The Angels right-hander is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss
the remainder of the 2018 season as well as the entire 2019 season, ESPN
reported Monday.
Ohtani was placed on the disabled list Friday with a grade 2 sprain of his
right (pitching) ulnar collateral ligament. He underwent a platelet-rich
plasma and stem cell injection as a form of treatment Thursday and was
scheduled to be re-evaluated in three weeks.
Angels general manager Billy Eppler was optimistic that Ohtani could avoid
going under the knife, though the injury appears to be more severe than
initially believed.
"We're hopeful that he can, that it is completely treatable with the biologic
prescription the doctors recommended." Eppler said, via ESPN. "I'm just going
to take every day as it comes and put him on this course of recovery and
strengthening for the next three weeks and then deal with what we've got to
deal with in three weeks' time."
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虽然今天有ESPN的记者提到大谷动TJ的手术很高
但ESPN也采访了天使的总管Billy Eppler
他则是对大谷的伤势有较为乐观的看法
Eppler表示:
我们相信大谷在医生的建议下，以生物处方的方式，可以而且完全地被治疗。
未来三个礼拜的每一天都是重要的，并帮助他持续在治疗和恢复的过程当中。
并且试着处理在三个礼拜的时间中我们需要去做的事情。
另外值得一提的是，天使轮值当中的Garrett Richards也曾有类似的伤势，并藉著高浓度
血小板血浆及干细胞注射治疗成功地避免了Tommy John的手术。