LaRoche’s shoulder problem has turned out far worse than initially feared, and after the shoulder didn’t respond to treatment, he and the team have opted for surgery.
Adam LaRoche Injury: Season-Ending Surgery Scheduled
Once that was discovered, LaRoche was instructed to rest and rehab for a few weeks to see if his shoulder would respond to treatment. However, LaRoche’s shoulder didn’t respond to treatment, which meant that this was all but inevitable:
LaRoche’s 2011 is over, with 177 trips to the plate and a .546 OPS. In good news, or bad news, he’s still under contract for $8 million in 2012, so he could give the Nationals some return on their investment next season.
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LaRoche is not scheduled for surgery, and he and the team think it may take only a few weeks of rest for him to be good to go. But that’s hardly a guarantee, so LaRoche’s future is somewhat uncertain.
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