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09-24-2008, 11:14 AM
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09/23/2008 11:45 PM ET [late last night]
"Carpenter may opt for surgery: Specialist recommends procedure for
compressed nerve"
By Robert Falkoff / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter saw a specialist on
Tuesday who recommended surgery for a compressed nerve leading to his right
shoulder.
"The doctor he saw today does think there's a reasonable chance for him to
be fine with a simple surgery," Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak
said.
Carpenter will be seen independently by another doctor on Wednesday before a
definitive course of action is planned. Mozeliak said the Cardinals will
make another statement following Carpenter's Wednesday appointment.
"We're going to talk to the doc tomorrow, put everybody's opinions together
and see if we want to go somewhere else and get some more opinions about
what's going on," Carpenter said. "From what he said, it's something that
seems like it's relatively simple. Guys come back from it and they are fine.
But the question is if that's the step we're going to take."
If Carpenter proceeds with the surgery, recovery time for full baseball
activity would be a maximum of three months, according to the information
that was told to Mozeliak on Tuesday. That would put Carpenter on track to
be fully ready for Spring Training.
Mozeliak said the root of the issue appears to be coming from the same nerve
which had bothered Carpenter in 2004.
"We still want to let [Wednesday] happen and based on those results, then
we'll make a determination and a plan of what we do going forward," Mozeliak
said.
Carpenter, who was recently shut down for the remainder of the season,
appeared in four games this year. He had a 1.76 earned run average in 15 1/3
innings.
Bob Falkoff is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the
approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080923&content_id=3535197&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl
09/23/2008 11:45 PM ET [late last night]
"Carpenter may opt for surgery: Specialist recommends procedure for
compressed nerve"
By Robert Falkoff / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter saw a specialist on
Tuesday who recommended surgery for a compressed nerve leading to his right
shoulder.
"The doctor he saw today does think there's a reasonable chance for him to
be fine with a simple surgery," Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak
said.
Carpenter will be seen independently by another doctor on Wednesday before a
definitive course of action is planned. Mozeliak said the Cardinals will
make another statement following Carpenter's Wednesday appointment.
"We're going to talk to the doc tomorrow, put everybody's opinions together
and see if we want to go somewhere else and get some more opinions about
what's going on," Carpenter said. "From what he said, it's something that
seems like it's relatively simple. Guys come back from it and they are fine.
But the question is if that's the step we're going to take."
If Carpenter proceeds with the surgery, recovery time for full baseball
activity would be a maximum of three months, according to the information
that was told to Mozeliak on Tuesday. That would put Carpenter on track to
be fully ready for Spring Training.
Mozeliak said the root of the issue appears to be coming from the same nerve
which had bothered Carpenter in 2004.
"We still want to let [Wednesday] happen and based on those results, then
we'll make a determination and a plan of what we do going forward," Mozeliak
said.
Carpenter, who was recently shut down for the remainder of the season,
appeared in four games this year. He had a 1.76 earned run average in 15 1/3
innings.
Bob Falkoff is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the
approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.