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Brandon Marsh’s Surgery a Result of “Floating Cartilage” in Left Knee
By Kyle Pagan
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The achilles heel of Philly sports is the knee. Brandon Marsh will be out for 3-4 weeks after getting a clean up on his left one:
Phillies OF Brandon Marsh underwent successful left knee arthroscopic debridement surgery with Dr. Steven Cohen in Philadelphia this morning. It is anticipated that he will return to playing at 3 to 4 weeks and be ready to play by opening day.
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) February 9, 2024
According to Dave Dombrowski, the issue came up a couple of days ago.
Scott Lauber at the Inquirer:
The issue with Brandon Marsh’s knee arose a few days ago while he was working out, according to Dave Dombrowski, and appeared to have been traced to floating cartilage that caused irritation. #Phillies
— Scott Lauber (@ScottLauber) February 9, 2024
Marsh went on the 10 day I.L. after bruising his left knee crashing into the wall last year so maybe it’s a result of that:
Brandon Marsh leaves the game after crashing into the centerfield wall 😔 pic.twitter.com/gJASUfrVmZ
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) August 5, 2023
The story right now is that the Phillies lack depth in outfield, but is that true? They’ll now have Nick Castellanos, Kyle Schwarber, Jake Cave, Christian Pache, and Yokedhan Rojas. Last time I checked they only play three outfielders in baseball. So even if Marsh misses some of the regular season the Phils should be fine plugging in Rojas/Pache right? It’s a 162 game season. I’m not freaking out just yet.
Unless…
Or…
When it comes to the Phillies outfield…Bryce Harper you ARE an outfielder again!
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com