According to Tom Groeschen of the Cincinnati Enquirer, returned to Cincinnati last night and had a “minor procedure†to have a piece of floating cartilage removed from his knee. He’ll need another 7-10 days of recovery time, which could put him at risk for missing all of August.
Votto experienced some soreness in the knee during sliding drills as recently as Thursday and told John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer that he wasn’t “ready to play yet.†The floating cartilage was found after he was sent for an MRI.
The Reds really need to sign Lyle Overbay now. I’m not sure I can deal with another month of Miguel Cairo playing first base.