Fernando Perez said a diving catch during spring training likely caused an injury to his left shoulder in addition a dislocated left wrist.
Perez had surgery on the wrist in March, but didn't didn't undergo shoulder surgery until after the season. "When I began working out again, we all assumed the pain was referred pain from my wrist," Perez wrote in an email to the St. Petersburg Times. "But once I got some confidence that I wasn’t injured, the more ambitious plays I attempted in the outfield told me I had something I ought to get checked out." 2009 was basically a lost season for the 26-year-old outfielder, but he expects to make a full recovery by spring training. |