Grady Sizemore has microfracture surgery on left knee today in Vail, Colo.
Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore is out for the rest of the season.CHICAGO, Ill. -- Grady Sizemore is done for the season and then some.
Sizemore, the face of the Indians franchise, underwent mircrofracture surgery on his left knee tody in Vail, Colo. He will miss six to months.
A release by the Indians said Sizemore is expected to play in Cactus League games next spring. Dr. Richard Steadman performed the surgery in Vail, Colo.
It was an arthroscopic procedure that took 90 minutes. The Indians said Steadman wouldn't know the extent of the injury until he started operating. This had to be their worst case scenario.
Microfracture surgery involves drilling small holes in the hole to promote the growth of cartilage. The Indians said the cartilage under Sizemore's knee cap was unstable after he injured the knee diving back into a base in April and re-injured on May 16 in Baltimore.
Sizemore missed most of September last year with surgery on his left elbow and left groin.