San Diego – San Diego Padres manager and former Detroit Tigers catcher Bob Melvin had prostate surgery Wednesday.
The team announced Melvin’s surgery during its 7-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs. It had no further details and said it likely won’t have any updates until next week.
Melvin, a draft pick by the Tigers who played 41 games the year after Detroit won the World Series in 1984, said Tuesday that he didn’t think he had cancer, but the doctors wouldn’t know until the surgery.
He said he hoped to miss only the first six games of the team’s forthcoming nine-game road trip, which starts Friday night in Atlanta and continues through Philadelphia and San Francisco.