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Stephen Alemais Out for the Season After Shoulder Surgery

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Shortstop Stephen Alemais announced on Twitter Friday night that he had successful shoulder surgery and would be out for the rest of the season.

Alemais told Pirates Prospects that he tried rehab for two weeks after getting injured before getting an MRI that revealed a torn labrum. He decided to get surgery immediately, so he would be back in time for the start of the 2020 season. Alemais has to wait four months before he can start throwing and 100% recovery will take 8-10 months, putting him right in line for Spring Training next year.

Alemais played just 12 games this season before he was injured on a slide back on April 24th. The 24-year-old third round pick from 2016 was getting a chance to play shortstop full-time again this year after moving off of the position in 2018 for Cole Tucker. Alemais was voted the best defensive second baseman in the Eastern League last year, which wasn’t a surprise because he’s a plus defender at shortstop. He has a .268/.326/.345 slash line in 249 games as a pro.

Altoona is using a combo of Brett Pope and Adrian Valerio at shortstop now, with both being solid defenders, who haven’t hit much this season.

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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