What do you miss most about Brett Lawrie?

[Caper]

Does Brett Lawrie actually drink red bull?

 

What I miss most about him 2011.

[Olerud363]

2011 Brett Lawrie, an illusion, a fluke, but man... I wish that was real.

 

2013 Brett Lawrie, a punk, a waste, a knuckle head. worst of the worst.

 

2011 - our whiz ninja GM finds a home grown canadian star.

 

2013 - turns out our fat stupid waste of space GM just found a injury prone, attitude problem that can't hit.

[GD]

2013 - turns out our fat stupid waste of space GM just found a injury prone, attitude problem that can't hit.

 

Based on a small, injury-plagued sample?

[Metallijay]

Too early to give up on Lawrie...jesus guys he's what 23?

[G-Snarls]

Interesting comment today from Dirk Hayhurst:

 

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Dirk, really like your blunt, straight forward analysis...regarding Lawrie, do you feel he needs to prove to his teammates that he is returning with a new attitude and approach to the game, I get a feeling that the team (management and players) was not too pleased when he went down

 

@5yrplan: Again, Lawrie doesn't need to prove anything to his teammates. He needs to prove he's healthy and can hit. This talk of him being this toxic center of social unrest is BS, and perpetuated by fans over analyzing his impulsive personality. He was rushed back—admitted by Gibby and AA—and he was rushed back because he was the SPARK of the Jays, remember. This poo-pooing him has taken on a life of it's own.by Dirk Hayhurst 2:59 PM

[Olerud363]

Based on a small, injury-plagued sample?

 

 

Based on a larger injury-plagued sample dating back to July last year.

 

I have no doubt that if truly healthy Brett Lawrie would be fine. Truly healthy meaning not just in the lineup... but healthy and in the lineup.

 

I have my doubts that he will ever be healthy... one thing is a fluke. But in 2011 there were 2 hand injuries (the second occurred with 1 week left so no one noticed... but would of been a 2 month injury). In 2012 there was the rib thing, which affected his hitting quite a bit.

 

2013 rib again, and the ankle sprain. Has been playing... 6 weeks out of the last 4 months?? Has been really healthy... at all??

 

Injuries can ruin a career... and 5 major injuries in 2.5 years is quite a bit. To me the injury load is just to much... he's missing to much development time... and if it happened 5 times it will likely happen many, many more times.

 

I started a thread looking at guys that started real young and real injury prone and came on to have great healthy careers... Gary Shefield was the only one I could think of.

 

I've said it before, but at 23 Lawrie reached the stage Gruber did at 29 or Sizemore did at 26... without having 3 or 4 healthy years.