[外電] Patton to have season-ending surgery
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Patton to have season-ending surgery
O's lefty to undergo procedure to repair a small labrum tear
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The final tests have been read and the uncertain
nature of Troy Patton's shoulder injury has been settled. The southpaw was
examined earlier in the week by team orthopedist John Wilckens, and the
Orioles have decided that Patton will be best served by a corrective surgery
designed to repair a small tear in his left labrum.
Andy MacPhail, Baltimore's president of baseball operations, described his
conversation with Wilckens on Friday.
"He's given me the old good news/bad news scenario," he said. "The bad news
is he thinks he has to have the shoulder taken care of. The good news is he
liked what he saw when he went in there, by and large, and he's very
optimistic that he can have a full recovery and be ready by '09. Looking at
the whole picture, that's what I anticipated.
"If we can get him back to full strength by '09, that's fine by what I was
hoping to accomplish."
Patton, who was acquired from Houston as one of the main pieces in the Miguel
Tejada trade, has been limited for the early portion of Spring Training. He
went four months without throwing the ball this winter in an attempt to
rehabilitate the injury but wasn't able to get loose or shake the pain during
his first few bullpen sessions this spring.
The former ninth-round pick knew he had a serious injury, but never really
gave up hope that he'd pitch this year.
"I knew I wasn't coming back soon," said Patton, who has a 27-28 record and a
3.01 ERA in 82 Minor League games. "My arm felt bad enough. I knew I was
going to be out at least a month if I had to rehab it and not get surgery. I
knew something was wrong. I just didn't know if it was going to be surgery or
not."
The 22-year-old is slated to see noted orthopedic specialist Lewis Yocum for
a final opinion, but team officials expect a largely similar diagnosis and an
operation slated for sometime before the end of the month. Patton will likely
be out at least six months and perhaps as many as nine, but he should be
ready to pitch by Spring Training next season.
"It's kind of disappointing to miss the season," he said, acknowledging the
obvious but allowing for a small bit of relief. "But I'm kind of anxious to
get it over with and hopefully feel better and pitch better next season, have
a little bit more velocity than I've been pitching with, and I'm looking
forward to feeling good throwing a baseball."
MacPhail noted that he's known about the injury since before he swung the
trade and indicated that the recommendation for surgery isn't as bad as it
sounds. The doctors are optimistic, he said, that Patton should return to
health. And as one part of a five-player haul for Tejada, MacPhail said he'd
do the trade all over again even if he knew the extent of the injury.
"It's pretty much, again, what I expected," he said. "Sometimes you've got to
go the high-risk, high-reward type deal. I could've had a different player in
there, but [Patton is] 22, left-handed and already worked his way to the big
leagues. I can wait. I'm alright with that. And I think sometimes you need to
swing for the fences as part of a deal. I'm obviously very satisfied with the
way the other guys from that deal have handled themselves so far in spring.
No regrets from my standpoint."
Baltimore also received right-handed pitchers Matt Albers and Dennis Sarfate,
infielder Mike Costanzo and outfielder Luke Scott in the trade. Scott is
expected to serve as the team's starting left fielder, and both Albers and
Sarfate are considered main competitors for a bullpen job. Costanzo, a
power-hitting third baseman, may need some time at Triple-A.
"That's the beauty of getting five players. You can take some chances," said
MacPhail. "I could've substituted somebody else. We moved a lot of names
around. But in the end, if he comes back next year, he's 23 and left-handed
and Baseball America's 78th best prospect in the game. I'll take it."
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