WASHINGTON -- Nationals center fielder Denard Span knew something was wrong with his left hip after he saw a back specialist a few weeks ago. Span would later learn that he had a torn labrum in the hip, and he will have surgery Tuesday to repair it.
Span said every time he had back spasms, he would feel pain in the hip, but that pain felt secondary to the back spasms. But once he received a cortisone shot for his back, that's when Span knew something was wrong with the hip.
When Span returned to the Nationals earlier this week, he said he didn't feel that great at all.