By CARLOS FRÍAS
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
MIAMI GARDENS — Only time, and not surgery, will determine when Marlins utility player Alfredo Amezaga will return to the team.
A bone bruise in his left knee will not require surgery, only rest, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said today after Amezaga saw a knee specialist in Vail, Colo., on Thursday. However, there is no timetable for his return or even for when he will return to baseball activities.
Amezaga got a second opinion from Dr. Richard Steadman, a knee specialist who is renown for his work with professional athletes as diverse as NBA standout Kobe Bryant and Olympic gold-medal skier Picabo Street.
“We knew going in, this would be a long-term thing,” Gonzalez said. “Bone bruises are that kind of deal.”
Amezaga has been out since May 17 and has been dealing with pain in the knee since before the season, when he was forced to leave Mexico’s team during the World Baseball Classic with what was then thought to be a strained left knee.
Relief coming: The Marlins bullpen may be getting some help as early as next week’s series against Arizona.
Gonzalez said pitcher Kiko Calero, on the DL since June 21 with right shoulder inflammation, will pitch one inning Saturday in Jupiter, another Monday, and may join the team in Arizona, if all goes well. More – PalmBeachPost.com
