How Bad Was the Injury to Aroldis Chapman?

[LT Profits]

I never saw a game shortened due to "injury" before.

[BigPage25]

Laceration above left eye, never lost consciousness, and was talking and moving according to a tweet on the espn gamecast of the game

[yisman]

yeah me neither. Never heard of them doing that in baseball, but they did postpone in hockey

[Chi_archie]

yeah me neither. Never heard of them doing that in baseball, but they did postpone in hockey

did they finish the Clint Malarchuk game?

[slambam]

Nobody care about ST anyway, I bet they woulda played on in regular season.

[LT Profits]

yeah me neither. Never heard of them doing that in baseball, but they did postpone in hockey

Right but that was due to near death. Which is why I posed this question, but from the sound of things, he should be fine eventually.

[InTheDrink]

did they finish the Clint Malarchuk game?

they did it just last week

[koz-man]

Hope Chappy is going to be ok.

[Cross]

Scary things can happen as a pitcher, no time to react.

[Vegas39]

Chapman was taken to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City, where tests indicated fractures above his left eye and nose.

[LT Profits]

Chapman was taken to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City, where tests indicated fractures above his left eye and nose.

Could have been much worse, at least it wasn't his skull.

[Otters27]

That is scary giving the fact that he is throwing so fast. Wonder how fast the ball was traveling of the bat

[NYSportsGuy210]

ESPN reports he is having a metal plate inserted into his head. Doesn't sound good to me.

[LT Profits]

ESPN reports he is having a metal plate inserted into his head. Doesn't sound good to me.

Ugh, so must have been FAR above nose and left eye.

[LT Profits]

ESPN reports he is having a metal plate inserted into his head. Doesn't sound good to me.

Actually Rotoworld has nothing on that, they make it sound like he's only out two months.


Aroldis Chapman will undergo surgery Thursday to repair fractures around his nose and left eye.

Chapman, who was also diagnosed with a mild concussion, will need 6-8 weeks of recovery time. And he won't necessarily be ready to pitch in major league games immediately after his rehab is through.

Source: Ken Rosenthal on Twitter

[LT Profits]

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[ChalkyDog]

Fracture in his face I guess. Shockingly not as bad as I thought.

[benjy]

Wow. Only 6-8 weeks. That looked just terrible. I hope he recovers - he's fun to watch.

[face]

maybe he should wear a mask if he pitches again, just so he feels some kind of security. i would have issues getting back at it

[Chi_archie]

Pitchers will never wear masks .

paul Mahalm had a very bad line drive off the face in the minors that required quite a bit of surgery.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Reports said the surgery he's having will insert a plate in his head

[MexicanStallion]

Reports said the surgery he's having will insert a plate in his head

^That is correct from most sources. Going to have that permanently.

On a side note, says he can start tossing on the side in 10-14 days. Unreal to think he gets hit in the face and two weeks later he is will be warming up basically.

[LT Profits]

Purpose of the plate is to stabilize fracture, so my guess is it will be placed below the brain area. Usually the first thing people think about when they hear "plate in head" is that it would be in skull area.

[ProPicker713]

Wow. Only 6-8 weeks. That looked just terrible. I hope he recovers - he's fun to watch.

They said he only broke a "few" bones. Great pitcher hope he heals up soon.

[PapaDBets]

Purpose of the plate is to stabilize fracture, so my guess is it will be placed below the brain area. Usually the first thing people think about when they hear "plate in head" is that it would be in skull area.

This IS in the skull area. Your whole head is considered the skull right? Not trying to be a dick just clarifying what you mean. Do you mean upper skull (like closer to the top of the skull)?

[EmpireMaker]

Surgery to knock out Aroldis Chapman for 6-8 weeks
If anyone is lucky to be out just 6-8 weeks, it is Reds closer Aroldis Chapman after he was struck in the head by a line drive Wednesday night.

That is the prognosis for Chapman, MLB.com has reported. He will undergo surgery to repair a fracture above his left eye, but could work his way back by as early as the end of May. Asked if Chapman will pitch again this season, Dr. Timothy Kemchek replied, "absolutely."
Chapman is arguably the best and most dominant closer in baseball. He saved 38 games in 43 opportunities in each of the last two years with 234 strikeouts in 135 1/3 innings.
What befell Chapman has renewed calls for protection for pitchers on the mound.

Marty Gitlin

CBSSports.com

[Cross]

Will he be mentally ready in 6-8 weeks???

[benjy]

Will he be mentally ready in 6-8 weeks???

Very good question.

I wonder if MLB will ever add the same sort of faceguards (or other head protection) that the slo-pitch players use at high levels.

[MikeTizzy]

pooor chapman... this guy flat out dominates.

[seaborneq]

That is the slowest reaction time of team trainers, doctors, medical staff, etc. What the fuk are they doing other than just leaning over Chapman?

[Cross]

Another sport to keep the kids away from, damn!

[LT Profits]

Amazing! Chapman visited the Reds' clubhouse Sunday.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140323&content_id=69972448&vkey=news_cin&c_id=cin&partnerId=ed-7991982-664193263

[Chi_archie]

Someone post the pic of his stapled head

[LT Profits]

Someone post the pic of his stapled head

Open up my link in #32, looks like he has two nails above the nose.

[MikeTizzy]

this is pretty damn amazing..