Spencer Horwitz’s debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates will have to wait.
“Spencer Horwitz had a procedure to his right wrist last week to address chronic symptoms,” the Pirates wrote on X. “The procedure was performed by Dr. Thomas Graham. We anticipate a full recovery in approximately six-to-eight weeks.”
Pirates general manager Ben Cherington provided some context on Wednesday.
“Shortly after PiratesFest, as he got into his offseason hitting progression, he experienced some new symptoms, and so after some back and forth and a period of rest, we decided to have him checked out again by Dr. Graham,” Cherington said, per Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “With a new MRI, Dr. Graham, who had also seen him when he was in Toronto, identified the new injury to the tendon in his right wrist and recommended the procedure that happened a couple weeks ago…It’s frustrating and a setback.”
Horwitz was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2019 and finally made his big league debut in 2023. The Cleveland Guardians acquired him in a deal for second baseman Andrés Giménez on Dec. 10 before flipping him to Pittsburgh just two hours later.
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The 27-year-old played 97 games in 2024, slashing .265/.357/.433 with 12 home runs and 40 RBIs.
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