The Blue Jays have been absolutely ravaged with injuries this year having 8 of their pitchers go to the DL long term; including starters Brendan Morrow, Drew Hutchinson and Kyle Drabek and newly acquired closer Sergio Santos. They were barely treading above water staying in the playoff hunt due to their tremendous offense. Which suffered it’s biggest blow when MLB home run leader Jose Bautista went to the 15 day DL today after suffering a wrist injury in yesterday’s loss to the Yankees.
Today it was another one of their blossoming stars Brett Lawrie who suffered an injury which could have been a lot worse, and I mean a whole lot worse. Check out the spill he takes over the railings try to snag a foul ball:
Thankfully the injuries are not considered severe and Lawrie is listed as day to day with a bruised right calf. Given what could have happened based on the spill he took this is probably the best possible outcome.
First off all, look at where his foot hit near the camera, it could have easily hit it harder and caused his ankle or part of his leg to get broken. Then to have fallen down as soft as he did not landing on his head or arm is pretty remarkable.
A lof of credit should be given to Lawrie as I believe his athleticism allowed him to fall in a way that would limit the damage. He has terrific baseball instincts and was able to use them making a tough split second decision on where to hit the deck.
And please… don’t criticize him for going after a ball that was extremely difficult. That is his game, playing hard and going out on every single play. A mindset and attitude every professional athlete should have.
Get healthy soon Brett I look forward to you returning to the baseball field. If there is anybody that would have a speedy recovery from this situation it would be him. This man has to much determination to be kept out of the lineup long term after suffering a not so terrible injury after all.
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July 19, 2012
