Orioles announce Manny Machado will have reconstructive surgery on knee. 4-6 month rehab time.

[Greg]

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Orioles announce Manny Machado will have reconstructive surgery on knee. 4-6 month rehab time.

[crissfan172]

Sounds like the best option. If he ends up missing the first month (which sounds unlikely at this point), it'll be worth if it in long run.

[Floater]

Worse case scenario, he's ready to return in mid-April.

[Can_of_corn]

Not good news certainly but it sounds like he should miss little if any of the regular season. Hopefully the joint will have increased stability after the surgery and a re-injury will be less likely.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Machado said in quotes emailed by team he had MRI looked at by several docs. thought this was the best for his future career.</p>— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) <a href="

">October 11, 2013</a></blockquote>

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Very smart of the young man. Take the long view.

[TonySoprano]

Just so we get this straight, ten days ago, Manny got a second opinion which agreed no surgery was required. The three R's - Rest, Rub some dirt on it, Rehab.

Now, even more doctors were consulted, and surgery is the answer.

[scOtt]

This is good news. The injury was a reoccurrence. Who knows if it would happen over and over. Hopefully doc can tighten it up once and for all.

[Can_of_corn]

Just so we get this straight, ten days ago, Manny got a second opinion which agreed no surgery was required. The three R's - Rest, Rub some dirt on it, Rehab.

Now, even more doctors were consulted, and surgery is the answer.

I took Manny's comments as "I could come back without surgery but it would be in my best interests, long term, to get this fixed surgically."

[TradeAngelos]

I took Manny's comments as "I could come back without surgery but it would be in my best interests, long term, to get this fixed surgically."

I can't think of many professional athletes who choose major surgery over just resting and rehabbing if they had that option. They try to avoid surgery at all costs, no one chooses to go under the knife if they don't have to.

[Can_of_corn]

I can't think of many professional athletes who choose major surgery over just resting and rehabbing if they had that option. They try to avoid surgery at all costs, no one chooses to go under the knife if they don't have to.

Yes Doctor.

[scOtt]

50 page argument coming...

[Dark Helmet]

Just so we get this straight, ten days ago, Manny got a second opinion which agreed no surgery was required. The three R's - Rest, Rub some dirt on it, Rehab.

Now, even more doctors were consulted, and surgery is the answer.

I don't remember them completely ruling out surgery. He was to be re-evaluted to see his progress. I'm guessing they weren't happy with his progress up to now and decided surgery was the way to go.

[mdbdotcom]

Manny is going to be a free agent at 26. For the good of his long term future, it's best for him to put this behind him as soon as possible.

[TradeAngelos]

Yes Doctor.

Yeah because it is true. Are you actually claiming that they choose to have surgery when it is not needed? LOL.

[HokieOs]

Yeah because it is true. Are you actually claiming that they choose to have surgery when it is not needed? LOL.

It's also very possible that he had been told that "you should probably have surgery, buuttttttt you MIIGHT be OK without it" or some form of that. He elected against surgery as you suggest... and after more doctors told him he probably needs the surgery, it was finally decided that it would be best.

At the end of the day, he should be back for the beginning of the season. Maybe he misses part of the beginning of the year. But I imagine this reduces the chances of having his injury linger through the year.

[Can_of_corn]

Yeah because it is true. Are you actually claiming that they choose to have surgery when it is not needed? LOL.

There is a difference between completely elective surgery and what we are talking about here.

Do you think Chen needed to have his knee scoped?

Players get their knees scoped every offseason.

Manny has had issues with this knee before. Do I think that it is reasonable that, when presented with all the information, he chose surgery to diminish the chances of re-injury down the road?

Yes, of course it is reasonable since there is a fair chance he will be fine by spring training.