Suárez let his daughter playfully push him into the pool before he dove into the water. The problem was he dove into the shallow end and his arm hit the bottom of the pool. His shoulder extended backward.
“I feel, like, a little bit of a pop, but I didn’t pay attention because it wasn’t bad,” Suárez said. “I keep going, play and not pay attention at all. The next couple of days after that, I started feeling something in my shoulder. But like I told you, I didn’t pay attention. Just keep going, hitting good, working out really good.
“The thing is when I start throwing, I felt like I was hurt. I didn’t have any power.” Suárez reached out to the Reds’ medical staff afterward and it was determined he needed right shoulder surgery.
Reds manager David Bell said the latest medical reports were “very encouraging.” Suárez says he arrived early to spring training, so he could be aggressive with his rehab.
“Right after the surgery, there was some – and there still is – some question as to what date he will be back, but the last few times that we’ve talked, it sounds more and more like it’s realistic to really shoot for Opening Day,” Bell said.
Nick Senzel took batting practice Thursday and completed fielding drills in the outfield with teammates.
But Senzel will have some limitations after he underwent surgery in September to repair the labrum in his right shoulder.
Bell said. “He’s actually kind of picking the throwing program back up (Thursday) or (Friday). He’s, again, another guy that’s on pace and on target for Opening Day. He’s swinging. He’ll be able to have at-bats, obviously running and doing all the drills in the outfield as normal, but the throwing process will be a little bit slower than the other guys.”
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