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Associated Press Matt Skole saw time at first base with the Nationals this spring. |
General manager Mike Rizzo said Skole will likely need four months to make a full recovery, the timetable much shorter than most players who suffer a torn UCL both because the 23-year-old is a position player and the injury occurred to his non-throwing elbow.
Skole hurt himself while in the field April 5 at Class AA Harrisburg, in only his second game of the season. Reaching to tag an opposing player, his left arm suffered the brunt of a collision.
"You're reaching into the runner, and boom, you feel it," Rizzo said.
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4 comments:
That hurts.
Is that really unusual, a first baseman getting TJ on his glove side? Seems odd, but IANAD.
At least he isn't a pitcher he won't be gone as long just like JMax.
I thought recovery for ucl surgery is a year.
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