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Mariners’ Ryon Healy Out Four To Six Weeks Following Hand Surgery

By Steve Adams | February 15, 2018 at 10:45am CDT

The Mariners announced today that first baseman Ryon Healy underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his right hand and will be sidelined for four to six weeks. Depending on which end of that timeline Healy’s recovery ultimately falls, the procedure could put his Opening Day status in jeopardy. Healy underwent the procedure yesterday and is beginning rehab immediately, per the announcement.

It’s a fairly short-term injury for the Mariners that isn’t likely to spur the team to make any kind of addition to its roster, as Dan Vogelbach and Rule 5 pick Mike Ford (selected out of the Yankees organization) remain on hand as first base options on the 40-man roster. Both hitters performed quite well in the upper minors least season and could reasonably be expected to bridge the gap at first base until Healy’s hand allows him to return to the lineup.

Seattle sent right-hander Emilio Pagan and minor league infielder Alexander Campos to the division-rival Athletics exactly three months ago in a trade to acquire Healy, who had been largely displaced by the booming emergence of Matt Olson and Matt Chapman, as well as Oakland’s desire to shift Khris Davis from left field to designated hitter.

Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto said after the trade that the organization views Healy, who batted .282/.313/.475 with 38 homers through his first 888 MLB plate appearances with the A’s, as a potential long-term option at first base. He’s slated to serve as Seattle’s primary first baseman in 2018, and today’s announcement doesn’t figure to change that. In the short term, though, the injury to Healy could improve Ford’s chances of making the Major League roster.

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  1. 24TheKid

    2 months ago

    Is anyone really surprised?

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    • Tavares

      2 months ago

      Why do you say that?

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    • JamieMoyer

      2 months ago

      I mean I don’t think most people woke up and thought to themselves, “You know what I think is gonna happen today? I think Ryon Healy is gonna miss 4-6 weeks.”

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      • bastros88

        2 months ago

        I think this website posted am article stating that he was dealing with an injury not too long ago, so wouldn’t be shocked

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        • RunDMCRunDMC

          2 months ago

          I guess the question I have is if this is a new injury or is it lingering where it could/should have come up on a pre-trade physical.

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    • marinersblue96

      2 months ago

      So the injury train starts before the regulars begin spring training. What the hell.

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  2. craiglambert50

    2 months ago

    Doubt we get a 1B, Ford vs. Vogie for the start of the season and then we will get Healy back at some point in April.

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  3. guille

    2 months ago

    Ford for RoY, what odds do I get?

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  4. terry

    2 months ago

    This isn’t the way they had hope the season would begin.

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    • mlb1225

      2 months ago

      It’s not that large of an injury. Healy will miss most of spring training, but at the worst, he would miss the first week or so of the regular season. I wouldn’t worry that much.

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  5. Kevin Rudolph

    2 months ago

    So a bone spur isn’t something that just happened. Why do they wait until now to take care of this? Now he will miss spring training. Typical Mariners……

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    • wrigleywannabe

      2 months ago

      A lot of bone spurs show no symptoms and go undetected until found through procedures being done for other reasons.

      It is perfectly plausible that it was found by “accident” or it recently started showing symptoms, no matter long he had it.

      Why do people make uniformed comments? Typical Seattle fan.

      See how silly something like that sounds?

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      • marinersblue96

        2 months ago

        It was reported he has been dealing with the discomfort for quite a while and it happened during off season training. So it didn’t just happen.

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  6. matthew102402

    2 months ago

    People are freaking out, yet he’s gonna be playing his first game of the season like in the 2nd week lmao.

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  7. Steven St Croix

    2 months ago

    I have seen some writers predicting SEA as a wild card team, I just don’t see it. Their pitching is terrible. Paxton is a stud but health is a issue.

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    • ayrbhoyayrbhoy

      2 months ago

      Paxton has been unlucky with injuries- in his 171 inning season his season was cut short by a ball hit back to the mound, he’s had a fingernail issue one season- last year was really the first year that was cut short from a muscular/tendon issue. You may say Seattle or Paxton creates his own luck but I choose to think Paxton has just as good a chance to have a good season as any top 10 pitcher

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  8. K_Man915

    2 months ago

    Well looks like we’re starting the season off on the right foot

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    • pinkerton

      2 months ago

      don’t you mean hand?

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  9. koolga

    2 months ago

    I think Hanley Ramirez is available to play First. Probably relatively reasonable also.

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    • ayrbhoyayrbhoy

      2 months ago

      If we spend any more cash at all it should be on a SP like L Lynn or A Cobb

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    • mlb1225

      2 months ago

      It’s not like Healy is going to miss 3/4ths of the season. At the most, he might miss the first week of the regular season.

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    • Ichiro51

      2 months ago

      Why on Earth would Hanley be the next best option. There are other 1st base option internally to fill while Healy gets 100%.

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  10. Ichiro51

    2 months ago

    it’s weird that this was not found prior to the trade happening and it is weird right at the moment where health was a focal point for this organization; that we even upgraded our personnel for this issue. So stupid.

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  11. Stevil

    2 months ago

    The biggest loss in this is valuable time for him to make adjustments that might allow him to make better contact with breaking balls and learn how to lay off those that are outside.

    Great opportunity for Ford. If he rakes, maybe Healy will get some time in Tacoma before being asked to contribute.

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  12. Weighed

    2 months ago

    Nelson Cruz to 1B

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    • Ichiro51

      2 months ago

      Why would you put him on the first base instead of DH.

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  13. j27roenick

    2 months ago

    On the bright side, at least Healy’s bone spurs have assured him that he won’t have to serve in Vietnam. So he’s got that going for him, which is nice.

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  14. bigdaddyhacks

    2 months ago

    The fact of the matter is the offense is fine, Healey will product. If your a real mariners fan you’re just happy there has been no pitching injuries…..yet. Please baseball gods leave us alone.

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    • Ichiro51

      2 months ago

      I’m glad you’re here to tell everyone what are the criterias for being a real Mariners fan….mind you yes our pitchers have not received an injurt but this is still a position player who is supposed to boost our offense. He’s just as important as any pitcher getting hurt.

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      • bigdaddyhacks

        2 months ago

        False.

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  15. failedstate

    2 months ago

    Healy will not make or break their season.

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