With just 16 games left to play in 2015, it appears Ryan Howard’s season is over after taking a short-hop throw by Freddy Galvis to his left knee Monday night.
The initial diagnosis was a bruised knee, but Howard was forced to take a trip to the ER later Monday night after his condition worsened, according to interim manager Pete Mackanin.
“He had to go to the emergency room to get his knee drained, so that doesn’t look good,” Mackanin said. “But we’re just going to go day to day to see what happens.