Machado injury (Sprained Knee Ligament- 15 Day DL)

[ExileAngelos]

Man, I hope so. I heard the news on the way home from work, and it ruined my night.

This is my second day at the beach. Darn near ruining my vacation!

[LookinUp]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but since Manny's return, it seems like he gets twisted up a bit at the plate. I've seen his knees sort of give when he swings really hard. I've seen that quite a bit this year. It made me wonder if he was a) swinging too hard overall and b) if his knees were built up enough to handle the torque.

Has anyone else noticed that?

Agree. He generally doesn't look like he has stable knees.

[paulcoates]

Anyone notice the slow mo clip they just showed? I apologize I don't have the clip but when he had maximum tension and torque on the knee, just before it gives out, you can actually see what looks like a pop and something snap. You can see it through his pants... If that's what it was. Hoping for the best for him. Doesn't look good.

I saw it when it first happened. They can say it is a sprain, but thetre is no doubt something popped. I will be surprised if he is not gone for the year.

[Dr. Unk]

[video=youtube;wWnbByASDwE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnbByASDwE

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Os think they may have dodged a bullet w Machado injury. Will know much more tmrw.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">August 12, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck on Machado knee injury: "It's been a lot more positive than the way it probably looked." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">August 12, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Take a break from my Vacation to post some good news.

[leftygrove]

I thought it was odd that Buck had a little optimism in his post-game presser. Said something along the lines of he was moving better than what it looked. MRI tomorrow @10.

[bpilktree]

Buck also said he walked the line at the end of the game and into the clubhouse and his office. That is more positive then any words they say.

[caesarod]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but since Manny's return, it seems like he gets twisted up a bit at the plate. I've seen his knees sort of give when he swings really hard. I've seen that quite a bit this year. It made me wonder if he was a) swinging too hard overall and b) if his knees were built up enough to handle the torque.

Has anyone else noticed that?

Yes. It's been really noticeable, but I figured it was just me giving undue attention to it.

Having said that, I don't know if all this is pertinent to tonight's injury or if it even means anything at all.

[VeveJones007]

Hopefully he's okay. It's so hard to tell with knee injuries. When you watch NFL players, sometimes it looks even worse and they're ok for the next week. Sometimes it doesn't look like much and their knee is shredded. We'll see what the MRI says.

[VeveJones007]

Buck also said he walked the line at the end of the game and into the clubhouse and his office. That is more positive then any words they say.

Reggie Wayne walked off the field last year after he tore his ACL. While Manny walking around can be a good sign, it might not mean much.

[pdiddy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Os think they may have dodged a bullet w Machado injury. Will know much more tmrw.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">August 12, 2014</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck on Machado knee injury: "It's been a lot more positive than the way it probably looked." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">August 12, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Take a break from my Vacation to post some good news.

Would be like Christmas in August.

[Flash- bd]

You have to wonder if the knee issues will be a career dampening thing for Manny.

Oh c'mon, let's wait until we have a clear picture before we start proclaiming the guy's knees are shot and he's going to have an injury blighted career. It's not too out of the norm to see an injury that looks really bad like that one turn out to be something rather innocuous.

[backwardsk]

He's going to speak on the post game show.

[Lester Freamon]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Machado had an XRay done tonight that didn't show any damage to the ligament. But the MRI will be a better indicator of the exact injury.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">August 12, 2014</a></blockquote>

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STILL expecting the worst. But that brings me off the ledge, for now. Obviously I know that x-ray results should be taken with a grain of salt compared to the MRI.

[paulcoates]

http://m.mlb.com/video/v35282573/nyybal-machado-injures-himself-on-his-way-to-first

At the 1:24 mark I can see a pop on his pants