The Mariners have temporarily halted Mitch Haniger’s baseball activities, manager Scott Servais told reporters (including Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, Jen Mueller of Root Sports, and MLB.com’s Greg Johns). Haniger underwent surgery to fix a ruptured testicle almost a month ago, and hasn’t yet begun a full injury rehab, instead just sticking to more basic workouts.
Even this has been a challenge, however, as Haniger reported some soreness while trying to increase his baseball-related activity, and was informed by a doctor that he needed to take a step back in the recovery process. “He’s just sore. We need to be really patient and give him time,” Servais said.
This isn’t the first setback for Haniger, as the initial hope was that he would already be back on the field by early July, though that timeline was recently pushed back until after the All-Star break. This latest news would seem to indicate that Haniger will be out of action for even longer, since he would seemingly need to ramp up his preparations in pain-free fashion and then embark on some minor league rehab games.
Ouch. That’s all I’ve got. Ouch.
Hate to see a guy like Haniger laid up, and then set back, over something like this. It’s bad enough when talented guys get hurt while playing the game.
I imagine getting laid up hurts too.
The situation wasn’t a tough nut to crack.
Good one.
That nuts
When he gets healthy he’s traded
I’ll take that bet.
They don’t have the balls to do it while he’s on the IR
…Neither does Haniger…
Doubt it. Put you’re money on the table and set up a timeline parameter. I’ll take this wager in a heart beat!
I’m not sure that, if I were Mitch, I’d want that out there. Couldn’t they have just said he had a “groin” injury or downplayed it in some fashion. This definitely falls into the ‘TMI’ category.
Totally agree- does the public really need to know the exact ailment? Poor guy, last yr he got hit by a Jacob DeGrom 98 mph fastball flush in the face. Right on the kisser! A FB to the face and a baseball to the nuts! Oof!
Nuts.
Should have sold high on him
I’d still give my right nut for him to patrol RF in ATL.
At this point, he’d take it
They still can, just not before the deadline, which probably wasn’t in the plans anyway.
Haniger still has 3 years of control after this season. If he rebounds well from this, and a team was willing to give up an elite pitching prospect or third base prospect (or both), I could see something happening.
Wrong!! Hes controllable and an essential building block to the core of this franchise. Organizations should be looking for players like Haniger to build around. Seattle is projecting a 2021 competitive playoff window. He’ll still be under team control. Why trade him, when the M’s asking price clearly wasn’t even met. He’s a 6 WAR All-Star when healthy. Those don’t just grow on trees.
Great to see a guy that is itching to get back to playing but he’s gotta do what the docs tell him.
I wonder if Hanniger’s new walk up tune will be Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire”……
That song is most likely one that Mitch would prefer not to hear.
That makes my eyes cross to just think about it!!! Whoa!!!
I wonder if Mitch’s women is getting a little testi in the love making dept.
@compassrose there’s more than one woman? Lol
Conch spell check can make things funnier or worse. I will let you decide.
I think he is married but have never looked to be sure. I really don’t pay attention to players personal lives.
… and the puns get worse
Why is this listed under Padre news?
Haniger should take all the time he needs to recover and not rush back, it’s not like the Ms are going anywhere this season.
I agree. And no future team should try to lowball him on his next contract offer.