Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 11:58 am
St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Brandon Clarke underwent surgery in January 2026 to address severe, long-term circulation issues in his fingers, caused by an aneurysm in his left arm. The procedure aims to alleviate numbness and, following recovery, he will be slowly eased into throwing programs during spring training.
Key Details Regarding the Injury:
Cause: The issues were identified as an aneurysm in his arm causing circulation problems and numbness, which had plagued him with blisters since starting his professional career.
Procedure: Surgery was performed to address the, and he is now focused on range-of-motion exercises and regaining strength in his arm.
Impact: The surgery will delay his start to spring training, making his 2026 season debut uncertain.
This doesn’t sound so great. The one real talent returned in those Boston trades has a circulation issue in his pitching arm.
Oh well. I guess we knew this. Right?
I don’t know if we knew about this but one of the criticisms about the trade was his injury record including blisters. Hopefully this procedure works.
Blisters are one thing……a circulation issue caused by an aneurysm requiring surgery is another.
The circulatory issue was a contributing factor to the blisters. He got the procedure to solve the problem.
WUT?
The problem is nobody here ever reads anything. They just make stuff up. Here you go. I'll do your reading for you.
"Per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporting this morning, Clarke, whom Baseball America has as the Cardinals' sixth-ranked prospect and just outside their top 100 prospects in the game, underwent a procedure this offseason in order to fix the issues he has had with numbness in his fingers and recurring blisters. After working with the Cardinals' medical staff, they "got some answers," and the procedure addressed an aneurysm in his left arm by going through his armpit to do so."
Most of us get blocked at the PD firewall. Does this make things all better with his arm issue? Is it a good thing to have a SP with circulatory issues caused by an aneurysm in his pitching arm?
That's from Redbird Rants. No paywall.
So what is your point here? You always do an extensive search for circulatory aneurysm issues when you read about pitchers and blisters??
Wouldn't say I was making a point per se but I do try to read about subjects I comment on so I come in with an informed opinion as opposed to an ignorant "WUT? [eyeroll]" response.
I'm just passing along info.
My original post contains all the information you forwarded accusing everyone of not reading and being lazy??? If you read my OP I’m not sure what your intent is reposting later in thread claiming “you need to do reading for us”??
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
I wouldn't call Fajardo "unimpressive", nor a "relief pitcher"....but you can if you want.
Clarke will be full go by May or Late April....so chill a bit. He's a AA pitcher looking to build stamina on the arm, so it's not really a pressing issue for the Major League Club.
Calm Down. We're not vying for a WS this year.
Duce the fella has been injury plagued and now we find out he had surgery for a circulatory issue cause by an aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like he had a hang nail removed. A circulatory issue in his pitching arm
I'm sorry you found out this late, but this is old news. It's a corrective surgery....would you rather he not have the surgery? They found out what was causing the blisters....that's called good news. Then they had surgery to fix the problem....that's called even better news.
Where's the falling sky on this one? This is all "good to even better news".
He's in the minor leagues, him not starting his season until late April or May is really not an issue. This year is about building his arm strength to possibly start in the majors....delaying his spring training is fine.
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
I wouldn't call Fajardo "unimpressive", nor a "relief pitcher"....but you can if you want.
Clarke will be full go by May or Late April....so chill a bit. He's a AA pitcher looking to build stamina on the arm, so it's not really a pressing issue for the Major League Club.
Calm Down. We're not vying for a WS this year.
Duce the fella has been injury plagued and now we find out he had surgery for a circulatory issue cause by an aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like he had a hang nail removed. A circulatory issue in his pitching arm
The reporting indicated the procedure was done to fix the issues so the expectation is that he will no longer have a circulatory issue which means he won't have his blister issues. It does not indicate this will be an ongoing issue.
Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 11:58 am
St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Brandon Clarke underwent surgery in January 2026 to address severe, long-term circulation issues in his fingers, caused by an aneurysm in his left arm. The procedure aims to alleviate numbness and, following recovery, he will be slowly eased into throwing programs during spring training.
Key Details Regarding the Injury:
Cause: The issues were identified as an aneurysm in his arm causing circulation problems and numbness, which had plagued him with blisters since starting his professional career.
Procedure: Surgery was performed to address the, and he is now focused on range-of-motion exercises and regaining strength in his arm.
Impact: The surgery will delay his start to spring training, making his 2026 season debut uncertain.
This doesn’t sound so great. The one real talent returned in those Boston trades has a circulation issue in his pitching arm.
Oh well. I guess we knew this. Right?
I don’t know if we knew about this but one of the criticisms about the trade was his injury record including blisters. Hopefully this procedure works.
