Abreu will have surgery
PHOENIX -- Infielder Tony Abreu will undergo surgery today in Philadelphia to repair a strained abdominal muscle that bothered him over the second half of the season.
Abreu was examined Tuesday by Dr. William Meyers, who discovered a significant strain in a muscle that connects to the pelvis. The infielder was expected to be fully healed in six to eight weeks.
Abreu first strained the muscle in July and questions over the severity of the original injury led to the players’ union filing a grievance against the Dodgers on his behalf last week.
Abreu and his agent, Scott Boras, said that because he was injured, he shouldn’t have been optioned to triple-A Las Vegas and instead should have been put on the major league disabled list. Landing on the DL would have allowed Abreu to continue drawing a major league salary and accrue service time.
Abreu rested, found himself on the inactive list as a result of the dispute, resumed playing in August and was a September call-up.
He said he was never fully recovered and worsened the injury Sept. 23 in Arizona while lunging for a ground ball.
Shortstop Rafael Furcal learned that his sprained left ankle wouldn’t have to be surgically repaired.
An MRI exam on the ankle, which was injured in spring training, was negative.
The sprained ankle limited Furcal to 25 steals, down from 37 the previous season.
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