Santana Out For Season With Elbow Surgery

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• Kelly Horn August 25, 2009 at 3:25 pm

  One after another, like dominoes…
• Lifelongmetsfan August 25, 2009 at 3:30 pm

  This is a prime example of “When bad news is really good news” Thank God he doesn’t need ligament reconstructive surgery! Or so we are lend to believe….
• NYCgirl August 25, 2009 at 3:44 pm

  As a Mets fan, I am very disturbed that a team doctor is performing Santana’s surgery. If I were Johan Santana, I would seek a second opinion and have another doctor operate on his elbow. The Mets team doctors haven’t exactly been competent this year.
  • Greg Pomes August 25, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    This is actually a common misconception this season. It’s not the doctors that are at fault it’s the training staff. The Mets have some of the best doctors in the country if not the world, the problem is that training staff refuses to send them to the docs, instead insisting that rest and a cortisone shot will be enough for these guys. They don’t have them go to the docs for MRI’s or evaluations, they make their own.
    • theonlymaskman August 25, 2009 at 4:34 pm

      I can’t help wondering if that is because of financials?
      • Greg Pomes August 25, 2009 at 7:32 pm

        I’ve thought that too but I would think that ball clubs have some sort of retainer with Hospitals. The Hospital for Special Surgery is the Mets hospital, I would think it would be something like what people and organizations do with lawyers in that a Lawyer has a retainer to defend you, not paid on a case by case basis.
    • SJB August 25, 2009 at 7:53 pm

      Is it a fact that the training staff isn’t referring injuries to the team docs? I haven’t read or heard that anywhere. If thats the case what reason would they have for not referring? Maybe the Wilpons cheaped out on their workers’ comp policy this year and have told the staff to try to treat injuries as cheaply as possible. They work under the supervision of the team MD’s. I’m sure the docs are aware of most if not all injuries, especially to multi-million dollar stars.

      No one is at fault for the injuries, doctors or trainers. Its part of playing sports. It just happens to be a really bad year for the Mets in this regard. If they had a better bench and farm system, they might still be in the playoff hunt.
      • theonlymaskman August 25, 2009 at 10:18 pm

        No, they have not paid attention to injuries on a timely basis and, by doing, that have made them worse. We see that from Reyes, Beltran, and now Santana. Three very important players that were not handled well at all. There is something wrong in the organization regarding how they handle injuries.