'finito said:
'ponchsox said:
Mathews is saying he'll be ready in the opener, the doctors are saying October. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle, 1-2 games.
Perhaps, but I'll take the doctor's word more than Mathews', and I'm a Mathews fan.
I am a surgeon myself, and generally I'd agree with this point. In this case, though, it's reasonable to think that he'll be back somewhere in the middle. This doc has never seen his films, never examined him and was not there at the time of fixation. The study he quoted has an average of 8.8 weeks until return, but what's the standard deviation? Were just as many guys back in 6 as were back in 11? There's so much variability in all patients, and it is no different when dealing with elite athletes. I'm guessing (guessing) he'll be out six and will miss two games. Honestly, though, my guess is only as good as Jene's or the doc from the articles in that it is only a guess. Unless I heard it from his own team doc or his surgeon, that's the best info I got.