Braves' Jason Heyward to get hamstring checked by doctor in Atlanta on Tuesday

by gondeee on Oct 25, 2009 8:00 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

To get more clarification on the injury suffered a week ago Saturday in the Arizona Fall League by the Atlanta Braves' top prospect (and baseball's top prospect), Jason Heyward, I contacted the Braves Director of Player Development, Kurt Kemp. He informed me that doctors in Arizona diagnosed Heyward's injury as "hamstring/gluteal tendinitis." The Braves are flying him back to Atlanta to be checked by their doctors this Tuesday. They will make a decision about his continued participation in the AFL after they get the results from his doctor's visit.

Certainly this could be a big setback, and I don't know what to make of this change of diagnosis from a hamstring "strain" to hamstring "tendinitis." Somehow that makes Heyward sound more frail. That opinion aside, Heyward is a young kid who is still only 20-years old, so his body should bounce back quickly, and any team would be as cautious as the Braves are being with a top prospect, especially THE top prospect.

Let's hope the news on Tuesday is good and that Heyward can get back to Arizona as soon as possible.

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Tendinitis – it hurts and we don’t know why.

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by PWHjort on Oct 25, 2009 10:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I’m guessing this ends his time in the AFL. If it’s bad enough he has to leave for a diagnosis, it’s bad enough he’ll miss another week or two, and at that point, there aren’t that many games left, so they probably won’t risk him reinjuring himself.

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by cbwilk on Oct 25, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m thinking our team is being ultra super cautious.
I’m not thinking Heyward is frail.

by fandave on Oct 25, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I miss Jason Heyward :(

get better man.

A question about the AFL games: Ok, so im thinking about making trip #2 and I’d like to see Minor pitch again. Is there any way to know who the probable pitchers are before the day of the game? I dont wanna make the drive just to watch a bunch on non-Braves prospects.

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by mvhsbball on Oct 25, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’d say look at the box scores and find the pattern. I haven’t looked, but I’m pretty sure they use a 4 or 5 man rotation, just like during the season.

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by cbwilk on Oct 25, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that’s what I was thinking I would do. As im sure you know, the problem is there aren’t very many pitchers on the teams that project as starters, and a few times the Saguaro’s have just thrown a bunch of bullpen pitchers out there instead of letting a “starter” pitch. Since Heyward is banged up, Hicks and Freeman are the only position players left, and the geniouses who constructed the AFL rosters didn’t really balance out the position players. It seems like Freeman only plays every couple days and Hicks is all over the place (it would be nice to see him play SS for once).

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by mvhsbball on Oct 25, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So far, Minor’s pitched every 5th game, so he should be looking at the 30th, 5th, and 12th. And hey, even if you don’t get to see Freeman and Hicks, the guys on the team are pretty darn good. Alonso is a stud, Weglarz is outstanding, Heisey and Cozart are really good, and I haven’t seen him, but Castro is supposed to be great too.

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by cbwilk on Oct 26, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What it kind of sounds like to me is the the hamstring has been pulled a couple times already this season, and has never trully returned to 100% any of those times. Which isn’t that unusual considering even if you aren’t playing you still use you hammy every day just to walk around and such.

by Rocky1013 on Oct 26, 2009 6:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This guy is injured constantly!

I mean I love the guy…….he’s a great young player….but this is getting old. At this rate we might have another Mike Hampton on our hands. lol. Of course I’m being sarcastic but the constant injuries is a bit worrisome.

by KC Ryan on Oct 26, 2009 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if it is training related. Lots of young athletes set themselves for injury by over-training, particularly with weight-lifting. Muscles and tendons get too tight and then are prone to being tweaked, stained, torn …

by fandave on Oct 26, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

are we sure they are serious?...

with someone like this, it could easily be an overly cautious club. He gets nicked up, would like to keep playing, but the club would rather he rest up and not risk a nagging injury blossoming into something major.

by Mr. Sanchez on Oct 26, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs