Freddy Should Be Ready For Opening Day
By: Mike Fink
Updated: March 24, 2008
Sanchez doesn't need more surgery, should play by Monday
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Freddy
Sanchez doesn't need additional shoulder surgery. He should be
ready by Opening Day despite playing little in the field during
spring training.
Team doctors told Sanchez on Friday that he has shoulder
tendinitis - a condition that causes pain and tenderness in the
joint but can be treated without surgery. Sanchez had arthroscopic
shoulder surgery in late September after having discomfort much of
the season, though that problem was not necessarily related to this
one.
Sanchez sought a second opinion Monday from James Andrews, a
Birmingham, Ala.-based orthopedist who frequently treats pro
athletes. Andrews confirmed the Pirates' findings of inflammation
near the rotator cuff.
(courtesy: associated press)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Freddy
Sanchez doesn't need additional shoulder surgery. He should be
ready by Opening Day despite playing little in the field during
spring training.
Team doctors told Sanchez on Friday that he has shoulder
tendinitis - a condition that causes pain and tenderness in the
joint but can be treated without surgery. Sanchez had arthroscopic
shoulder surgery in late September after having discomfort much of
the season, though that problem was not necessarily related to this
one.
Sanchez sought a second opinion Monday from James Andrews, a
Birmingham, Ala.-based orthopedist who frequently treats pro
athletes. Andrews confirmed the Pirates' findings of inflammation
near the rotator cuff.
(courtesy: associated press)
