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Injury Notes: Wright, Cueto, Kershaw, Wood, Ethier, Sano, Ramirez, Bailey

By Jeff Todd | August 30, 2017 at 8:50am CDT

Though he is now dealing with yet another setback and has not appeared in the majors since May of last year, Mets third baseman David Wright is not considering retiring, a source tells Mike Puma of the New York Post. A lingering shoulder injury is the most immediate problem limiting Wright, though he has also dealt with significant neck and back issues that he’ll continue to battle in the future. With three years and $47MM left on his contract, Wright will evidently keep trying to make it back to the majors, though at present it is unclear what course he’ll take in trying to overcome his maladies.

Here’s more on some other injury situations from around the game:

  • Giants righty Johnny Cueto said he feels ready to return to the majors, as Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area writes. He has taken two rehab starts in his bid to return from a flexor strain that has kept him out of action since mid-July. That injury seemingly makes it quite likely that Cueto will elect not to opt out of the remaining four years and $84MM of his contract this fall. Cueto seemingly acknowledged that, saying that his “whole mentality has been for me to stay here,” though he also noted that’ll be a decision that’s made in consultation with his agent at season’s end.
  • The Dodgers are set to welcome back a pair of key southpaws later this week, as Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports (Twitter links). Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to pitch Friday, with Alex Wood taking the ball on Sunday. Kershaw has been out since late July, making for the second-straight year in which he has missed significant time due to back issues. Wood’s DL stint has been of a shorter duration, with the belief being that his SC joint inflammation is something that can be managed rather than a symptom of a more significant problem. Needless to say, both are critical to the team’s ever-rising postseason expectations. The Dodgers are also awaiting a return from yet another starter, righty Brandon McCarthy, who has been out with a finger blister. As Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register tweets, the right-hander’s scheduled rehab start this week has been bumped, so his status is unclear at the moment.
  • Also nearing his return to the Dodgers is veteran outfielder Andre Ethier, as Plunkett further reports on Twitter. The club will make a move after rosters expand at the start of September. The 35-year-old faces an uncertain playing-time situation, to be sure. Los Angeles just added a left-handed-hitting veteran outfielder in Curtis Granderson and now features Adrian Gonzalez as a southpaw-swinging bench bat. Ethier has missed the entire season to date with a herniated disc in his back. He’ll almost certainly hit the open market after this year, receiving a $2.5MM buyout if (likely, when) the team declines a $17.5MM club option. Despite his many recent medical problems, there ought to be some market if Ethier can show he’s healthy in September; after all, as recently as 2015 he was a productive hitter (.294/.366/.486 over 445 plate appearances).
  • While the Twins are currently pacing the pack for the second American League Wild Card spot, the team has gone without key slugger Miguel Sano. While he does seem to be improving from what has been called a “stress reaction” to his left shin, writes MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger, Sano still hasn’t begun running or fielding. Manager Paul Molitor says things are “moving rather slowly” for the third baseman. Sano, 24, has turned in 475 plate appearances of .267/.356/.514 hitting with 28 home runs on the year, meaning the team is going without a middle-of-the-order bat that isn’t really replaceable. Given the nature of his injury, though, there’s likely not much that can be done but hope that he responds to treatment.
  • The Angels are awaiting news from a re-examination of right-hander J.C. Ramirez after he underwent a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow, Pedro Moura  of the Los Angeles Times tweets. Ramirez, 29, had settled into a starting role for the club, providing 147 1/3 innings of 4.15 ERA ball to a rotation that badly needed it. That sets him up fairly well as a possible Super Two candidate; it remains to be seen whether Ramirez will qualify for arbitration after entering the year with 1.139 years of service. Given that he only just underwent that injection, though, it seems optimistic to expect that he’ll make it back to the mound in 2017.
  • Meanwhile, fellow Angels righty Andrew Bailey is giving up any attempts to return in the present season, Moura further reports on Twitter. He will, however, attempt to get his shoulder back to health in order to return in 2018. Bailey had shown well for the Halos in a late-season stint last year and re-signed with the club for $1MM over the winter, but has managed only four major-league frames on the year. He’s set to return to the open market at the end of the season.
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  1. okiguess

    8 years ago

    David Wright – we love you, but it’s time to hang up the spikes.

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    • AZPat

      8 years ago

      Retiring now will cost him $47 million. His future with the Mets is for the team to decide.

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      • Caseys Partner

        8 years ago

        Fred Wilpon after paying taxes will bank more of the Mets fans money this year than the entire amount of Wright’s contract from beginning to end.

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    • srechter

      8 years ago

      I’m not so sure wright’s career has exhausted all value yet. He’s only 34, will be 35 next season. Obviously not a fountain of youth, but not beyond all hope of return. I do find it unlikely that he ever plays productive starting third base for the mets or any other team again, but I could see him occupying a role similar to the one Eric Chavez occupied at the end of his career. Very comparable players in many respects, actually.

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      • Solaris611

        8 years ago

        Eh, Wright may be able to overcome his neck and shoulder problems, but spinal stenosis is a degenerative condition for which there is no cure. The likelihood of him returning at all over the next 3 years is very dim.

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    • rmullig2

      8 years ago

      He gets his money if he is forced to retire due to injury. Similar to Albert Belle.

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    • Bairllps

      8 years ago

      Wright retiring at this point doesn’t make sense. I don’t know if we’ll ever see him on the field again, and even if we do, he certainly won’t be the David Wright we know (who would have been in the hall of fame if he’d stay healthy). But at this point, he’s basically getting paid almost $50 million just to work out and rehab. It wouldn’t make sense for him to give that up and retire when he would have to rehab some of those back problems anyway.

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  2. rmullig2

    8 years ago

    Yankees should propose an Ellsbury for Cueto deal.

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  3. Solaris611

    8 years ago

    Dodgers really have nowhere to put Ethier in the lineup or on the bench. I’m not sure if he’s cleared waivers, but if I was LA I’d make him available to anyone willing to absorb at least half his remaining 2017 salary. Seattle or LAA would make sense.

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    • angelsfan4life

      8 years ago

      Why would the Angels want Ethier? The have no place for him to play.

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  4. jd396

    8 years ago

    I guess Wright may as well just keep trying until his contract runs out

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