Add meniscus tear to Chisholm’s injuries; Rogers leaves Nats’ game early
A stress fracture in his lower back ended Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s 2022 season.
But the Miami Marlins’ star second baseman on Friday also underwent right knee meniscus surgery with Dr. Michael Baraga in Miami. He will remain at home to rest for the weekend and begin physical therapy Monday at the ballpark for his knee in addition to his back exercises.
According to a source, Chisholm had been playing through the meniscus issue during the season. Since there is no plan for him to return to action, the decision was made to have surgery now. Chisholm would have had the operation in the offseason no matter what, and he is expected to be ready for spring training.
Chisholm initially went on the injured list on June 29 with what the team called a lower back strain.
At the time of his IL placement, Chisholm led the Marlins in home runs (14), RBI (45) and runs scored (39) and was second with 12 stolen bases to go along with a .254 batting average, .535 slugging mark and .860 on-baseplus-slugging percentage. He was named an All-Star for the first time shortly after going on the IL and said he was optimistic that he would return for the end of the season.
He took batting practice in Los Angeles on July 18 during the All-Star Game workout day, one day after seeing a spine specialist.
Three days after that, on July 21, the Marlins announced that Chisholm underwent a follow-up CT scan, which revealed the stress fracture.
Chisholm said he felt the back pain mostly when he was sprinting, which was one of the last steps of his rehab process. On an attempt to increase his running progression during his rehab before the All-Star Game, Chisholm said he couldn’t walk.
“That really held me back,” Chisholm said. “That’s when it was at it’s worst.”
Now, the plan for Chisholm is rest, rehab and recovery.
He hopes to resume baseball activities in November or December, similar to how he usually approaches the offseason, and be ready when spring training begins.
ROGERS EXITS
Marlins left-handed pitcher Trevor Rogers was removed from Saturday’s 5-3 loss to Washington Nationals in the second inning with left lat discomfort.
Rogers had faced just seven batters on Saturday before he left the mound. Rogers gave up two runs on a Lane Thomas leadoff home run and a Riley Adams’ RBI double in the second that scored Luis Garcia before being pulled.
Right-handed pitcher Jeff Brigham relieved Rogers and pitched three innings.
Rogers missed a little more than a month with an injured list stint due to back spasms. Since his return, he had compiled a 2.95 ERA over three starts (six earned runs allowed over 18 1⁄3 innings) with 22 strikeouts against three walks. He pitched at least six innings in all three of those starts after pitching that deep just once in his first 19 starts, a stretch in which he had a 5.85 ERA and was underwhelming following a runner-up finish for the National League Rookie of the Year in 2021.
ROJAS RECORD
Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas has gone 55 consecutive games without an error since his last miscue on July 8 at the Mets, setting a Marlins’ singleseason club record for consecutive errorless games by a shortstop. The previous mark was set by Hanley Ramirez in 2009 (54 games).
Rojas, who is a contender to be the first Marlins player to win a Gold Glove as a shortstop, entered Saturday with a Major League-leading .988 fielding percentage this season among qualified shortstops. He has just six errors in 487 chances over 1,023.2 innings at the position.
Rojas was named one of three National League finalists to win the Gold
Glove in the pandemicshortened 2020 season. Javier Baez won the award.
THIS AND THAT
Marlins first baseman/designated hitter Garrett Cooper has been out of the lineup Friday and Saturday while dealing with a family issue.
“I think he’ll be back relatively soon,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly
told reporters at Nationals Park. “It’s a fairly serious issue. He’s better today. These things guys deal with off the field with their family and things like that are not easy to play with. Yesterday was a rough day, today seems better. We’re hoping tomorrow will be better.”
With Cooper out, Jon Berti was the Marlins’ designated hitter on Friday and Nick Fortes
handled DH duties on Saturday.
Marlins outfielder JJ Bleday on if his recent string of miscues in center field, including mistiming a potential catch on Friday that led to Joey Meneses’
inside-the-park home run, has impacted his confidence: “I always feel like I’m in a good place. When the ball’s hit to me, I’m expected to make a play for myself and put up a zero to help the pitchers on the mound.”
AAMiami Herald senior baseball correspondent Craig Mish contributed to this report.