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Jorge Polanco Undergoes Arthroscopic Surgery On Right Ankle

By Mark Polishuk | November 28, 2019 at 2:14pm CDT

Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco is expected to need six weeks of recovery after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle last Friday, according to an announcement from the team.  The surgery was intended to fix what was described as a chronic issue for Polanco, and the All-Star should be fully recovered by the start of Spring Training.

Polanco was a major part of the Twins’ 101-win season, hitting .295/.356/.485 with 22 homers over 704 plate appearances.  Only six players in all of baseball racked up more PA than Polanco in 2019, and only 35 players appeared in more than Polanco’s 153 games played.  Though his defense was something of a mixed bag depending on the metric (a -15.7 UZR/150 but +1 Defensive Runs Saved), Polanco still an immensely valuable player, posting 4.0 fWAR for Minnesota.

This career year was just about the best possible rebound for Polanco, who had something to prove following a 2018 season that saw him receive an 80-game PED suspension.  Polanco’s performance immediately made the Twins look wise for locking up the shortstop on a five-year, $25.75MM extension last February.  That deal also contains a pair of club options ($10.5MM for 2024, $12MM for 2025) that could keep Polanco in the Twin Cities through his age-31 season.

Super-utilityman Marwin Gonzalez and infielder Ehire Adrianza are on hand for the Twins if Polanco does need any extra recovery time, though by all accounts this appears to be a fairly minor surgery.  Polanco didn’t appear too bothered by his ankle problem during his very durable 2019, though he did post only a .706 OPS over 102 PA in September.  He rebounded for a .273/.429/.545 slash line over 14 PA in the ALDS, as Polanco was one of the few Twins who performed at the plate during the club’s three-game sweep at the Yankees’ hands.

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  1. someoldguy

    1 year ago

    don’t worry without massive pitching upgrade the best we can hope for is for is to be ” competitive”… which translates as.. we want to sell you tickets but we are not willing to go all the way with the fans.. the world series isn’t our goal..

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    • JDGoat

      1 year ago

      Just don’t let the White Sox do to you what you did to the Indians last year. I’m not exactly expecting them to walk away with Cole or Strasburg but if they don’t come out of the offseason with at least one of Wheeler, Bum, Ryu or Hamels, it’ll be a massive disappointment. There’s no reason at all for them to be counting their money like Cleveland did last offseason.

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  2. martras

    1 year ago

    Polanco really needs to move over to 2B where he belongs. In order to compensate for his well below average arm strength, he’s always having to push his fielding to the limit and his error rate winds up far too high.

    In regard to the PEDs, Polanco was punished for his mistake and it wasn’t just a little slap on the wrist. If Polanco hadn’t lost 1/2 of 2018, do you think he would have agreed to the extension he got? Of course not. The loss of 1/2 the 2018 season likely cost Polanco $10s of millions and could have cost him a starting job.

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  3. ripcookies

    1 year ago

    Muscles and bones become brittle when you take steroids.

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    • moody

      1 year ago

      newsflash

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