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Last year was hard to understand. It was like watching Jeremy Reed again except...how could Ackley have fallen that low. His MLB history, MiL history, college history...WTF is going on? An injury was the most likely reason, really the only reason that really made sense, but nothing was said for so long that I just kept scratching my head. Most of the time I'd hear about an injury like that and think that maybe that was it. In his case I think that had to be it. That or he's falsified his age and just fell off a cliff at 32. He wasn't the same hitter at all anymore, in most peripherals or really anything.
Bone spurs can be not really a problem for years but continue growing and become a problem.
Not to the same degree, but I couldn't understand Ryan's hitting woes either. I'm also not as confident that he's significantly better this year, but he hadn't been nearly that bad a hitter anywhere either. He could be decent again and surprise people.