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标题: [情报] Michael Brantley Out Five To Six Month
时间: Tue Nov 10 03:12:54 2015
Michael Brantley Out Five To Six Months Following Shoulder Surgery
12:50pm: Indians head athletic trainer James Quinlan told reporters,
including Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (links to Twitter) that
Brantley won’t begin swinging a bat for four months. The five-month timeline
refers to Brantley getting into rehab games, Hoynes adds, meaning it’s more
likely to be six before Brantley can play in a Major League contest.
Bastian adds, also via Twitter, that Brantley’s injury was diagnosed as a
small tear in the labrum of his right shoulder.
12:15pm: Indians outfielder Michael Brantley underwent surgery to repair a
right shoulder injury today, the team announced (Twitter link). He’ll be
ready for game activity in five to six months, according to the club.
Brantley appeared to suffer the injury while coming up just short of robbing
Twins center fielder Aaron Hicks of a triple on Sept. 22 (video link).
Brantley would take his next plate appearance but came out of the game the
following inning and would go on to start just two more games over the
remainder of the season. As MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian tweets, Brantley and
the club both thought he could avoid surgery following the season, but the
discomfort in his shoulder lingered two weeks into his rehabilitation
program, prompting the surgical procedure.
The 28-year-old Brantley has broken out as one of the game’s best all-around
players over the past two seasons, hitting a combined .319/.382/.494 with 90
doubles and 35 homers across a pair of excellent seasons. Among qualified
hitters, only Victor Marintez has a lower strikeout rate than Brantley’s 8.4
percent since the beginning of Opening Day 2014, and no player has a higher
contact rate than Brantley’s 91.9 percent in that time.
Clearly, the five- to six-month timeline is an unfortunate one for the
Indians, as it means Brantley will be sidelined for all of Spring Training
and likely for the early portion of the regular season as well. Losing your
best player for the beginning of the regular season isn’t the way that any
club wants to begin an offseason, especially not a team like the Indians,
which fancies itself a possible contender in 2016 due to its strong core of
controllable pitching.
The Indians were already expected to pursue outfield upgrades on the trade
and free-agent markets this winter, and the loss of Brantley, even for a
potentially short period of time, only figures to increase the club’s
urgency to add depth in the outfield. While outfield targets like Alex
Gordon, Dexter Fowler and Colby Rasmus could prove to be too costly for
Cleveland’s tastes (both in terms of dollars and draft-pick forfeiture),
second-tier names like Gerardo Parra, Alejandro De Aza and Nori Aoki make
sense as players that can fill the temporary Brantley void and also handle
other outfield positions if necessary.
Brantley is entering the third season of a four-year, $25MM contract. He’ll
earn $6.5MM next season, $7.5MM in 2017 and is under control via an $11MM
club option for the 2018 season as well.
9/22 Brantley为了接这颗 http://goo.gl/rVW7lg 扑接伤到肩膀
之后还有继续出赛到季末 结果还是不适 今天开刀 要5-6个月
几乎错过整个春训 更严重开季也赶不上了
可能会在FA找寻OF 加强OF板凳深度
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