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The Inevitable

Submitted by Rob G. on
Mark Prior is going under the knife for exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his pitching shoulder tomorrow in Birmingham. The procedure will be done by Dr. James Andrews and IF he finds any damage, he's expected to repair it on the spot. Hopefully our resident doctor will be along to let us know what Prior can expect tomorrow.

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Submitted by kjk on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:17 pm

ouch.

Submitted by CT Steve on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:18 pm

Maybe Wood and Miller could go too, and we could get a group discount. Maybe Ohman and Dumpster want to join in.

Submitted by Bogey on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:20 pm

yeah Levine said they are concentrating on the labrum area and at the very least will get a "clean up" of the labrum.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:23 pm

Soon we will know if the damage is in his shoulder or between his ears.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:25 pm

"at the very least will get a “clean up” of the labrum." That's about the most inconsistent thing I've ever read about Prior's condition. When was Prior diagnosed with labrum damage?

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:26 pm

I don't think there really is a diagnosis, hence the exploratory nature of the surgery. Sometimes they just have to open you up to find out what's wrong.

Submitted by Bogey on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:32 pm

how is it "inconsistent" when nothing structural has ever been officially diagnosed?

Submitted by dc60124 on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:01 pm

i always thought going under the knife and arthroscopic surgery were mutually exclusive? no matter. all i can say is "about friggin time". and ditto to #4.

Submitted by Rynox on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:07 pm

Rob G.:
Mark Prior... under the knife... arthroscopic... IF he finds any damage... repair it on the spot...
{Yawn}

Submitted by Bogey on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:16 pm

True Q, but there's a big difference between fraying and a tear although both can be pitched through. Radke had a severe tear in his labrum and pitched through it and lost very little velocity but his command fell off quite a bit. That could explain Prior's lack of command but not so sure it necessarily explains the drastic drop of velocity.

Submitted by Carlos Rubi on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:26 pm

Meh.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:31 pm

Can I call Prior injury prone yet, or is John Hill going to come back from the dead and write a 3,000 word essay blasting me??? :) I wonder how Miller took the fake injury DL news? So much for his "hand shake agreement" with Hendry. I hope we have seen the last of Miller in a Cubs uniform, but Hendry has shown in the past he doesn't like to admit his mistakes.

Submitted by Andrew on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:47 pm

Rotoworld says Guzman will be called up to start against the Pirates on May 1. Don't see a source link.

Submitted by cubster on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:56 pm

Diagnostic arthroscopic surgery just means looking at the anatomy and identifying any abnormalities. That's the diagnostic portion of the case. It still means using a scalpel to make portals to insert the scope as will as any basic arthroscopic tools such as shavers and probes. The intraarticular shoulder joint anatomy (from the arthroscopic point of view) lets one identify the following structures from inside the joint: humeral head (ball of the shoulder with articular cartilage) glenoid (socket with articular cartilage and lined by labrum) biceps tendon rotator cuff (supraspinatus tendon) glenoid labrum joint capsule glenohumeral ligaments subscapularis tendon (front muscle of the rotator cuff) subscapularis recess inferior/posterior recesses synovium (joint lining tissue) then the bursal side of the joint, actually outside the shoulder joint is examined including: rotator cuff (bursal side) acromion (bone overhanging the cuff that the deltoid muscle attaches to as well as the AC joint) acromionclavicular joint coracoclavicular ligament They should find something abnormal in that above checklist. It sure would be nice to have a diagnosis (I've said that time and time again). There are alot of things they can fix but you can't fix normal anatomy. I'll comment more when we hear what they say about the surgical findings.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:57 pm

Meh...get back to me when Prior gets re-called to the big club and actually makes an appearance. Ditto Wood. Until then, don't want to hear a single thing about them. I'd much rather worry about players who actually WILL make an impact on how this club performs in 2007.

Submitted by Joey from Iowa on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 04:19 pm

Cubster......so when do the docs actually rip holes in Prior's labia...errrrr.....cl*tor.....aaahheeemm. Ahhhh never mind..Prior is done. Joey

Submitted by ARM on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 04:28 am

Well, Mark, thanks for the memories. Good luck to you in the future in your life outside of baseball, which began over this past off season.

Submitted by aaronb on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 04:06 am

I am just glad that Prior waited until the season to get this surgery. He was awfully busy last year to fit this into his schedule.

Submitted by 10man on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 04:45 am

If I'm not mistaken Pedro Martinez also pitched through a labrum tear injury (possibly for years), but finally got his surgery done this last off-season.

Submitted by cubster on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 04:47 am

I predict: Prior 18-6 in 2009, with the Dodgers Cubs acquire Schmidt for the 2009 season from the Dodgers for 3/44

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 04:04 pm

After Prior's exploratory surgery today he will likely regain some freakish tendon strength a la Rookie of the Year and become the best pitcher in baseball (in about a week or two). This is probably what will happen based on empirical evidence and his track record.

Submitted by Hippolito on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 04:24 am

There's something incredibly cruel in our tendency to punish those who raised our expectations and fell more than we punish those who never raised our expectations at all. Watching Prior pitch before he took the liner off his elbow will remain a fond memory of mine as a vision of athleticism and the craft practiced at it's highest level. Maybe Prior became a head case. Maybe Prior was juiced and the juice caught up with him. Maybe Prior -- like his team -- fell victim to a remarkable string of bad luck. Don't vilify the guy for being great and falling from that height. For a couple years there, he, like Kerry Wood, was a reason to dream. It's not his fault we dreamed. I wish him the best of luck and hope his name might, like Tommy John's, become synonymous with a successful surgical procedure that rehabilitates once hopeless injuries and foreshortened pitching careers.

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    Hi Arizona Phil!

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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