...in not re-signing Carlos Delgado. Ken Rosenthal - Fox Sports reports that the “former” Mets 1B underwent a second hip surgery this week. He will be unable to resume playing baseball for four months, but still expects to play this season. Maybe he will be 2010's version of Pedro Martinez.
Quoting Rosenthal:
| “Dr. Marc Philippon, the same surgeon who repaired Alex Rodriguez’s hip, reconstructed the labrum in Delgado’s right hip and also performed a micro-fracture procedure on his hip socket.” |
According to Delgado's agent David Sloane, Delgado's decision to have a second surgery:
| “Yes. That’s why he did it,” Sloane said. “He had concerns: ‘I wait for somebody to get hurt. I sign with somebody. I hit a bump in the road and miss a week or so.’ |
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| “That’s not what he wanted. He wanted to play every day. He felt, despite the time it would take, it was a better option for him to be the Carlos Delgado of old instead of an old Carlos Delgado.” |
I have never been a fan of DelStatue, but I can understand his desire to return to Major League Baseball. He has never played in a World Series, and he is only 27 HR's away from the 500 HR Milestone.
We see Delgado, if healthy, strictly as an AL player, mainly as a DH.
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