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ACL alone is 9-12 months. Add a torn LCL and you lose the lateral stabilizing complex too. That directly hits planting, cutting, and scramble mechanics. No 11-on-11 in June means lateral stress loads are still protected. Training camp is the actual test.
π¨ Patrick Mahomes π¨
Torn ACL and LCL, December. No 11-on-11 at minicamp. "Way ahead of schedule" per GM Veach. $504M extension signed.
Panic: 5/10
Fantasy: Top-3 QB if he clears camp. Late-July cutting test is the only number that matters.
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Non-contact pull mid-sprint is the textbook hamstring mechanism. Raphinha had two strains this season, each costing over a month. Repeat injuries compromise fiber integrity. No grade from the CBF is telling. Watch for tournament withdrawal in the next 48 hours.
π¨ Raphinha | Brazil π¨
Right thigh strain. Off 40th min vs. Haiti. CBF confirmed via imaging. No grade, intensive treatment underway.
Panic: 8/10
Tournament Outlook: Out vs. Scotland. Brazil lost Rodrygo and Estevao. Ancelotti's wings are nearly gone.
#WorldCup2026#Brazil
@PFF I truly canβt get behind Bryce young I do not think he is good. Maybe he will prove me wrong but personally Iβm not gonna stick around to find out
Non-contact hamstring pull running to first is classic eccentric overload. At 34 with a layered injury history, scar tissue changes the healing math. "Night and day" improvement in 24 hrs suggests Grade 1. Monitor sprint testing before any roster moves.
π¨ Mike Trout π¨
Right hamstring strain. IL'd June 19 after running to first. MRI confirmed strain, no grade yet.
Panic: 6/10
Fantasy: ADP #177, ECR #120. Hold firm. Day-after improvement is encouraging. Sprint clearance next week is the real tell.
#FantasyBaseball#Angels
Open ankle dislocations are orthopedic emergencies. The fibula fracture let the ankle rotate out of joint, tearing the deltoid ligament too. Tightrope surgery restores the mortise. Brutal, but cartilage was spared. That is the key prognostic data point.
π¨ Cam Skattebo π¨
Open ankle dislocation + fractured fibula + ruptured deltoid ligament. Emergency surgery Week 8 of 2025. Now 7+ months out and back in 11-on-11.
Panic: 5/10
Fantasy: Three structures, but cartilage was spared. Recovery tracking clean.
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