Comments on: Sweeney out for the year: knee tendinitis surgery http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2010/07/19/sweeney-out-for-the-year-knee-tendinitis-surgery/ Fri, 24 May 2013 23:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: crutches http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2010/07/19/sweeney-out-for-the-year-knee-tendinitis-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 crutches Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:31 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2010/07/19/sweeney-out-for-the-year-knee-tendinitis-surgery/#comment-2083 I agree with Crister, harsh as it sounds 26 is a little late i the day for hoping for a real take off in his career. The recovery of an injury like this is extremely slow.

]]> By: crister http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2010/07/19/sweeney-out-for-the-year-knee-tendinitis-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-2081 crister Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:13:33 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/athletics/2010/07/19/sweeney-out-for-the-year-knee-tendinitis-surgery/#comment-2081 ugh… man, after 08, that trade was looking good for oakland. now… well, i like sweeney, but at 26 next year, that whole potential/growning into his ability/projection line seems rather expired. even when healthy, a solid, (not great or even very good, but solid) average with no power corner outfielder can only be worth so much. now, he’s probably not even going to have his speed when he comes back. bummer. he’s a “nice ” player, but nice isn’t necessarily what you need as your starting right fielder. especially with swisher looking rather above than average in new york. gonzalez? a poor man’s left handed bobby witt anyone?

i guess it goes to show, it’s not always about flippign assets for younger anc cheaper… maybe swisher wouldn’t have added many if any wins to the team these past few years, but it goes back to that whole putting a face to the team aspect. middle of the line up power source anyone?

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