bryce harper, one of the faces
of this great game, underwent
successful right elbow
reconstruction surgery today.
You see the doctor that did it
in Los Angeles, this tweet from
his team, the philadelphia
Phillies.
The prognosis is for bryce to be
returning as the ph by the All
star break of 2023 with a
possible return to play right
field towards the end of the
regular season.
Now there is no shock that he
underwent Tommy john surgery to
fix his throwing elbow.
We all knew that was gonna
happen.
We didn't know what the ET A
was.
When are we gonna get him back
for the philadelphia Phillies to
say All Star break when you're
in in my opinion, the best
division in baseball with the
Mets in the Atlanta braves, this
is tough to a whole half of the
season without your best player.
Xavier does this change the
dynamic for Dave Dombrowski and
his battle plan this offseason?
Well, I think we understood that
there was going to be a surgery
at some point.
I think we were trying to figure
out how long it was going to be
and notably all star break is a
long time.
So we talked about, you know,
this team has been in those
conversations of a short stop a
power productive shortstop
that's going to be important if
you go this offseason and get
somebody that can help replace
some of that power production
that you normally get from a
bryce harper that's going to big
for them.
You talked about how good this
division is, they can't afford
to get off to a bad start,
they've got to be able to be
almost the opposite of the team
they were in the beginning of
last year.
They've got to get going early
and often I'm going to say this
, I don't think they have to get
off to a hot start just because
if this, look, the All Star
break is more a little bit more
than halfway into the season.
But if in major League baseball
in the game today, with the
expanded playoffs now, you've
got more teams going into the
playoffs than ever before.
Um You don't have to be much
better than 500 at the All Star
break, you just have to hit the
right gear after the All Star
break.
And so to me, look, I still
think they are going to I don't
think this changes much for
them.
I think they're still going to
go out and be a big factor in
the free agent market.
I think they were going to
anyway, that's what you brought
Dave Brown Dombrowski in for and
gave him an extension for,
that's what you're trying to do
is win now.
And so I don't think it changes
much.
I do think it puts a little bit
more pressure on some of the
guys who are already in the
clubhouse and puts a little
pressure on Dave Dombrowski to
make sure he makes the right
signing this offseason, If it's
one of those big short stops,
make sure it's a guy who is
going to come in and deliver,
deliver in every facet of the
game.
You're not going to make up for
what bryce harper brings
leadership wise and especially
offensively, but you could do
some damage with some of those
shortstop.