Daric Barton - Season finished before it really got started?

A torn labrum and they couldn’t diagnose it earlier? I mean I guess he has an insane pain tolerance level or something, because having known people with torn labrums before they knew something was seriouisly wrong when it happened….I mean really the only way I can look at this is either (1) his pain tolerance is insanely high or (2) our medical staff is still god awful, I mean laughably horrific at their jobs.
DISCLAIMER: I’ve never had a torn labrum before but have had 2 friends that did and I wouldn’t call either of them “bitches” or people with a low pain tolerance…and they knew right away that something was seriously wrong and were diagnosed very quickly.

Our medical staff. seriously the A’s need to do something this is unacceptable for a pro team.

This sounds just as bad/inattentive.

That said, there have been some visible differences in how they’ve handled injuries this year. More direct: straight to the DL often (exception: Willingham); less BS minimizing the problems?

I mean this level of incompetence by employees wouldn’t be tolerated at a fast food restaurant.

Seems like an awfully drastic injury to go undiagnosed for half a season. I would think at least Daric would recognize the pain was so significant and wonder if it was something serious. I mean, I’ve had a bruise on my abdomen and I’ve had a cracked rib, and there was NO QUESTION which one hurt worse. Surely he must have felt enough pain where he had to realize it was a bad injury.

If he simply tried to tough it out and the reason it went undiagnosed was his fault, that’s just a damn shame. I’ve never understood why sometimes players hide injuries from the medical staff. I understand why the 25th man on the major league roster might do it, but Barton had a good enough 2010 not to worry about losing his job because of injury.

If I were an injured player, I’d just go to the medical staff and find out the extent of it. Then I’d ask, “Will it get worse if I play through it? No? Well then give me something for the pain and hand me my glove.”

Anyway, it is still good to hear that his shitty 2011 might have a legit explanation. If so, I will be happy to welcome him back in 2012 and hope he goes back to something closer to 2010 Barton.

if so, he’s an idiot. we lost a young pitcher (dan meyer) to this kind of stupidity before. if he told the staff and they never bothered checking it out, than it is yet another indictment against our medical staff. i suspect it’s a little of both, but the latter is hard to deny at this point, given all the problems we’ve had. honestly, beane needs to really think about some serious changes throughout the organization on the training/medical staff.

We’ve heard horror stories before about medical staffs; the worst being the J.R. Richard misdiagnosis. But Rickey Henderson often pulled himself out of games if he wasn’t 100% on the grounds that he couldn’t do his job properly, and he was raked over the coals for being a wuss.

From the care we’ve seen with Willingham this year, and Ellis also, it seems that the medical staff is being very careful and very cautious. My guess is that Barton had good days and bad days, and probably refused to consider that the problem was anything other than his own inability to get comfortable on the field.

There’s one other possibility which absolves everyone of blame: the labrum tear could have been painless but could have thrown Barton’s game off completely, and it was only with time and further tearing, that the pain became noticeable and the medical staff was consulted.

I’m still convinced that Wuertz isn’t healthy.

That’s too bad that he is hurt, but either way Barton is a useless player. Either he’s a player with just horrible skills. Essentially a “zero tools” player (can’t run, can’t field, can’t hit, no power). Or Barton is so selfish and has such ego that he’d gladly play extremely poorly hurt, dragging the team down with him, and not tell anyone what the problem is. Either way he’s not worth a roster spot, even on a minor league team imho.

In essence, 2010 was his rookie year, his first full year in the majors. As he learned the game, it’s possible the batting average would have gone up, and possibly the power numbers as well, putting him in the same category as someone like Youkilis, or Mike Sweeney in his prime.

But who knows. Barton may wind up as one of baseball’s “what if” players.

When are we going to find out Suzuki has shoulder issues as well that prevents him from hitting over .230 and throwing out any bipedal animal that attempts a stolen base on his watch?

" Barton has allegedly complained of pain, discomfort and weakness in his shoulders for months and has been receiving treatment for his problems since the Minnesota series in April. "

Uh…..

He was in such good shape. I wonder if the increase in muscle mass/decrease in body fat in the off-season was due to some dramatic changes in his conditioning regime, and the changes in the type if weight lifting he did caused the shoulder issues? Just a thought.

From Slusser’s article on sfgate:

The A’s have fewer than three men on the disabled list (two) for the first time since 2006.

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