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Originally Posted by oldfatbaldguy
It's all about rust, right? Or do we think there's somehow a lesser chance of aggravating the injury in the minors?
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This is an interesting question that I have never really considered (for me, it has always been all about the rust, and maybe about some roster management issues and timing).
But I could see where, for a pitcher in particular, a rehab stint might be a chance to ease back into action more than being thrust right back into a major league season, where the impulse might be to over-extend right away. (The rationale, in my mind, being that a big league pitcher doesn't really need to have his best stuff to exceed at AAA and whether the AAA team wins or not isn't the primary motivation for him- or really even for the other players on the team, who are trying to earn a trip to the bigs.) Therefore, theoretically, I could see where a minor league rehab stint might decrease, at least slightly, the risk of immediate re-injury.
Whether that is actually true, and more importantly whether it is something modeled in the game, I have no idea.
