Mariners Rookie Colt Emerson to Undergo Season-Ending Wrist Surgery

This year, it just got much worse for him, Hollander said, as reported by MLB.com. So again, different guys have different pain thresholds. My belief is that Colt Emerson has a really high one, and he played to the point until he felt like it had crossed the threshold of being smart for him to continue to play.MLB.com

When Emerson made his Major League debut on May 17 at just 20 years and 301 days old, he became the youngest Mariner to debut since Félix Hernández in 2005. His initial burst of play showcased significant power. Over his first 23 games, he slashed .237/.310/.566 with an .876 OPS and six home runs, highlighted by a homer for his very first big-league hit, according to MLB.com. However, performance metrics dipped sharply over his next 46 games, where he slashed .166/.212/.214 with a .426 OPS as his strikeout rate climbed from 28.6% to 37.6%, per MLB.com figures. Dipoto noted that the wrist issue explains those prolonged struggles at the plate. It also gives me some comfort to understand what happened during his time here, Dipoto said, according to MLB.com. He just wants to compete. He wants to contribute. It’s hard to hit with a bad wrist, and it’s especially hard to hit with a bad wrist when you’re trying to play against a level of competition you’ve never played before. Writing for The Seattle Times and cited by Sports Illustrated, reporter Ryan Divish noted that the Mariners can eventually transfer Emerson to the 60-day injured list if they need to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Crawford has returned to the Mariners’ clubhouse, signaling an impending roster move. Until Crawford is activated from the injured list, Seattle must navigate an active-roster squeeze on the left side of the infield involving Brock Rodden, Leo Rivas, Brendan Donovan, and Weston Wilson, according to Sports Illustrated. The decision to shut Emerson down completely prevents any risk of aggravating the injury before winter. As was the case when we were intending to option him, the biggest thing was just doing the right thing for Colt, and getting him on track, Dipoto said, as quoted by MLB.com.