Missouri righthander Kyle Gibson, the No. 4 prospect on BA’s Top 200 Draft Prospects list, has a stress fracture in his right forearm and will be shut down for six weeks. This obviously will affect him in Tuesday’s draft, when he was projected to go in the top half of the first round.
Gibson last pitched on May 30 against Monmouth in the NCAA regionals. Though he pitched eight shutout innings for the victory, his fastball sat at 83-86 mph. After the game he spoke of having forearm tightness, which often is a precursor to torn elbow ligaments and Tommy John surgery.
The recovery time for the stress fracture should be much quicker than it would have been for reconstructive elbow surgery. Gibson should be able to throw for the team that drafts him before the Aug. 15 signing deadline.
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Posted by 2009 Draft – Page 8 – MotownSports.com Message Board | June 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm | Shortcut[...] righty Kyle Gibson, ranked #4 on BA’s pre-draft top 200 prospect list, has a stress fracture in his forearm, won’t throw for six weeks, and is almost certainly going to slide on the draft [...]
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Posted by Jeff | June 6, 2009 at 8:30 pm | ShortcutToo early to know how far he falls, but based on a brief conversation today I had with one club, I still think he goes in the first round somewhere, maybe even in the middle of it to a multipick team. Your Phillies already had a chance to sign him when they took him in the 36th round three years ago.
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Posted by Potential Yankee First Round Picks | The Voice of Yankees Universe | June 7, 2009 at 10:33 am | ShortcutWell shoot, now who are the Pirates going to take?
Posted by Corey | June 7, 2009 at 10:43 am | Shortcut[...] I figure it’d be a good idea to give it another shot—especially now that Missouri Right-Hander Kyle Gibson has suffered a stress fracture. This could very well make a substantial change to the way the top picks go, and so I’ll switch [...]
Posted by Predicting the Draft, 2.0 « Triples Alley | June 7, 2009 at 11:51 am | ShortcutA team with more then one first round pick could take a chance.
Posted by Bob Michaels | June 7, 2009 at 5:40 pm | ShortcutHas there been any rumblings on how low Gibson will fall yet? Any chance he makes to Baltimore’s second pick (54 overall)? If so, with McPhail’s philosophy of developing pitching and buying bats, do you think Baltimore would jump on him after there being rumblings of them grabbing him at #5?
Posted by Derick | June 7, 2009 at 10:56 pm | ShortcutAre you insinuating that he might be one of the D-Backs’ picks?
Posted by Sasha | June 8, 2009 at 3:04 am | ShortcutThis is a real shame. Kyle is a great kid and I was really hoping for a great draft for him. I had the chance to meet him on the Cape and when he was with Team USA, and I can’t say enough good things about him.
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