Hate this for Gavin.
Grahovac out for the year
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Link? Also, last year could mean 12/31/2024. Per the article by Zane, the injury is unrelated to the left wrist he had surgery on this offseason and recovery is expected to take 6 months. He already missed most all of the fall due to the wrist, so my assumption is this must've pretty late, at which point it was miss the year or try to play. He chose the latter but ultimately wasn't able to.The_Truth said:
Per local BCS CBS affiliate, his dad said it's been a known injury since last year! Should have had this taken care of in the offseason. Why risk it becoming an issue during this season?!
If that timeline is roughly correct, announcing end of year versus now isn't much different as he was going to miss the entire season in either case.
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Assuming you watched in person or on tv, you saw the wincing on lots of his swings. I don't think this was load management -- this was can he swing the bat in live situations. I'm not sure what they saw in practice that would have been different though because it was pretty clear in the games that it hurt. Badly.Gap said:RED AG 98 said:It was a pain management thing, not a risk of further injury thing. He tried to tough it out but clearly it was pretty painful, especially on his swing. It wasn't going to heal with rest so it was either try to play or don't.Gap said:
Why did he play in every game and then the injury became too untenable to play through? Shouldn't he have been getting some rest? Weird approach.
Pain management for an injury a guy is trying to learn to work to play thru is not exactly playing every game both in the field and at the plate. No days off at all and not even a game where he DH'd and didn't play in the field. That's just an absolutely strange for a guy trying to learn to play with this. A little reduced workload would have absolutely been something to try and especially to start with.
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No real details in there other than "last year." Since he was held out of most of fall ball I think it's still pretty unclear what that means.Quote:
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M third baseman Gavin Grahovac will miss the remainder of the 2025 season due to a tear to his non-throwing labrum, Grahovac's father Mike Grahovac, and A&M head coach Michael Earley confirmed with KBTX.
Grahovac's father, Mike, told KBTX's Travis L. Brown that the initial injury happened last year. Grahovac will undergo surgery that will require a lengthy recovery.
Grahovac is the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year and was on the 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. He was a preseason second-team All-American and preseason first-team All-SEC.
The Sophomore was 5-for-22 in the first two weekends with two home runs, six RBI, and seven runs scored. His 23 home runs last year are the most by an Aggie freshman.
TexAgs' Ryan Brauninger was the first to report Grahovac's season-ending surgery.
The No. 1 Aggies are back in action Tuesday at 6 p.m. hosting Texas State.
I hate this for Gavin, but let's face it, this team is built better to handle something like this than any A&M team in the past. Henseler is a natural 3B, we have 3 or more guys that are very capable of filling the gap at 2B. Honestly our defense may be better after this. Certainly compared to a 1 armed GG which was clearly what we had so far.
Great kid, great family. I hope the surgery goes well, that his rehab is smooth, and that he can be even half the cheerleader that B-Mont was last year.
Great kid, great family. I hope the surgery goes well, that his rehab is smooth, and that he can be even half the cheerleader that B-Mont was last year.
Even if it was 9/1/24 "last year" and he decided to have surgery right that second while recovering from his wrist surgery, he still misses most of the season. They probably guessed he could play through and guessed wrong.
Agreed, and said that in prior post much less succinctly.
Get well Gavin
It's not a curse, it's a tradition.
Get well Gavin. I had a pretty good idea something was wrong for sure when he bounced that throw to first. Hopefully for his sake he will be able to have a full recovery.
Brutal for Gavin and the team
Maybe this will galvanize the team as there was a ton of hand wringing and pearl clutching on premium from all the Monday morning managers...
I am part of the problem and you're the victim...
I am part of the problem and you're the victim...
In some happier news, I saw Sdao out tossing a football around pregame this weekend. Hopefully his recovery is going well.
Sean98 said:
I hate this for Gavin, but let's face it, this team is built better to handle something like this than any A&M team in the past. Henseler is a natural 3B, we have 3 or more guys that are very capable of filling the gap at 2B. Honestly our defense may be better after this. Certainly compared to a 1 armed GG which was clearly what we had so far.
