Morse Suffers Setback, Out Indefinitely

[YanksNats1987]

Disappointing news.

Via @AdamKilgoreWP

Michael Morse felt soreness throwing last night, had to be re-examined by team docs. He's not playing Thursday. Out indefinitely.

Not that Bryce would be rushed anyways, but maybe we will see him sooner now?

[Carlznerson]

Ankiel seems to be on track so we probably see him, DeRosa and Nady in Left before Bryce gets his shot.

[ShabbaWiz]

Bad news about Morse.

[YanksNats1987]

Update on Morse: He will be out for a little while.

Via Nationals Journal

The Nationals will place cleanup hitter Michael Morse on “total shutdown mode” for six weeks, General Manager Mike Rizzo said, leaving an offense in need of punch without its best slugger for perhaps the entire first half of the season.

“We tried to ramp him up, get him ready as quickly as we could, because he’s a big piece of our lineup,” Rizzo said. “He just re-aggravated it. So now we’re going to have to be ultra cautious to make sure that he’s right for the majority of the season.”

The Nationals have “no viable surgical option” for Morse, Rizzo said, and so Morse will only rest. The Nationals have not placed a timetable on how quickly Morse could prepare for the season following his six weeks on the sidelines. It seems a conservative estimate that Morse will miss the season’s first 50 games.

Ankiel should be back by Saturday.

[Carlznerson]

Thank god this didn't happen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...8FMT_blog.html

[YanksNats1987]

^ Oh yeah, definitely lucked out. Keep an eye on Corey Brown down at Syracuse, and now Tyler Moore since the team is going to have him play some OF. We could possibly see one of those two in Morse' absence.

[J.Twiggy]

Any chance we see Harper up here before Morse's return?

[YanksNats1987]

Any chance we see Harper up here before Morse's return?

Unless he starts out performing some of the other guys than no. If you look at his AAA numbers you can see that he still has lots of work to do. Most people think June/July is when we will see him.

[J.Twiggy]

So by my math we won't see Morse back until early June if even then.