February 20, 2018

Murphy’s Knee

Daniel Murphy wants to get off the disabled list and not go back on once he recovers from knee surgery:

“You see these guys bouncing around and playing, you want to participate and be playing with your teammates,” said Murphy, who was the only position player not to participate in team drills Tuesday, one day before the Nats’ first official full-squad workout. “But I think it’s the understanding of when they loose me, when the training staff lets me go and it’s time to play, you only want to come off the DL once. I don’t want to start playing games and then have to stop. So that’s kind of the mindset we’re taking right now.”

New manager Dave Martinez echoed the sentiments of his veteran second baseman.

“I’m more concerned about rushing him and him not being fully ready,” Martinez said. “When we get him back, we don’t want him to go back on the DL, we want to get him back for the whole season.”

I once read a private paper that showed the most likely time to get injured is right after returning from an injury. The Nationals seem to be taking this seriously.

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