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2012
Thole Headed To 15 Day DL With Symptoms Of Concussion
An article by Hojo's Mojo
During last night’s 5-3 win over the Phillies, former Met Ty Wigginton barreled into Josh Thole in the bottom of the eighth on a play at the plate. Thole took a jolt to the head from Wigginton’s left shoulder.
Thole held onto the ball, preserving the 2-2 score, but it was a jarring blow to the head and as he tried to rise he went right back down. It is believed the young Mets catcher has suffered a concussion.
After lying still and dazed on the ground by home plate, Thole was finally taken out of the game and went into the dugout under his own power.
He experienced dizziness, headaches and felt hot after the collision and was examined by a Phillies doctor after the game.
Terry Collins said: “He’s hurt. He got hurt. When we got out there, the only thing he could say is, I’m real dizzy. I’m real dizzy.’
An MRI confirmed the strain and assistant GM John Ricco said of putting him on the DL, “these strains can linger. Rather than run the risk of him trying to come back too soon because he sees the team playing short, (we’ll) shut him down, let him recover and get some therapy. We’ll see where we are in 15 days.”
The Mets could call-up one of catchers Rob Johnson or Lucas May from Triple-A Buffalo. Currently, the Mets have Mike Nickeas who can fill in for Thole as well as utility man Vinny Rottino.
This is no doubt a tough break for Thole and the Mets. He was having a solid season for the team batting .287, in 27 games and had made significant improvements defensively behind the plate.
We wish him well and hope doesn’t have to miss more than the prescribed 15 days.
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really does suck for him, since he seems to be improving nicely and settling into the job. And another blow to the team with a fluke (relatively) injury.
Hope it really is minor, and he is not out long.
“An MRI confirmed the strain and assistant GM John Ricco said of putting him on the DL, “these strains can linger. Rather than run the risk of him trying to come back too soon because he sees the team playing short, (we’ll) shut him down, let him recover and get some therapy. We’ll see where we are in 15 days.”
Is that for Ruben or Thole?
I would have assumed they would use the new 5 day DL for Thole.
The new DL rule for suspected or precautionary concussion symptoms is 7 days.
I would think they can put Josh on that 7 day DL and reevaluate then, moving him to the 15 day DL if necessary.
And actually, I’m not even sure that 7 day rule was approved. Maybe that’s why Ricco said 15 days?
That’s right, 7 days. But my question is still that the quote sounds like he is talking about Ruben and not Josh. Josh doesn’t have a strain unless it’s a strain of the brain.
True – he clearly said ‘strain’.
That’s a tough break for Josh. He was off to a real good start. Does anyone know if Lucas May ir related the former catcher Milt May? Milt would most likely be his grandpa.
I am not a doctor and not questioning the 15 DL decision but I bet with all the publicity surrounding the concussion problems in the NFL that the 15 day DL was based on that to ensure no ciritcism comes down on the Mets for rushing a player back too soon. Catchers are tough guys to take this kind of punishment over a career. Times have changed. Yogi Berra would have been helped to his feet, walked a few steps to clear his head and get right back behind the plate, and then rip the ball when he came to bat. It’s a different sport today, not better, not worse, just different.
No suspension for the flying elbow?
Wigginton’s slide was clean.
What flying elbow?
That was totally clean slide and I wish some of our players can go in as hard and as clean as Wigginton did last night. It sucks Thole got hurt, but oh well, that’s baseball.
I concurr with the others that was not a dirty slide at all.
Yeah it was just an awful, ugly in between slide.
As for cleanliness, no real argument, but on several replays it sort of looks as if TW puts a shoulder into Thole. For Thole’s part, it was a huge mistake leaning into tag with head. May inexperience, simple mistake; I don’t know.
At first, I was hoping he could just shake it off. The more replays I watched, the more I realized how serious a blow to the head it was. Wiggs is not exactly a little guy!
Thole has really been adding to our team. I think he’s developing into a good hitter, and his defensive skills are improving bit by bit all the time. To say we can ill-afford an injury like this is an understatement, but I am really hoping Josh recovers mightily and quickly. He made a tough, gutsy MLB play. He’s a Met!
LGM!!!
Guys, I am not sure this post is accurate. I can’t find where Thole has been placed on the DL yet at all and the quote above is referring to Tejada.
IN TODAY’S STAR-LEDGER
1. The Mets grabbed what should have been a momentous victory last night over the Phillies. Except Josh Thole’s head injury cast a pall over everything. He’s likely headed back to New York for more tests today, and probably will end up on the disabled list, in some form or fashion. The official word won’t come until today, most likely, but losing Thole would be a big blow.
Wouldn’t it be a 7-day DL for a concussion?
Yeah, I think Hojo got the report on Ruben confused with Thole. I would assume that Thole will be placed on the 7 day which my understanding is they can then roll over to the 15 day.
So far, the only reports I find on the web are that Thole MIGHT be placed on the disabled list. No confirmation, more like speculation.
I agree it’s better to be safe than sorry and Josh should be allowed to rest. True, with less protective equipment Yogi might have indeed walked around for a few minutes and that would have been it but the game is different today. And we also know more about the health threats due to concussions.
Though I wish it was under different circumstances, perhaps this might give Lucas May the chance he needs and for us to see if he has overcome his problem handling pitches resulting in passed balls.
that is why the 7 day concussion DL is such a good idea. Lets teams play it safe (during the evaluation period) without having to play a man short. Much more likely to put a guy on for 7 days than 15.
Today the Orioles sent Ronnie Paulino down to AAA.
Thole is to be placed on the seven day DL according to Mike Francesa.
Ronnie Paulino sent down to the minors? Nothing personal against Ronnie but it would have been better for the Mets had they too done that last season instead of having him join the club after getting off the D.L. Remember, it was Paulino who failed to call off either Wright or Davis on that pop up in front of the mound in Denver. Not exactly a thinking man’s catcher.