Is it Time for Cleveland to Cut Bait on Grady Sizemore?

Let's go back in time to 2008. The Cleveland Indians had one of the most exciting, young players in Major League Baseball in Grady Sizemore. If there ever was a five-tool player, it was Sizemore. He just came off the first 30/30 for Cleveland since Joe Carter in 1987, won his 2nd consecutive Gold Glove award in center field and took home his 1st Silver Slugger. Cleveland had the 25-year old locked up for four more years with a great contract. All for a player who had played in at least 157 games or more each of his four full seasons in the big leagues. Everything looked great for the Indians lineup with Sizemore entering his prime. Then the injuries happened.

This is the actual list of injuries to Grady Sizemore since the start of the 2008 season:
Sprained ankle breaking his streak of 382 straight games played
Injured groin in 2009 that had him pull out of World Baseball Classic
Left elbow surgery that had plagued him all of 2009
Hernia surgery; might as well get that done while out with the hurt elbow
Microfracture surgery on his left knee in 2010
Injured right knee TWICE in 2011
SECOND hernia surgery in 2011
And announced today, a lower back micro disectomy that will shelve Sizemore for 8-12 weeks

Sizemore has been knocked out more than those suckers that faced Mike Tyson early in his career. When do you hit the point where it's just time to move on? At full strength, Sizemore is among the most talented players in MLB. Can he ever be at that again? From the looks of it, probably not. If the Tribe can get anything for him at the trade deadline when he comes back from another injury, they seriously need to look into it. It'll add another chapter in the big book of Cleveland sports what ifs.