Comments on: Evan Longoria exits with left knee soreness http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/30/evan-longoria-exits-with-apparent-knee-injury/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hittfamily http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/30/evan-longoria-exits-with-apparent-knee-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292372 Tue, 01 May 2012 07:13:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=143000#comment-292372 I saw the same thing you saw. He didn’t seem to be running full speed when he got to the bag. He slid in, caught the bag with his back foot, put his front foot down, and it happened to be on the SS foot. The SS pulled away, carrying Longo’s foot with it, and “tweaking” his knee. He grabbed the back of his knee, and without being an arthroscopic surgeon, I’d guess strain. I think and hope it is day to day, because without him, the Rays are in trouble. I saw something the other day that said from August til now, Evan lead MLB in either HR, OPS, or Slugging, and I don’t remember where the link was.

This is why Zobrist is so valuable. His numbers don’t tell the entire story. He has played right field a lot this year, but he could be St Pete’s 3b if Longo goes down. Matsui goes to right, platoons with Joyce, and your right field has a.900 OPS with good bats on the bench. Tampa Bay is in incredible position. McGee looks like a closer, and Davis is killing it out of the pen. Perhaps it’s time to cash in that Wade Davis chip. 1.86 era out of the pen through 10.1 innings.

]]> By: randygnyc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/30/evan-longoria-exits-with-apparent-knee-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292329 Tue, 01 May 2012 01:16:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=143000#comment-292329 It looked like something “gave” the second BEFORE the slide. The knee wobbled. Hope his ok. Fierce competitor and a good guy to young fans.

]]> By: gotampabay52 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/30/evan-longoria-exits-with-apparent-knee-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-292325 Tue, 01 May 2012 00:57:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=143000#comment-292325 Not now, not ever we need Evan to be healthy always

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