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Latest On Bronson Arroyo

By Steve Adams | March 19, 2016 at 10:55am CDT

SATURDAY 10:55am: GM Mike Rizzo says Arroyo has partial tears in his rotator cuff tendon and there is inflammation in the area, MASN’s Dan Kolko reports (all Twitter links). Arroyo will be shut down for ten days to two weeks, at which point he’ll begin a program to strengthen his shoulder. The rehab process could take four to six weeks.

FRIDAY 8:33pm: The Nationals have told reporters, including MASNsports.com’s Mark Zuckerman (Twitter link), that tonight’s reports regarding Arroyo are “not consistent” with their findings. Nats brass, Arroyo and the club’s medical staff will have a meeting tomorrow.

7:17pm: The initial results of an MRI on Bronson Arroyo’s shoulder were, somewhat incredibly, misread by the doctor that evaluated him, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Arroyo does not have a tear of the rotator cuff in right shoulder, as he was initially told, but rather is suffering from bursa sac inflammation. Arroyo will be shut down for seven to 10 days, but he does not have the career-threatening injury he believed himself to be facing just yesterday. Notably, James Wagner of the Washington Post tweets that the first diagnosis came from a non-baseball doctor, so it was not the Nationals’ medical staff that provided the faulty results.

Earlier this week, MLB Network’s Peter Gammons reported that Arroyo had a tear in his labrum, and Arroyo himself spoke to reporters the following day to reveal that he’d been told the tear was actually in his rotator cuff. The veteran right-hander was said to be weighing whether to undergo surgery and rehab for another comeback attempt or call it a career.

The injury still seems to hinder Arroyo’s chances of making the Nationals’ Opening Day rotation, as another seven to 10 days without throwing would mean he can return to throwing with another seven to 10 days of Spring Training to get back up to speed. However, the very fact that Arroyo is not facing a devastating injury is a breath of fresh air. The well-liked and well-respected Arroyo has been hoping to break camp with the Nats and return to a Major League mound for the first time since the summer of 2014, when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and required Tommy John surgery.

Prior to that injury, Arroyo was baseball’s most durable starter. From 2005-13, Arroyo pitched in 300 games and averaged 211 innings per season, falling shy of the 200-inning milestone just one time, when he tossed 199 innings in 2011. Arroyo was not only durable, but effective, as he worked to a 4.10 ERA in that span despite pitching at the hitter friendly Great American Ball Park and despite the fact that many of those frames came during a much higher-scoring time period.

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16 Comments

  1. azbacksfan

    9 years ago

    Wow, just wow. Probably the best news of his entire life

    Reply
  2. sigurd 2

    9 years ago

    Oops!

    Reply
  3. joeflaccosunibrow

    9 years ago

    This doctor sucks!

    I need to know who he is. I live in DC and need a physical. “You’re bloodwork came back. You are riddled with cancer”

    After liquidating my assets, I find out I’m healthy as an ox.
    SMH

    Reply
    • danfromfreddybeach

      9 years ago

      It was Doctor Nick from the Simpsons

      Reply
  4. dwilson10

    9 years ago

    How does a doctor who reads MRI’s all the time misread one this bad? Great news for Arroyo!!

    Reply
  5. stug14

    9 years ago

    Really happy for the guy, really confused by the mis diagnosis.

    Reply
  6. chri

    9 years ago

    Imagine this happening in your life.

    You’re diagnosed with terminal cancer, and told you have only one month to live. Doc calls back in a week and says your cancer is completely treatable. But by then, you’ve already done things you wouldn’t have done otherwise

    Reply
    • HubcapDiamondStarHalo

      9 years ago

      I’d say, you should have been doing them all along…

      Reply
  7. basquiat

    9 years ago

    Pretty lame by the doctor, but great news for Arroyo. I’m rooting for him. One of the coolest guys in baseball and a savvy pitcher.

    Reply
  8. Cam

    9 years ago

    Dusty Baker – “So he can start tomorrow, right?”

    Reply
    • MB923

      9 years ago

      +1

      Reply
  9. Snorgator

    9 years ago

    Looks like one man stayed employed and one got fired

    Reply
  10. bigmac4ever

    9 years ago

    This is great news. Bronson deserves another go round, especially after being an ironman all those years. Also,.My Sox.

    Reply
  11. osfandan

    9 years ago

    Not sure this compares to being misdiagnosed with terminal cancer…

    Reply
    • carlsoce

      9 years ago

      Agreed- what a horrible analogy between this and terminal cancer. Not even close.

      Reply
  12. jd396

    9 years ago

    It’s confirmed — Bronson Arroyo is definitely something between totally screwed and perfectly find.

    Reply

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