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Oquendo won’t return in 2016 after surgery
- Updated: April 30, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Jose Oquendo announced that he will be undergoing right knee replacement surgery next month, which will preclude him from returning to the Cardinals’ coaching staff this season.
The Cardinals granted Oquendo a leave of absence late in Spring Training so that the veteran third-base coach and infield instructor could focus on rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee at his home in Jupiter, Fla. He traveled to St. Louis this week to follow up with the Cardinals’ team doctor, who confirmed that a knee replacement is now necessary.
That diagnosis extinguished any hope the Cardinals had of getting Oquendo back in uniform before the end of the year.
“I was hoping I didn’t have to go through that, but it is what it is,” Oquendo said on Saturday, while visiting with players in the Cardinals’ clubhouse. He added that a six-month recovery period is expected to follow the surgery.
Oquendo was not ready to speculate about a potential return next season. …
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