Blisters are one thing……a circulation issue caused by an aneurysm requiring surgery is another.
The circulatory issue was a contributing factor to the blisters. He got the procedure to solve the problem.
WUT?
The problem is nobody here ever reads anything. They just make stuff up. Here you go. I'll do your reading for you.
"Per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporting this morning, Clarke, whom Baseball America has as the Cardinals' sixth-ranked prospect and just outside their top 100 prospects in the game, underwent a procedure this offseason in order to fix the issues he has had with numbness in his fingers and recurring blisters. After working with the Cardinals' medical staff, they "got some answers," and the procedure addressed an aneurysm in his left arm by going through his armpit to do so."
Most of us get blocked at the PD firewall. Does this make things all better with his arm issue? Is it a good thing to have a SP with circulatory issues caused by an aneurysm in his pitching arm?
That's from Redbird Rants. No paywall.
So what is your point here? You always do an extensive search for circulatory aneurysm issues when you read about pitchers and blisters??
Wouldn't say I was making a point per se but I do try to read about subjects I comment on so I come in with an informed opinion as opposed to an ignorant "WUT? [eyeroll]" response.
I'm just passing along info.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated!
And BTW.....WE ALL KNOW what the intent of the thread from the OP is.
LMAO.....wash rinse repeat from certain people.
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
Maybe bc the guys the cardinals traded weren’t worth much. Lottery tickets and 4/5 starters seem like a fine return for big contracts with ntcs and only one guy who was any good
This peculiar fascination with “big contracts” and NTC
If the player is worth the contract he’s worth the contract. They provide production equal or exceeding the contract. If Judge was traded would you say the Yankees should pay half of his contract because he has “BIG Contract and NTC”. What is wrong with people??
Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 11:58 am
St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Brandon Clarke underwent surgery in January 2026 to address severe, long-term circulation issues in his fingers, caused by an aneurysm in his left arm. The procedure aims to alleviate numbness and, following recovery, he will be slowly eased into throwing programs during spring training.
Key Details Regarding the Injury:
Cause: The issues were identified as an aneurysm in his arm causing circulation problems and numbness, which had plagued him with blisters since starting his professional career.
Procedure: Surgery was performed to address the, and he is now focused on range-of-motion exercises and regaining strength in his arm.
Impact: The surgery will delay his start to spring training, making his 2026 season debut uncertain.
This doesn’t sound so great. The one real talent returned in those Boston trades has a circulation issue in his pitching arm.
Oh well. I guess we knew this. Right?
I don’t know if we knew about this but one of the criticisms about the trade was his injury record including blisters. Hopefully this procedure works.
Blisters are one thing……a circulation issue caused by an aneurysm requiring surgery is another.
The circulatory issue was a contributing factor to the blisters. He got the procedure to solve the problem.
WUT?
The problem is nobody here ever reads anything. They just make stuff up. Here you go. I'll do your reading for you.
"Per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporting this morning, Clarke, whom Baseball America has as the Cardinals' sixth-ranked prospect and just outside their top 100 prospects in the game, underwent a procedure this offseason in order to fix the issues he has had with numbness in his fingers and recurring blisters. After working with the Cardinals' medical staff, they "got some answers," and the procedure addressed an aneurysm in his left arm by going through his armpit to do so."
Most of us get blocked at the PD firewall. Does this make things all better with his arm issue? Is it a good thing to have a SP with circulatory issues caused by an aneurysm in his pitching arm?
That's from Redbird Rants. No paywall.
So what is your point here? You always do an extensive search for circulatory aneurysm issues when you read about pitchers and blisters??
Wouldn't say I was making a point per se but I do try to read about subjects I comment on so I come in with an informed opinion as opposed to an ignorant "WUT? [eyeroll]" response.
I'm just passing along info.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated!
And BTW.....WE ALL KNOW what the intent of the thread from the OP is.
LMAO.....wash rinse repeat from certain people.
Cusey Boy
This poster literally reposted my original post and then proceeded to admonish us all that we can’t research and he needs to read for us MY Original Post…..does that square up in your world
I really think that some Cardinals fans have the right to be upset that the team has traded away two of their best players, and a future Hall of Famer for a group of often injured lottery ticket prospects, and an often injured free agent signing. Just as other Cardinal fans can be ok with moving these players, along with millions of dollars for said prospects, and an upside starter, when he is healthy. There are obviously two different camps here with different opinions. Just as there seems to be two different camps when it came to the Cardinals’ ability to compete before these trades happened. One camp saw a .500 team that was going no where. The other camp saw a .500 team that with two or three key additions could be a 90+ win team. We’ll never really know which camp was correct, because the veteran players are gone, and possibly more to come. We will have to wait and see how the prospects turn out. Some longer than others.
