Former Blue Jay Daniel Norris has Cancer

zong · Post #1 » by **zong** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:11 pm

Wow. Apparently the Tigers knew about this when they acquired him.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/tigers-pitcher-daniel-norris-to-have-surgery-for-thyroid-cancer/

A few months ago, after I was optioned to AAA, I found out I had a growth on my thyroid. Flying back & forth from Toronto to Buffalo after pitching to have more and more tests done it was finally concluded that the growth is considered malignant.. Meaning it contained the C word.. cancer.

Good news though:

Al Avila, who was promoted to replace Dave Dombrowski as Detroit's general manager shortly after the trade deadline, says the Tigers knew about Norris' condition when they acquired him and expect him to recover in full.

Basketball_Jones · Post #2 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:46 am

wow. really puts things in perspective when talking about his struggles here.

UneducatedFan86 · Post #3 » by **UneducatedFan86** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:37 am

I really liked Norris. I think he's got better stuff than Sanchez. It was sad to see him go. With that said, I wish him a speedy recovery and hope he can come back and have a great career.

Shimso · Post #4 » by **Shimso** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:17 am

I'm surprised he didn't elect to get it treated immediately....

Raps in 4 · Post #5 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:33 am

That really sucks. Apparently it's one of the most treatable cancers, but no one so young should have to deal with that.

SharoneWright · Post #6 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:35 am

God bless, brother Daniel.

Susp3ct · Post #7 » by **Susp3ct** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:05 am

Hope he makes full speedy recovery!

IMAN5 · Post #8 » by **IMAN5** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:31 pm

Really sad when I found out, he'll beat this though.

I'm curious though, did Detroit know about this before they made the trade? I'm sure they had all his health information and did their physicals and they still went ahead with the trade?

edit: never mind just read the full article. that's great to hear that it's very treatable and to see how much faith Detroit has in his recovery.

rarefind · Post #9 » by **rarefind** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:05 pm

Imagine focusing on baseball activities when you have cancer. That is crazy scary and really furthers the discourse that these guys aren't robots, they're humans. It can get really lost in between the lines of the everyday expectation of near perfection.