Jeff Stotts

Owner of & Injury Analyst for SMART & @Rotowire, Certified Athletic Trainer, MAT, PES, CES

[RotoWire @RotoWire]

🚨 Fantasy Baseball Managers: hamstring injuries are piling up across the MLB.

Elly De La Cruz, Teoscar Hernandez, Munetaka Murakami & more are dealing with hammy strains right now. What does it mean for your lineup?

@InStreetClothes broke down the severity for each injury, and when you can expect to see returns to action 🤕⬇️

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

My kids have a tape measure pulled out to 7’4” and are walking around our house seeing what it would be like if Wemby walked down our hall, sat on our couch, etc.

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

@BourbonBaba It will be probably easier to pad and protect but both aren't great

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ANOTHER Mitchell Robinson Injury Update: The injury is now believed to be a 5th metacarpal fx, meaning it's more of a hand injury than a finger one. Recovery is often measured in weeks following surgery (AVG = 52 days) but it still sounds like Mitchell is going to push to play.

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

I previously detailed metacarpal fractures when Steph Curry broke his 2nd metacarpal in 2019.
https://t.co/OBjyQqIqet

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

Latest Mitchell Robinson Injury Update: The timing of the injury & surgery is key here. Since 2005, the quickest return from a pinkie fracture that needed surgery in the NBA is 14 days. Sounds like Mitch is going to try to beat those numbers.

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

@ChickenBuck3ts Those are often reported as hand fractures and not finger fractures

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Mitchell Robinson Injury Update: Time lost for pinkie fractures is dependent on treatment needed. Average time lost for non-operative pinkie fractures is ~3.5 games (9 days). If surgery is needed? The average time lost jumps to 15.6 games (34 days).

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@AnthonyCanton_3 posted

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My latest Fantasy Baseball Injury Report for @RotoWire: Two Blue Jays Make Early Exits https://t.co/Gt1XJmzdRU

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As a medical professional I feel like it’s my duty to check in on @SheaSerrano

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My latest Fantasy Baseball Injury Report is up on @RotoWire: Seager Out With Back Spasms. https://t.co/5r0562R58S

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

Just an unsurprisingly great look from @kirkgoldsberry at what I've been staring at out over the past few years

[The Ringer @ringer]

It doesn’t just seem like calf and hamstring injuries are plaguing the NBA. The data confirms it. What’s behind this worrying trend, and what can the league do about it?

@kirkgoldsberry: https://t.co/Wt6jAv4HC8

[Brian Sutterer MD @BrianSuttererMD]

I want to clarify my point better:

In normal physiology and conditions, creatine supplementation shouldn’t be blamed for causing whole body cramps that require hospitalization.

We also have to be careful of the difference between creatine and creatine kinase.

Creatine kinase (CK) is a biomarker of muscle damage and is different than creatine. CK is released into the blood with muscle breakdown and then it can damage the kidneys and cause death. This is caused rhabdomyolysis and you’ve seen it in the news with other athletes.

Rhabdo occurs in athletes with intense bouts of exercise. Medical conditions and supplements can contribute to the risk of rhabdo, but creatine does not directly cause rhabdo. There have to be a lot of other contributing factors that lead to full body cramps and hospitalization.

So blaming a very concerning health event on taking too much creatine means either he was taking SIGNIFICANTLY more than the label recommended AND wasn’t hydrating well AND had an intense workout.

Creatine is just piece of what was probably a far more involved episode and brushing it off like it was a simple creatine dose issue puts unfair blame on what’s a very safe and well studied supplement.

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

Jarred Vanderbilt Injury Update: While the injury can appear gruesome, most pinkie dislocations in the NBA have not resulted in missed time. However, that changes if the pinkie is fractured or a bone broke through the skin (open dislocation)

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My latest Fantasy Baseball Injury Report for @Rotowire: Acuna Suffers Hamstring Injury https://t.co/lFt4SUza8s

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

Love the insight. Love this kid’s mentality and approach.

[Anthony Edwards @anthonyedwards]

⏳ New Episode Out Now

https://t.co/DIL3wa3zFf

[Anthony Edwards @anthonyedwards]

⏳ New Episode Out Now

https://t.co/DIL3wa3zFf

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

Ever since Duncan Robinson was a little kid, his big brother, Eli, was his biggest fan. While Duncan carved out a career, Eli had his personal struggles. And last year, his suffering was just too much. This is their story of loss and love (told with the incredible @simonpb17)

[Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes]

Happy for Joel and all the Sixers fans that have become way too familiar with my work but always super supportive.