Filed under: Mariners, MLB Injuries
Turns out the oblique injury that ended David Aardsma's season wasn't exactly that. Seattle's closer will undergo surgery Monday to repair a torn labrum in his left hip, the real cause of the pain in Aardsma's side that shut him down in September.
Aardsma is expected to be throwing again a month later and should have no trouble being up to full speed by Opening Day, according to the Mariners.
The 29-year-old saved 31 games in 2010 for a Mariners team that won only 61 overall, allowing just 33 hits in 49 2/3 innings.
Aardsma is arbitration-eligible and could come close to doubling his 2010 salary of $2.75 million through that process. The Mariners might have preferred to trade him away this winter given the salary increase, but that won't be possible now.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/30/david-aardsma-to-undergo-hip-surgery/
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