Jose Bautista undergoes hernia surgery after playing through injury since May
Oct 21, 2010, 3:49 PM EDT
As if Jose Bautista hitting 54 homers this season wasn’t an amazing enough feat, now it turns out he did most of that slugging with a hernia.
Bautista underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia today and is expected to be out of commission for 4-6 weeks, leaving him plenty of time to get healthy for spring training.
Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports that Bautista “tolerated discomfort due to the injury since May.” Seriously.
Taking a look at his numbers after, say, June 1, he smacked 38 homers and 23 doubles in 386 at-bats, which is good for a .624 slugging percentage that ranked third in all of baseball during that time behind only Josh Hamilton at .712 and Carlos Gonzalez at .641.
Amazing.
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- The Common Man/www.platoonadvantage.com - Oct 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM
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Maybe he hit homers BECAUSE of the hernia. And now he will go back to a platoon-worthy 3B-OF hybrid. Like Flowers for Algernon with a baseball bat.
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- BC - Oct 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM
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Yeah really! Don’t fix anything!!!!!!!!!
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- Gobias Industries - Oct 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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That’s an irresponsible statement. Now you’re going to have all these stupid ballplayers lifting heavy objects in the offseason without bending their knees so they can develop a hernia and hit 50 home runs next year. I hope you’re quite pleased with yourself.
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- Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward - Oct 21, 2010 at 4:42 PM
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Like the snake oil necklaces, everyone will now play with a hernia in an attempt to gain more power in their swing.
