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Brantley shouldn’t be out more than 4 months
- Updated: September 29, 2016
DETROIT — Michael Brantley has grown unfortunately accustomed to reports speculating about how long it will take for him to return to the field for the Indians. On Thursday morning, the latest rumor brought an amused smirk to the outfielder’s face.
A report by Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports indicated that Brantley could “miss significant time next season” after undergoing biceps tenodesis surgery on Aug. 15. The procedure came with a timetable of four months, but the report, citing sources familiar with the surgery, claimed the recovery could take even longer.
“Already?” Brantley quipped. “Man, maybe he knows something I don’t.”
As he left the visitors’ clubhouse at Comerica Park, Brantley then joked that he would see everyone next August.
Nothing surrounding Brantley’s timetable for return has changed since his surgery, which anchored his …
