Adrian Gonzalez Unlikely to Be Healthy in Time for Start of Spring Training

Filed under: Padres, MLB Injuries

All indications are next season will be Adrian Gonzalez's last with his hometown Padres, but he might not even be completely healthy to start the 2011 campaign.

Gonzalez told XX 1090 AM that even though he is beginning his rehab from shoulder surgery this week, it might be "four or five months" before he's able to swing a bat. If that timetable holds, most of spring training will have passed before Gonzalez is able to start tuning up his swing for the season. The Padres open the regular season March 31.

And even if he makes it back at the front end of that projection, it appears likely he won't have the benefit of an entire spring to prepare for his final season before hitting the open market as a free agent.

His agent, John Boggs, tried to downplay the doom-and-gloom prognosis to MLB.com, saying Gonzalez is simply determined not to push too hard to return to the field.

 

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