Grotewold wrote:Pretty good article from Murphstud on the payroll. Long story short, he estimates $39M to spend this offseason on the closer, shortstop, hitting depth, and rotation depth.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phil ... eyond.html

kruker wrote:I really want to take a chance on Sizemore.

CalvinBall wrote:what was wrong with him the past 2 years?

CalvinBall wrote:what was wrong with him the past 2 years?

•Sizemore committed to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but pulled out after injuring his left groin early in spring training.

•On September 9, 2009 after struggling through a subpar season, Grady elected to have surgery on his left elbow which had troubled him since spring training.[8] Having the surgery performed one month before season's end allowed for more healing time and preparation for the following year. Cleveland was already eliminated from playoff contention by the time of his decision. One week after the elbow surgery, he also elected to have surgery on his lower abdomen to repair a hernia that was related to the groin injury which forced him from the World Baseball Classic,[9] thus ending his 2009 season one month before the final game.

•During the offseason, Sizemore's girlfriend, Brittney Binger, was the victim of an internet hacker. As a result, several photos of Sizemore were stolen from Binger's personal e-mail account. Sizemore was near-nude in most of the photos, including the infamous coffee cup photo

•After playing in 33 games, Sizemore's 2010 season ended after microfracture surgery was performed on his left knee

[*]Sizemore returned to the Cleveland Indians from his microfracture surgery, after rehabilitating in AAA, on April 17, 2011. Sizemore went 2 for 4 in 4 at-bats with a double and homerun. The Indians won the game 4–2. Sizemore returned to the disabled list in May with a right knee contusion after sliding into a base. In mid-July, Sizemore was again placed on the disabled list following another injury to his right knee; shortly afterwards, he had a second sports hernia surgery, expected to sideline him into September.[11] Through 2011, he had the third-best career fielding percentage of all major league outfielders (.9935), behind Shane Victorino and Ryan Braun

Warszawa wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:what was wrong with him the past 2 years?

In short, everything