It's possible McMahan, Casey, Jones and Zalesky could be gone after this season. Clayton is still not healthy, shoulder injuries are tough. He was not participating in several practices I saw. You are spot on about shoulder injuries. Few years ago I had my shoulder roto-rootered just to clean out a bunch of junk, nothing wrong with the rotator cuff. Even with steroid injections to promote healing and exercises (rubber bands) to build strength, etc. I could not have dreamed to throw a ball for about 3 months. Fortunately, I was smart enough to listen to the surgeon's list of "do nots" which included do not even think about swinging a golf club, sigh.
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Post by abureid on Feb 15, 2020 10:08:50 GMT -8
Abel pitched the opening game of the Minnesota Series on March 1st. Those were the last innings he pitched in 2019. We became aware of the injury when he missed his start in the Seattle tournament with Minnesota, Coastal Carolina, etc. I believe it was 2-3 weeks later he had the surgery. I noted the 15 month time line which put his return right around the time of a Super Regional or heading for Omaha this summer. I think the decision not to attempt any competitive pitching this year was made in Kevin's best interest - his future in the game. Speaks a lot for Canham as both a coach and as a leader/mentor that he doesn’t even quibble about Abel being possible to maybe pitch late in the season. He just flat out says no... rehab only, don’t let the super competitive kid even try to rush his rehab.
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