A-Rod Will Have Hip Surgery, Miss Part of 2013 Season. Also, Derek Jeter is Fat Now.

All, Baseball Stephen Douglas December 3rd. 2012, 10:16am

Alex Rodriguez is not aging gracefully. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, A-Rod will require more hip surgery and miss a portion of the 2013 season. This news comes days after Derek Jeter was seen in public with a beer belly. Things are not looking good for the Yankees and their already ancient lineup. On a personal achievement level, A-Rod’s surgery makes it is increasingly unlikely he will catch Barry Bonds. Rodriguez hasn’t logged a 140-game season since 2007.

[New York Post]

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34 Responses to “A-Rod Will Have Hip Surgery, Miss Part of 2013 Season. Also, Derek Jeter is Fat Now.”

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jdeeser5 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Gammons said on MLB Network that Greinke looking at about 6 years and $25 million per. Texas, Angels, Dodgers, and Nats are all in on him. Also, can’t state how happy I am to see the spankees may need a new left side to their infield.
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jstaylor62 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Must have suffered a hip injury while screwing all those hot chicks he hooks up with!
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jdeeser5 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Hip injury came from all the swing and misses in the playoffs.
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phillymantis915 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Must have suffered a hip injury while screwing all those ugly chicks who look like dudes he hooks up with!
More correct
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johndewar Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Never change, New York Post.
Never change.
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rodmansrage Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Must have suffered a hip injury while screwing all those hot chicks he hooks up with!
i think you meant to say “dudes.”
/nttawwt’d
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s1rweeze Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Classic HGH gut.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Gammons said on MLB Network that Greinke looking at about 6 years and $25 million per.
If he gets that. Verlander can demand 35M a year.
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Badger Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Never change, New York Post.
“You know that whole 1st Amendment thing? Let’s just pervert the fuck out of it”
-NY Post editors
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ohheelyeah Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
that NY Post image and headline is winning the internet today.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Derek Eater. legit LOL. The post does it again.
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BFFredo Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
And when he’s old and fat, Jeter will still be able to say “I nailed her” whenever pointing at a woman.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
This news comes days after Derek Jeter was seen in public with a beer belly.
“looks like a bean pole to me.”
/spencer
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St. Bear Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Gammons said on MLB Network that Greinke looking at about 6 years and $25 million per
Bonkers.
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spencer096 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
miz…are you trying to make “me sympathetic to fat people” a meme? if so…lamest meme ever.
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Wally's World Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Gammons said on MLB Network that Greinke looking at about 6 years and $25 million per. Texas, Angels, Dodgers, and Nats are all in on him.
Q: Is the guy unhittable?
A: 9 seasons, slightly above average in most statistical categories. He’s not Justin Verlander or Clayton Kershaw.
Q: Must be an innings eater then?
A: 2 seasons with more than 220 IP.
Q: Huh. It must be his mental makeup that makes him attractive… Is that true?
A: Dude is mentally unstable. Like, seriously, bad wired.
Q: Regardless of that, he has to be a bitch in the post-season then, right?
A: 3 starts, 1 win, ERA of 6.48.
Q: I am out of questions
A: I am out of answers…
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
miz…are you trying to make “me sympathetic to fat people” a meme? if so…lamest meme ever.
it’s a personal meme. I have no agenda otherwise.
also, counterpoint: the “spencer loves Creed” meme was the lamest ever and that caught on like one of those hitchiker seeds that sticks to your Birkenstocks after walking through some weeds.
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ms621 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Q: Regardless of that, he has to be a bitch in the post-season then, right?
A: 3 starts, 1 win, ERA of 6.48.
Your other points are legit, but this runs afoul of the dreaded Small Sample Size.
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Gammons said on MLB Network that Greinke looking at about 6 years and $25 million per. Texas, Angels, Dodgers, and Nats are all in on him. Also, can’t state how happy I am to see the spankees may need a new left side to their infield.
Please not the Nats.
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Wally's World Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Your other points are legit, but this runs afoul of the dreaded Small Sample Size.
