PEORIA, Ariz. — Mariners center fielder Jeremy Reed received good news this morning regarding his injured wrist: It isn't broken after all.
The fracture the Mariners saw after they X-rayed it last Friday is actually a fracture Reed suffered previously — "maybe even as a 7-year-old, skateboarding in California," joked trainer Rick Griffin — who added that Reed did not aggravate that injury.
Doctors at the Seattle Hand Group performed tests on Monday — a CT scan, X-rays and an MRI among them — to determine how serious the fracture was and how much time Reed would miss. Instead, they discovered that there isn't a fracture.
"There's definitely relief," Reed said.
Reed will rehab his injured right wrist — the Mariners are calling it "sore" at this point — until Saturday, at which point the club plans to reevaluate the injury and set a timeline for Reed's return. Asked today if he could start on opening day if everything went perfectly, Reed said yes.
Before the tests results were read this morning, Reed believed his recovery time was six weeks, minimum. The Mariners do not have a new timeline at this point, but the lack of a fracture indicates that it will be significantly shorter.
Recently acquired Joe Borchard has been starting at center field in Reed's absence.
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