It’s Friday, August 16th, 2024. Hunter Greene goes on the Injured List, Cincinnati Reds fans only have minimal information as to ‘why’ other then “Elbow Inflamation” – when you read that line, you go into a straight sense of paranoia. At least I do… I love Hunter Greene. Who doesn’t? Well, Nick Krall is stating that it’s “not a concern.” In fact, he went even further as to say, ‘it’s better than we expected.’
I HATE Tommy.
Hunter Greene, in 2019, underwent the needle for the dreadful Tommy John surgery already. Anytime you have a guy like Hunter Greene going on the Injured List for elbow inflammation, the absolute worst is going through your mind like I put above, ESPECIALLY when he’s having the season he’s having right now. Hunter is worth 5.5 bWAR right now, is by FAR the Cincinnati Reds’ Most Valuable Player, and was genuinely a top 3 NL Cy Young candidate, so this injury really f***ing sucks, man.
Now, as mentioned, the good news is…Nick Krall came out Sunday and said there’s not cause for concern at the moment. He’s going to go for a second opinion, and hopefully we’ll know more. At this point, it’s probably best that the Cincinnati Reds shut him down. Our season is spiraling out of control anyway.
“We had a doctor see him, had [an] MRI, it’s not as bad as we thought,” Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said Sunday in an appearance on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM. “He’s going to get checked out again, a second opinion, and we’re working through that right now. At this point, it’s minimal. He’s going to miss some time, obviously, because it is an injury to his elbow and we just want to be precautious on that. But overall it’s the best-case scenario and hopefully he’ll miss a minimal amount of time and be back soon. – Nick Krall on siriusxm MLB NETWORK
Shut Him Down?
I think it’s genuinely the best thing to do, especially if the elbow is that much cause for concern. I thought, for awhile, that this may have been a ‘phantom IL’ stint to avoid going extremely over his career innings, and truthfully, I still hope that. Perhaps the club is going through the motions of sending Hunter to doctors to bypass the league being on their case. It’s not legal to just throw a player on the IL due to inning limits. Hunter Greene was an All Star this year & deservedly so. Currently has a 2.83 ERA in 143.1 IP & a 3.41 FIP. He’s having an ELITE year. Regardless, get well soon, Christian Hunter Greene. I miss you already.
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God Bless Hunter Greene
exactly what I said. We’d be in trouble without him