12-07-2022, 06:57 PM
He hurt his shoulder and had to have surgery in the winter of 2020. It was his non-throwing shoulder, but the theory is it's still impacting his swing. I don't think he drops off the map like that at age 24 after 4 seasons of having an OPS+ between 112 and 164, then suddenly down to 44 if it's not because of that injury. I don't know what else it could be?
Edit: This article actually blames a different injury to his knee. I think it might be flawed in that it doesn't talk about post surgery, only post dislocation, for why the author doesn't think it's the shoulder, but interesting nonetheless.
Edit: This article actually blames a different injury to his knee. I think it might be flawed in that it doesn't talk about post surgery, only post dislocation, for why the author doesn't think it's the shoulder, but interesting nonetheless.