St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright underwent surgery Thursday to repair a torn Achilles, and general manager John Mozeliak said the team hopes Wainwright will be ready for spring training next year.
Wainwright, 33, is expected to need 9-12 months to recover.
“Everybody I’ve spoken to is expecting a full recovery,” Mozeliak told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “He’s young and he’s healthy. People usually come back from this and do well. The doctors feel, that at his age, he’ll recover fine.”
Wainwright suffered the injury during an at-bat last Saturday in the Cardinals’ 5-3 win over the Brewers. He stumbled out of the batter’s box after hitting a popup, saying later, “My foot just shut down on me.”
Wainwright’s season ended with a 2-1 record and a 1.44 ERA. Last season, Wainwright was 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA. He finished second in the Cy Young Award voting in 2013 and third in 2014.
—The New York Mets placed right-hander Rafael Montero on the 15-day disabled list.
Montero, who started Tuesday against the Miami Marlins, has inflammation in his rotator cuff. The Mets had demoted him to Triple-A Las Vegas, but they rescinded that move.
The Mets also said third baseman David Wright probably won’t return until May 8, when the Mets begin a series in Philadelphia. Wright has been on the DL with a hamstring injury since April 15.
—Kansas City Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura abandoned his appeal of a seven-game suspension resulting from a brawl last Thursday in Chicago during a game against the White Sox.
Ventura was one of five players suspended after a bench-clearing incident. His penalty was stiffer than the others because of his role as an instigator.
Also suspended for their involvement in the brawl were right-hander Edinson Volquez (five games), center fielder Lorenzo Cain (two) and right-hander Kelvin Herrera (two) of the Royals and pitchers Chris Sale (five games) and Jeff Samardizja (five) of the White Sox.