With the Katie Woo article, it should erase any doubt as to what the main goal has been all along. Reduce payroll!
Where doubt does remain, is where will the DeWitts set the budget after the CBA is done. Again, we have two camps. One thinks it will never go back to where it was and the other camp thinks it will, eventually. On this we will all just have to wait and see.
What I think both camps can mostly agree on is that the Cardinals aren’t going to be competing for a championship any time soon.
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
So Boston sent damaged goods and pocketed 30mil. Clarke and Dobbins could be the steals in this transaction BUT Clarke has circulatory issues and a young Dobbins is on his 2nd ACL repair
Yes. I think Boston took their former employee Chaim to the wood shed.
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
I wouldn't call Fajardo "unimpressive", nor a "relief pitcher"....but you can if you want.
Clarke will be full go by May or Late April....so chill a bit. He's a AA pitcher looking to build stamina on the arm, so it's not really a pressing issue for the Major League Club.
Calm Down. We're not vying for a WS this year.
Duce the fella has been injury plagued and now we find out he had surgery for a circulatory issue cause by an aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like he had a hang nail removed. A circulatory issue in his pitching arm
I'm sorry you found out this late, but this is old news. It's a corrective surgery....would you rather he not have the surgery? They found out what was causing the blisters....that's called good news. Then they had surgery to fix the problem....that's called even better news.
Where's the falling sky on this one? This is all "good to even better news".
He's in the minor leagues, him not starting his season until late April or May is really not an issue. This year is about building his arm strength to possibly start in the majors....delaying his spring training is fine.
The main prospect who made the Gray trade a winner….. just yesterday it was revealed he had surgery to help with a circulatory issues due to aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like this is a nothing burger….was the news relayed the day of trade?
Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 11:58 am
St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Brandon Clarke underwent surgery in January 2026 to address severe, long-term circulation issues in his fingers, caused by an aneurysm in his left arm. The procedure aims to alleviate numbness and, following recovery, he will be slowly eased into throwing programs during spring training.
Key Details Regarding the Injury:
Cause: The issues were identified as an aneurysm in his arm causing circulation problems and numbness, which had plagued him with blisters since starting his professional career.
Procedure: Surgery was performed to address the, and he is now focused on range-of-motion exercises and regaining strength in his arm.
Impact: The surgery will delay his start to spring training, making his 2026 season debut uncertain.
This doesn’t sound so great. The one real talent returned in those Boston trades has a circulation issue in his pitching arm.
Oh well. I guess we knew this. Right?
I don’t know if we knew about this but one of the criticisms about the trade was his injury record including blisters. Hopefully this procedure works.
Blisters are one thing……a circulation issue caused by an aneurysm requiring surgery is another.
The circulatory issue was a contributing factor to the blisters. He got the procedure to solve the problem.
WUT?
The problem is nobody here ever reads anything. They just make stuff up. Here you go. I'll do your reading for you.
"Per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporting this morning, Clarke, whom Baseball America has as the Cardinals' sixth-ranked prospect and just outside their top 100 prospects in the game, underwent a procedure this offseason in order to fix the issues he has had with numbness in his fingers and recurring blisters. After working with the Cardinals' medical staff, they "got some answers," and the procedure addressed an aneurysm in his left arm by going through his armpit to do so."
Circulation, has no connection to formation of blisters.
Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 11:58 am
St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Brandon Clarke underwent surgery in January 2026 to address severe, long-term circulation issues in his fingers, caused by an aneurysm in his left arm. The procedure aims to alleviate numbness and, following recovery, he will be slowly eased into throwing programs during spring training.
Key Details Regarding the Injury:
Cause: The issues were identified as an aneurysm in his arm causing circulation problems and numbness, which had plagued him with blisters since starting his professional career.
Procedure: Surgery was performed to address the, and he is now focused on range-of-motion exercises and regaining strength in his arm.
Impact: The surgery will delay his start to spring training, making his 2026 season debut uncertain.
This doesn’t sound so great. The one real talent returned in those Boston trades has a circulation issue in his pitching arm.
Oh well. I guess we knew this. Right?
I don’t know if we knew about this but one of the criticisms about the trade was his injury record including blisters. Hopefully this procedure works.
Blisters are one thing……a circulation issue caused by an aneurysm requiring surgery is another.
The circulatory issue was a contributing factor to the blisters. He got the procedure to solve the problem.
WUT?
