FORT MYERS, Fla. — Final Wednesday Crimson Sox second baseman Brendan Rodgers left the membership’s recreation towards the Twins with a proper shoulder damage, and since then the previous Gold Glover has undergone a number of assessments to determine what’s fallacious.
Alex Cora mentioned these assessments didn’t come again the way in which the membership hoped, and whereas Rodgers is flying to see Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles for one more opinion, Cora believes surgical procedure will almost certainly be obligatory.
“The MRI and CT scan wasn’t optimistic from his finish so he’ll search that opinion over there,” Cora mentioned. “Probably he’s going to finish up in surgical procedure. What sort of surgical procedure? I don’t know. We’ll wait and see what he has to say however that’s most likely what’s going to occur.”
A 29-year-old infielder, Rodgers has spent seven seasons within the large leagues and received a Gold Glove in 2022 whereas a member of the Colorado Rockies. Rodgers has endured a number of important accidents to each of his shoulders all through his profession and was restricted to 43 video games final 12 months with the Houston Astros, first resulting from an indirect pressure after which to a extreme concussion and different accidents sustained in a horrific collision throughout a rehab outing.
This spring Rodgers was making an attempt to make the Crimson Sox as a non-roster invitee, however with this newest setback he’ll nearly actually begin the season on the injured listing.
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