Furcal To Have Back Surgery (1 Viewer)

[Limp Ditka]

From Rotoworld

Rafael Furcal will have surgery on Thursday to relieve pressure on a disk in his lower back and is likely to miss at least two months.This puts the Dodgers very much in the market for a shortstop. It's doubtful that Nomar Garciaparra is the answer, and none of the internal options have been close to adequate. A trade for Juan Uribe or David Eckstein could be a possibility, though Eckstein probably isn't available just yet. Perhaps Edgar Renteria could also become an option later this month.

Please take Uribe off the White Sox hands.

 

[Statorama]

So lets see....if everyone had been straight up at the beginning of this whole thing, Furcal would be returning...........right about now.

 

[T Bell]

So lets see....if everyone had been straight up at the beginning of this whole thing, Furcal would be returning...........right about now.

In fairness, back injuries are always treated conservatively, meaning they try rehab first before doing surgery, the surgical risks being as high as they are. But yeah, this is frustrating. Hopefully they're leading that bad division when he returns and they can have him for the post-season.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Dammit. I might have to drop him off the IR now and regroup at SS.

 

[Men-in-Cleats]

Dammit. I might have to drop him off the IR now and regroup at SS.

Already done. Only have Theriot that can play there and really could use another. Really slim pickins on the waiver wire at SS.