The problem is nobody here ever reads anything. They just make stuff up. Here you go. I'll do your reading for you.
"Per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporting this morning, Clarke, whom Baseball America has as the Cardinals' sixth-ranked prospect and just outside their top 100 prospects in the game, underwent a procedure this offseason in order to fix the issues he has had with numbness in his fingers and recurring blisters. After working with the Cardinals' medical staff, they "got some answers," and the procedure addressed an aneurysm in his left arm by going through his armpit to do so."
Circulation, has no connection to formation of blisters.
That runs counter to the reporting. Show your work doctor.
Edit: I'll give you a hint. You're right about the formation of blisters but that's not the issue.
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
I wouldn't call Fajardo "unimpressive", nor a "relief pitcher"....but you can if you want.
Clarke will be full go by May or Late April....so chill a bit. He's a AA pitcher looking to build stamina on the arm, so it's not really a pressing issue for the Major League Club.
Calm Down. We're not vying for a WS this year.
Duce the fella has been injury plagued and now we find out he had surgery for a circulatory issue cause by an aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like he had a hang nail removed. A circulatory issue in his pitching arm
I'm sorry you found out this late, but this is old news. It's a corrective surgery....would you rather he not have the surgery? They found out what was causing the blisters....that's called good news. Then they had surgery to fix the problem....that's called even better news.
Where's the falling sky on this one? This is all "good to even better news".
He's in the minor leagues, him not starting his season until late April or May is really not an issue. This year is about building his arm strength to possibly start in the majors....delaying his spring training is fine.
Duce....we all know what the intent of Mr. Negativity the OP is.
Are we supposed to “pass” on a potential prospect with upside because his ST MIGHT BE DELAYED????
If the OP found out that Bloom “passed” on the deal because the prospect COULD potentially have his ST delayed he’d be ripping Bloom.
LMAO
I’ve lived through
Alan Benes “shoulder issue”
Mark Mulder “nerve impingement issue”
Chris Carpenter retiring because of “nerve issue” that if he continues to pitch might have paralyzed his arm
So dismissing a “circulation issue due to aneurysm” in pitching arm of the newly acquired main prospect which teams didn’t reveal this issue and surgery required at trade date……is foolish
Goldfan wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 14:31 pm
I’ve lived through
Alan Benes “shoulder issue”
Mark Mulder “nerve impingement issue”
Chris Carpenter retiring because of “nerve issue” that if he continues to pitch might have paralyzed his arm
So dismissing a “circulation issue due to aneurysm” in pitching arm of the newly acquired main prospect which teams didn’t reveal this issue and surgery required at trade date……is foolish
JuanAgosto wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 13:13 pm
Good grief. So the best return Bloom has acquired from his trades is a guy who is already shutdown from ST?
So far Bloom has acquired:
May - injury history galore.
Clarke - Already on the shelf.
Fitts - Meh
Dobbins - Coming of ACL tear.
And a couple unimpressive relief pitchers.
Not a lot to be excited about. Rebuild or reshuffle?
I wouldn't call Fajardo "unimpressive", nor a "relief pitcher"....but you can if you want.
Clarke will be full go by May or Late April....so chill a bit. He's a AA pitcher looking to build stamina on the arm, so it's not really a pressing issue for the Major League Club.
Calm Down. We're not vying for a WS this year.
Duce the fella has been injury plagued and now we find out he had surgery for a circulatory issue cause by an aneurysm in his pitching arm and you act like he had a hang nail removed. A circulatory issue in his pitching arm
I'm sorry you found out this late, but this is old news. It's a corrective surgery....would you rather he not have the surgery? They found out what was causing the blisters....that's called good news. Then they had surgery to fix the problem....that's called even better news.
Where's the falling sky on this one? This is all "good to even better news".
He's in the minor leagues, him not starting his season until late April or May is really not an issue. This year is about building his arm strength to possibly start in the majors....delaying his spring training is fine.
Duce....we all know what the intent of Mr. Negativity the OP is.
Are we supposed to “pass” on a potential prospect with upside because his ST MIGHT BE DELAYED????
If the OP found out that Bloom “passed” on the deal because the prospect COULD potentially have his ST delayed he’d be ripping Bloom.
LMAO
Do you know what an aneurysm is
“an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.”
Sure in a normal person who doesn’t use his arm in a very abnormal fashion under extreme torque for 100x a night at the top level of humanity…perhaps this is nothing to worry about……
And please let me know what my intent is??
Pointing out facts that might contradict the spin coming out of Cardland?
Did you know the top prospect returned for Gray required surgery to repair an aneurysm which numbed his pitching arm?
