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Chris Stewart Has Minor Knee Surgery

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According to Chris Cotillo on Twitter, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Stewart had a minor procedure done on his knee today and no further surgery is required. Cotillo says that the recovery time is unknown at the time, but he speculates that it could be 4-6 weeks due to the fact it was minor surgery and went well. Stewart injured his right knee on March 12th in a game against the Minnesota Twins

That is good news for the Pirates, who now won’t need a long-term fill-in for Stewart. While the Pirates wanted to keep Tony Sanchez in Indianapolis this season and give him a full year at AAA, that estimated timetable would still allow him to get plenty of regular playing time in Indianapolis, even if he goes north with the team on Opening Day to serve as Russell Martin’s backup.

For now, Nevin Ashley and Omir Santos are both still in Major League camp as non-roster invitees. Should the Pirates decide to not go with Sanchez on Opening Day, they do have experienced options already in the organization. Santos has spent parts of five seasons in the majors, while Ashley has eight years of minor league experience and is a strong defensive catcher.

 

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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