Buy Low/Sell High Trade Candidates July 7th (Brad Hawpe, Jerry Hairston)
July 7th, 2008
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Rafael Furcal and Surgery
July 3rd, 2008
Furcal was announced to have surgery today in what will most likely be a procedure called a microdiscectomy. This is a minimally invasive procedure that removes only the portion of the disc that is causing the pinching or pressure on one of the spinal nerve roots. (see the image below courtesy of eSpine.com and Robert Pashman, M.D.) This operation uses a surgical microscope and microsurgical techniques and thus requires only a very small incision. The recovery time is a lot less than a traditional discectomy in which a large portion or all of the disc. So why is it done instead of traditional rehab? It’s usually only done for very specific conditions and only after a traditional round of rehabilitation has been attempted. Generally, a lumbar microsdiscectomy is performed only when the ruptured disc is pinching a spinal nerve root and it causes:
Buy Low/Sell High June 22nd (Aviles, McClung)
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RotoSavants
- Selective Streaming September 1, 2010For those of you who haven't listened to the last podcast first of all you should, but my topic was selective streaming. To follow up with that advice I wanted to start giving regular updates on whom to target for streaming. First, the list that I targeted on the show, based on widely available pitchers with K/9 around 6.5 or greater.Brandon MorrowJho […]Aaron Murray
- Roto Rundowns #16 - I Stream, You Stream... August 31, 2010Streaming pitchers is like fouling at the end of a basketball game; some people hate it, some love it. But no matter how you feel about the practice it's important not only to know when to stream and when not to but also who to stream and who not to. If you were waiting for the show in which I finally break down and give a list of players to target, […]Aaron Murray
- We've Still Got a Long Way to go, People August 29, 2010Take a look at a couple of pitchers currently available in more than half of Yahoo leagues,Pitcher A: K/9 7.86, BB/9 4.12Pitcher B: K/9 9.62, BB/9 4.24 Who would you rather own in a fantasy league? The first pitcher is Dice-K, started in 42% of leagues, the second in Joulys Chacin, started in just 7%. That's right, a guy with better than a K/inning an […]Aaron Murray
- Maximizing Scherzer August 27, 2010In his first eight starts this year Max Scherzer posted such poor numbers that he was sent down to AAA to work on his mechanics. His fastball had lost something and a break from the majors was in order, at least, that was the party line from the Tigers. And in this case it appears to have been correct. Scherzer's average fast ball before being sent d […]Aaron Murray
- Nine more Appearances and He'll be Outfielder Eligible August 25, 2010Like many, I'm a sucker for the oddities of baseball. Give me a highlight real of balks and inside the park home runs over grand slams and strikeouts any day. That's why, when I heard about Roy Oswalt's game last night I found all the video I could about it. To recap, in the 14th inning of a tie game Ryan Howard was ejected for arguing a ch […]Aaron Murray
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