Duaner Sanchez who injured his shoulder in a freak car accident last July, leading to the Oliver Perez trade, is probably going to have another surgery on his shoulder.
He has hairline fracture in the front of his right shoulder and likely will be out until at least August.
The fracture is of the coracoid bone, which is a small bone in the front of the shoulder to which two tendons and a ligament are attached.
The surgery for Sanchez's type of injury involves securing the fracture with a screw in the shoulder.
If Sanchez has surgery, he will be able to resume his rehab six-to-eight weeks after. He may also consider rest to see if it heals on its own.
When told Sanchez is out til August, closer Billy Wagner turned to Aaron Heilman, who will likely assume role of primary setup man, and said: "guess that means Aaron you've got three innings and I've got one."
Heilman said the whole Mets bullpen will have to pull together, just like last year.
If the Mets can weather the storm and stay .500 or better into July they will get back Pedro and Sanchez which would be a huge boost to their playoff run.
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