According to SI.com, Chase Utley will miss the Philadelphia Phillies' season-opener once again for the second straight year. He will miss the entire exhibition schedule. He has been injured for a while with his knee problems.
He was limited to 103 games last season. The five-time All-Star says he will not retire, nor will he have season-ending surgery.
"I'm not going to be ready for opening day," Utley said. "I don't
really have a timeline on when I will be available. I will take this
process fairly slow because I think it's important to get everything
around my knees working correctly. And I think it's going to take a
little bit of time. I'm disappointed. I'm upset. I'm not happy that I'm
in this situation right now, but I'm not going to let that deter me and
get me down."
Utley has no timetable on his return, but he says he is expected to play next season.
"I've already seen benefits over the last four or five days from
doing some new exercises," Utley said. "I'm very optimistic this is
going to turn out well. But again it's going to take a little time and I
have to do this right. I think it's important, not only for this year,
but for the rest of my career. I'm 33 years old. I know some people
think that's old, but I still feel like I have a lot of baseball left in
me."
In place for Utley will be Freddy Galvis.
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