Mike Trout's injury is starting to seem serious

[G1911]

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/m...ble-uncertain/

Thought this was interesting, described as "a rare condition" that will probably need to be monitored "for the rest of his career", and taking cortisone shots. Echoes of another legendary CF'er.

Hopefully he comes back fine, Trout seems the only player of his generation to rival the performance of the game's very greatest of history.

[clydepepper]

That's a shame.

[mrreality68]

That is the story of his career and health the last several years.
Hopefully he overcomes it

[clydepepper]

So...Is he IN...if he never plays again?

I say definitely! For a decade, he was the best.


Compare him to Puckett, etc.



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[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

So...Is he IN...if he never plays again?

I say definitely! For a decade, he was the best.


Compare him to Puckett, etc.



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Absolutely, imo. Agreed - the best hitter in the game for a decade (or close to it).

[G1911]

Even with only 8 real seasons, if he never plays a game again I think he would be elected in his first year of eligibility and deservingly so.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Absolutely, imo. Agreed - the best hitter in the game for a decade (or close to it).

what if he played only 6 years. but won all those mvps and all years an all star etc.. how many years is the cutoff?

[maniac_73]

People are actually saying Trout should retire now? Just when I thought I’d seen it all here


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[BobC]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

People are actually saying Trout should retire now? Just when I thought I’d seen it all here


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I don't think anyone is consciously stating he should retire, unless continuing to play could potentially end up seriously affecting his health going forward. We don't really know anything about his health and back situation yet, and how that may affect his playing ability and future health status, should he continue playing. He and his doctors will have to look into that, and then it will be up to Trout to decide what is best for him.

The relevance though is that this seems very similar to the type of decision that Sandy Koufax ended up making when he decided to retire at the height of his career. No one was telling Koufax to retire either, but based on his health and condition, along with the opinions of his doctors, he made the somewhat startling and unexpected decision to call it a career when he did. In retrospect, I don't think anyone today disagrees with that decision Koufax made so many years ago. Speculating if Trout may be facing a similar type of decision is in no way saying he should retire. But clearly a precedent, and the possibility, does exist.

Personally, I would hope for Trout to recover completely, and have no continuing or potentially negative health effects coming from his current situation.

[Peter_Spaeth]

You wonder if today's presumably more advanced medical care would have done better by Koufax.