Great kid, great family. I hope the surgery goes well, that his rehab is smooth, and that he can be even half the cheerleader that B-Mont was last year.
So much this.
And we have stupid offensive depth.
Read it was a labrum tear… same surgery Shohei had this offseason. Good news for Grahovac is this is non-throwing shoulder. The challenge is that the lead shoulder would likely impact his hitting.
In many cases, the protocol is to first try to rehab a labrum tear. The surgery has gotten better, but doesn't have the same success/ outcomes as elbow/ucl/Tommy John surgery.
Doing the surgery is no easy call and usually involves months of rehab to even reach the conclusion that surgery is the best path. Not to mention that the recovery time can be a year+
Anyway, wishing the best for Gavin!
In many cases, the protocol is to first try to rehab a labrum tear. The surgery has gotten better, but doesn't have the same success/ outcomes as elbow/ucl/Tommy John surgery.
Doing the surgery is no easy call and usually involves months of rehab to even reach the conclusion that surgery is the best path. Not to mention that the recovery time can be a year+
Anyway, wishing the best for Gavin!
Yeah I tore my labrum 75% of the way around and it was a year before I could start working out again. This was 18 years ago so I'm sure the surgery is better but it's never been the same since.
Home boy was drilling the heavy bag opening weekend.
He still hit 2 homers with that bad shoulder too
I have a torn labrum in my non throwing shoulder and no way would I try to go a full season with it. Not sure how bad Gavin's is but my doctor said expect 12-16 weeks totally immobilized except for PT and 10-12 months recovery
PRP and other shots only helped so much
PRP and other shots only helped so much
Damn. Been away from my phone all day and just now seeing this. Tough news for GG and the team. Praying for a successful surgery and recovery. That being said, I'm cautiously optimistic that this team is still deep enough to have a special season. Time will tell! Will listen to and watch every game I can regardless!
Recovery listed as at least 6 months in Zane's stickied post:
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Grahovac's recovery is expected to take at least six months. This surgery is unrelated to the one he had during the offseason to correct a wrist injury.
At least six months. Depends how bad it is
P.U.T.U said:
I have a torn labrum in my non throwing shoulder and no way would I try to go a full season with it. Not sure how bad Gavin's is but my doctor said expect 12-16 weeks totally immobilized except for PT and 10-12 months recovery
PRP and other shots only helped so much
No way an ortho specializing in sports medicine would have a guy immobilized for 3-4 months. My brother had a torn labrum and grade-3 shoulder separation in college when he played football at Sam. He finished the season with it and had surgery after the season was over. He rehabbed and worked out the whole offseason and was good to go in August- less than 9 months.
Also, one of my son's friends tore his labrum in his non-throwing shoulder in September, had surgery in late-October and was just released for hitting this week.
If the shoulder problem has been known.....why didn't he have off season surgery ?
NEXT YEAR IS HERE.......again
He still would have missed most of this season due to recovery, so he probably hoped he could play through it. As we saw, he couldn't.fightinag said:
If the shoulder problem has been known.....why didn't he have off season surgery ?
Agree. Hate losing a top 3 bat.Sean98 said:
I hate this for Gavin, but let's face it, this team is built better to handle something like this than any A&M team in the past. Henseler is a natural 3B, we have 3 or more guys that are very capable of filling the gap at 2B. Honestly our defense may be better after this. Certainly compared to a 1 armed GG which was clearly what we had so far.
Great kid, great family. I hope the surgery goes well, that his rehab is smooth, and that he can be even half the cheerleader that B-Mont was last year.
But it didn't look like things were getting better physically. Kind of makes you wonder why this wasn't done after the season last year? Maybe timing would have limited play this year regardless so give it a shot? If things don't work shut it down by March kind of plan?
And was hitting .227 and in pain against the first 2 scrubs. More a testament to his grit and strength than the situation.TAMU1990 said:
He still hit 2 homers with that bad shoulder too
Pure speculation on my part, but being a kid from Orange County and with his draft potential, I bet the Neal ElAttrache (Dodgers team doctor) does this surgery...arguably the top baseball surgeon in the country.
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