Tigers hope surgery on Brennan Boesch's thumb can be delayed

Via Tom Gage of the Detroit News:

"The remainder of Brennan Boesch's season has been jeopardized by a partially torn ligament in his right thumb.

It's the thumb that Boesch sprained nearly three weeks ago in Cleveland.

Trainer Kevin Rand said Monday that thumb surgery is in Boesch's future to correct the situation but he hopes it can be delayed until after the season."

I have to wonder if a DL stint wouldn't be for the best at this point, in hopes of keeping Boesch healthy enough for a playoff run. No matter what the decision, this is not good news.

9 months ago BigAl 15 comments 0 recs |

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Oh crap

If it can’t be delayed, we won’t be totally screwed, but we’ll be much worse off

"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante

by DetroitSports on Aug 29, 2011 6:47 PM EDT reply actions

DL + dirks ASAP plz

by patthepat on Aug 29, 2011 6:52 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, we need Dirks.

Maggs cannot continue.

by rcpratt on Aug 29, 2011 6:53 PM EDT reply actions

Don't look now, but

Maggs has a 5 game hitting streak and has hit in 7 of 8. I’m not saying he’s hot, but I know there’s a good hitter in there somewhere.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

by momotigers on Aug 30, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Well this sucks

Boesch puts together a near-full season of upper-level play, and he gets injured. GAH!

by H2OPoloPunk on Aug 29, 2011 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

He hasn't been great recently

Hitting under .200 for the past 30 days, and just .219 since the break. I’m sure the thumb has something to do with that, but if it hurts him that much, better to just call up Dirks.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 29, 2011 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions