Lucroy Broken Right Pinky Finger

[RobDeer 45]

Just saw it on Twitter per TH. Not good. Seeing a specialist

[craigharmann]

Noooo!!!! But, it's a good thing there's about 50 catchers in camp.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Not good.

 

Makes the Mike Rivera signing in the offseason more than just a typical invite. Might have to see how much he has left in the tank.

[MoreTrife]

Tough to swing and make contact with a broken finger. He's gonna have to sit for awhile. Too bad, hoping he mad some strides. Looks like Nieves and Kottaras? Yikes.

[RobDeer 45]

Ya this is horrible. Man. I wonder how long we'd be looking at for an injury like this?

[PrinceFielderx1]

Mark Rogers quit BP early with shoulder soreness according to Tom H twitter. Gord Ash said it's slight shoulder soreness. He's had 2 shoulder surgeries.

[chadomac]

I had a very happy reaction to reading the Wainright post, and because of that the baseball gods punished me by breaking JonLuc's finger http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[pitchleague]

how did he break it? Shouldn't have been from a foul tip already, right? Kind of surprising that he did something like that before games are even being played.

[GoudaBrew]

how did he break it? Shouldn't have been from a foul tip already, right? Kind of surprising that he did something like that before games are even being played.

"He was just doing a blocking drill and he got his hand in there too

quick," said Roenicke. "The only good news about it is that it's early

in camp."

 

TH JS blog

[monty57]

It'll be interesting to see how bad this is, but I've always firgured 6-8 weeks for a broken finger to heal. We're a month and a half out from opening day, so I wouldn't think he'd miss too much of the season. He'll probably need some "extended ST" before he'll be up to speed, so my guess would be that he'll miss 2-3 weeks.

[brewtank34]

Speedy recovery Jon! Stinks, he's a good kid and was really exciting me as a fan hearing him in some interviews. The kid seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders.

[brewtank34]

Will he still be able to practice catching for our pitchers? Just don't swing a bat or throw the ball back.

[And That]

A broken finger can shelve someone from anywhere between a couple weeks to 4-6+ weeks, depending on the kind/severity of the break.

 

At best, this will cause Lucroy to miss important time behind the dish with his new pitching staff, as well as time missed getting his bat warmed up for the season.

 

If it requires surgery, it is almost assured Lucroy will miss the beginning of the season, if only to let him have a chance to get his own spring training in during rehab.

[berniebrewer4life]

Mark Rogers quit BP early with shoulder soreness according to Tom H twitter. Gord Ash said it's slight shoulder soreness. He's had 2 shoulder surgeries.

That actually worries me more than Lucroy. I think Lucroy misses a few weeks of ST, but i don't think it will hurt him that much. When i read "slight shoulder tightness in the back of his pitching shoulder", i automatically flashed back to Sheets.

[And That]

Will he still be able to practice catching for our pitchers? Just don't swing a bat or throw the ball back.

No - they wouldn't risk re-injuring the finger.

[brewtank34]

Will he still be able to practice catching for our pitchers? Just don't swing a bat or throw the ball back.

No - they wouldn't risk re-injuring the finger.

Yeah, kinda figured, but I was hoping that he just put his right arm/hand behind his back. Hury back Lucroy.

 

[PrinceFielderx1]

That actually worries me more than Lucroy. I think Lucroy misses a few weeks of ST, but i don't think it will hurt him that much. When i read "slight shoulder tightness in the back of his pitching shoulder", i automatically flashed back to Sheets.

I agree. I'm worried as well. With Rogers history this could be really bad news.

[PrinceEatMeat]

That actually worries me more than Lucroy. I think Lucroy misses a few weeks of ST, but i don't think it will hurt him that much. When i read "slight shoulder tightness in the back of his pitching shoulder", i automatically flashed back to Sheets.

I agree. I'm worried as well. With Rogers history this could be really bad news.

Yeah, this isn't good. Lucroy will be back in a few weeks to a month and be fine. We can't afford to have Rogers deal with more arm issues. We need him for insurance in AAA and for the future. Makes me wonder if we should've thought about dealing him instead of Jeffress or Odorizzi, just because of injury history. We can't afford to have anymore injury prone pitchers here.

[hawing]

Nooo!

So, we'll be seeing Kottaras, Nieves or Rivera (or one of those other guys) as the Brewers' catcher candidate on the all-star ballot. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

"It's just some posterior tightness," said Rogers. "Other than that, my arm has been feeling good. I had my best bullpen of the spring last time out. This was merely precautionary."

 

That doesn't sound to serious to me. I'm not worried... yet.

[JohnBriggs12]

I would think unless the bone is shattered and requires surgery to repair, it shouldn't take more that 3-4 weeks to heal a broken pinky. More opportunities for the many backup candidates to be properly evaluated. A few weeks off in spring might help Lucroy maintain stamina later in the year.

[TooLiveBrew]

So this is our karmic payback for the Wainwright comments. That was quick!

[DocBrewPack]

Will he still be able to practice catching for our pitchers? Just don't swing a bat or throw the ball back.

No - they wouldn't risk re-injuring the finger.

Yeah, kinda figured, but I was hoping that he just put his right arm/hand behind his back. Hury back Lucroy.

whats really the risk of re-injuring a broken finger. isnt the only way to re-injure a break to break it again which hes at risk of anytime. Cant they splint it up and still have him catch and get used to the pitchers? have some fan standing next to him to throw the ball back.

 

Thats just me, a broken pinky isnt keeping me out of much, swinging the bat is probably impossible tho.

[Ennder]

You can't really play baseball with an injured hand, you use it on just about every play and most drills.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Technically, he could still throw with a broken pinky, but they won't let him. So it's really not worth talking about.