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Krill Prospect Expected to Make Full Recovery
BONE SPURS REMOVED
September 18, 2062 | Marshall Islands Medical Institute (MIMI): It's been a year of very high ups and very low downs for Bikini Krill first-rounder Jacky Lavergne, who took a $2M bonus to sign a minor league deal out of college. He then rocketed up through the Bikini organization, posting a 2.37 ERA in short A Port au Prince and then a 3.13 ERA in seven games at Lake City A-Ball. It was in that third inning of his last start that he finally admitted something, however.
Prospect Progressing"My elbow had been hurting for awhile," he said. "I just thought I'd try to throw through it."
Doctors say his workload caught up to him. At 19, he combined for over 100 innings at the three levels he'd been at. The diagnosis was bone spurs. Lavergne was scheduled for surgery earlier this week, and reports are that the procedure was smooth. "We honed down the spur, and picked out a few chips," team Dr. Izz al Din Rafi reported. "Easily removable. The ligament--the ulnar collateral--was intact. No Tommy John. Just a cleanup." The reports suggest Lavergne will be able to return to throwing in eight-ten weeks, wit the prognosis of being a full recovery.
"He's a young guy," al Din Rafi said. "He should be fine as long as he follows protocol."
Which Lavergne says he most definitely will.
"That was a real wake up call," the right hander said. "I was on the top of the world, and then I wasn't. The worst part is that it didn't happen all at once. If it had been one big pop or a lightning bolt of pain, at least then it would've made sense, but it just kind of snuck up on me. I wanted to ignore it, and for a while I could. I knew I had to say something when I couldn't get my slider to spin right."
No Pain Island For Jacky
The injury will most likely keep Lavergne, who hails for Les lies de la Madeleine, Quebec out of action long enough that he misses a slot in the team's development lab, but that's all right by him. "I think I need to rest up more than anything. I got a call from Kate (manager Kate Fiscus), and she said she was hoping to see me in bed most of the off-season, so I'm intending to follow her directions."
BONE SPURS REMOVED
September 18, 2062 | Marshall Islands Medical Institute (MIMI): It's been a year of very high ups and very low downs for Bikini Krill first-rounder Jacky Lavergne, who took a $2M bonus to sign a minor league deal out of college. He then rocketed up through the Bikini organization, posting a 2.37 ERA in short A Port au Prince and then a 3.13 ERA in seven games at Lake City A-Ball. It was in that third inning of his last start that he finally admitted something, however.
Prospect Progressing
Doctors say his workload caught up to him. At 19, he combined for over 100 innings at the three levels he'd been at. The diagnosis was bone spurs. Lavergne was scheduled for surgery earlier this week, and reports are that the procedure was smooth. "We honed down the spur, and picked out a few chips," team Dr. Izz al Din Rafi reported. "Easily removable. The ligament--the ulnar collateral--was intact. No Tommy John. Just a cleanup." The reports suggest Lavergne will be able to return to throwing in eight-ten weeks, wit the prognosis of being a full recovery.
"He's a young guy," al Din Rafi said. "He should be fine as long as he follows protocol."
Which Lavergne says he most definitely will.
"That was a real wake up call," the right hander said. "I was on the top of the world, and then I wasn't. The worst part is that it didn't happen all at once. If it had been one big pop or a lightning bolt of pain, at least then it would've made sense, but it just kind of snuck up on me. I wanted to ignore it, and for a while I could. I knew I had to say something when I couldn't get my slider to spin right."
No Pain Island For Jacky
The injury will most likely keep Lavergne, who hails for Les lies de la Madeleine, Quebec out of action long enough that he misses a slot in the team's development lab, but that's all right by him. "I think I need to rest up more than anything. I got a call from Kate (manager Kate Fiscus), and she said she was hoping to see me in bed most of the off-season, so I'm intending to follow her directions."
