Mark Teixera, Jose Bautista, David Ortiz, and Wrist Surgery

The New York Yankees did not get the most out of Mark Teixeira this season and many around the league blame his wrist surgery that cost him much of the 2013 season for the lack of production. Thankfully for the Yankees they have two recent comparisons in David Ortiz and Jose Bautista to look at who had recent and similar wrist surgeries to look at as they predict what to expect from Teixeira in 2015.

I have included the stats for the season before each players surgery, the year of the surgery, the first season after the surgery, and the second season after to see if there was a correlation and incredibly the second season after the surgery always seemed to be the much better season. Should the Yankees expect a big 2015 from their big first baseman? These stats say so.

Jose Bautista:

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2011 ★	149	655	513	105	155	24	2	43	103	132	111	.302	.447	.608	1.056	182
2012 ★	92	399	332	64	80	14	0	27	65	59	63	.241	.358	.527	.886	138
2013 ★	118	528	452	82	117	24	0	28	73	69	84	.259	.358	.498	.856	132
2014 ★	155	673	553	101	158	27	0	35	103	104	96	.286	.403	.524	.928	159

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David Ortiz: 

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2007 ★	149	667	549	116	182	52	1	35	117	111	103	.332	.445	.621	1.066	171
2008 ★	109	491	416	74	110	30	1	23	89	70	74	.264	.369	.507	.877	124
2009	150	627	541	77	129	35	1	28	99	74	134	.238	.332	.462	.794	102
2010 ★	145	606	518	86	140	36	1	32	102	82	145	.270	.370	.529	.899	137

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Mark Teixeira:

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2012	123	524	451	66	113	27	1	24	84	54	83	.251	.332	.475	.807	115
2013	15	63	53	5	8	1	0	3	12	8	19	.151	.270	.340	.609	68
2014	123	508	440	56	95	14	0	22	62	58	109	.216	.313	.398	.711	101

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2015 coming soon.....