San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey will officially miss the rest of the 2011 season after undergoing surgery on his ankle on Sunday.
Posey had two screws inserted into his lower leg to help repair three torn ligaments in his ankle.
The 24-year old catcher also has a fractured fibula which did not require immediate surgery.
“He’s not going to be back this season,” head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner said in a conference call with reporters. “He will have another surgery somewhere in the 8- to 10-week mark to take out some of that hardware that the doctors put in. That’s already determined. … Add that to rehab time, and I don’t see him making it back this season.”
“We’re very pleased with how his ankle came back together. He had that fractured fibula as well,” Groeschner said. “After re-X-raying the fracture, we felt like we didn’t really need to do anything with that, which was nice.”
Posey suffered the injury last Wednesday night during a collision at the plate with Marlins center fielder Scott Cousins. He finishes the season batting .284 with four home runs and 21 RBIs in 45 games.
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