Oh no. I agree. But, if the other points are valid and he is slightly above average, then commanding that jack must be because he is a proven big game pitcher…
His total of 3 playoff games, regardless of success, say otherwise. Take the 3 games into consideration to see if he was lights out. He wasn’t.
This is just maddening. And 6 years worth of it? Even worse. He’s 29 already. Paying him $25m per until he is 35? Yikes…
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ms621 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Wally there’s no doubt that the perception of Greinke’s worth is outpacing his existing numbers. This is what happens when you don’t have a salary cap (not that I’m in favor of one, I am most definitely not).
My first thought when I read those numbers was whether his mental condition would allow him to carry through the contract. It’s the very same reason that the Rangers are not falling all over themselves to resign Hamilton.
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jdeeser5 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Per Ken Rosenthal return date is possibly June for Afraud and tear is to the hip not already surgically repaired.
Sox sign Napoli.
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HawkEye Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 AM
It’s the very same reason that the Rangers are not falling all over themselves to resign Hamilton.
His length and money demands must be a huge part of that. He’s an old 31 with a history of odd injuries and problems.
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ms621 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:06 AM
His length and money demands must be a huge part of that. He’s an old 31 with a history of odd injuries and problems.
Precisely my point. He’s a headcase and so is Grienke, just in a different way.
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jdeeser5 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Greinke has social anxiety disorder and I don’t know how being the highest paid pitcher in baseball history would help with that.
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Wally's World Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
If a pitcher is 29 or older, I would never go more than 4 years, maybe with a 5th year optional. I’d overpay for 4 before giving 6 years.
But, the numbers that are being thrown around now for average guys is just absurd. Good for them, but wow.
The market is actually going to start driving teams to pitch the hell out of their young guys while they are under club control. This will be something to follow in the next few years. The battle between player/agent and team on handling pitchers (see Strasburg, Stephen) will get ugly.
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ms621 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:16 AM
If a pitcher is 29 or older, I would never go more than 4 years, maybe with a 5th year optional. I’d overpay for 4 before giving 6 years.
Generally I’m more about being conservative with sluggers (like Hamilton). Even power pitchers have shown the ability to pitch and give value to a team well into the late 30s. Not a lot mind you, but there are certainly more pitchers who have done it than sluggers. Invariably a guy who lives and dies by the home run has to maintain a certain bat speed and invariably that bat speed starts to slow down around 33-35….just look at Carlos Lee for proof of that.
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Nada Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:18 AM
His length and money demands must be a huge part of that. He’s an old 31 with a history of odd injuries and problems
HIs history of luring fans to their death may also be a factor.
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Curtis the Close talker Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Explains his lack of power and his inability to hit mid 80s heat in the postseason. Sooo yay?
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Wally's World Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:24 AM
ms621-
I’d go with most everyone after that age. Steroids and HGH helped guys continue being great into their late 30′s or even 40′s. Naturally, there are very, very few guys that can do that.
I just want to see the dichotomy of teams and their young pitchers in the next few years. It’s always been about coddling them. If only a few teams can afford their next contract, why not pitch the shit out of those young arms while you have control of them?
Agents will despise the idea. But, I’m not sure what recourse they will have in that matter.
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HtownHacker Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:26 AM
If only a few teams can afford their next contract, why not pitch the shit out of those young arms while you have control of them?
I hope that does happen. I still suspect that the coddling has gone way too far.
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ms621 Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:32 AM
It’s always been about coddling them.
I disagree with the coddling part, but I do think you’re right that we’ll start to see clubs pitch young guys more. With contracts like this club control becomes that much more important. Teams that can get the most out of their players before they enter free agency will be rewarded for it long term.
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bk Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Greinke must be an outlier.
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Pastor of Muppets Says:
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 AM
Sox sign Napoli
If they did only commit for 3 years, I like this. 1B for at least this year, 1B/DH to replace Ortiz for 2014 and 2015. Not to mention he is a Sox killer.