I’m just going to rip off the Band-Aid. Or rather, the surgical tape.
Devin Mesoraco is done catching for the Cincinnati Reds this year.
At least the odds are stacked against it. He’s got a painful condition that’s aggravated when he catches. It usually requires surgery to remedy, season-ending surgery.
Mesoraco has been diagnosed with a left hip impingement. And if the doctors have that part right, it’s not going to get better with rest. Bone spurs and cartilage don’t have blood vessels like muscle, so they can’t heal themselves.
That’s the best guess based on what we know about his condition.