Given the severity of the injury to the tall right-hand pitcher Tyler glasnow and its importance to the team, Tampa Bay Rays They will seek optimism about their condition whenever they can. So the news his ace received on Friday was encouraging.
Glasnow visited the Dr. Keith Meister, in Dallas, Texas on Friday, seeking more information after he was diagnosed Tuesday with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament and flexor strain:
He was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on Thursday. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Glasnow won’t be able to pitch for about four weeks, but what he heard from the doctor in question encouraged him:
His version was that [el desgarro] It was more around the bone, so let’s do a bone treatment, along with a break, and see if it recovers a little bit quicker. That does not change your calendar. We won’t know anything different until that four to six mark [semanas] in which we begin to play catchear (catch) or we begin to do [ejercicios pliométricos] of some kind. It has a long way to go. But it encouraged me. “
Glasnow said doctors initially did not recommend Tommy John surgery to treat his elbow injury. But when the Rays first learned of the extent of Glasnow’s injury, the right-hander mentioned that “he would have to try to rehab to get back in the playoffs,” raising some questions about whether he will be able to pitch again this season. , even if you avoid surgery.
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Cash said Friday that it is still too early to know when the Rays could get Glasnow back:
I feel better today than when I left the game in Chicago. I think that’s the best I can give. “
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