Polanco’s shoulder flare-up shuts down rehab

ST. LOUIS -- Gregory Polanco's been shut down, and there's no sign of if of when he might be restarted in 2019.

Todd Tomczyk, the Pirates' director of sports medicine, said in his weekly session with reporters here Wednesday morning that Polanco's rehabilitation stint has been ended with Class AAA Indianapolis because of new pain in his surgically repaired left shoulder. That arose in his second plate appearance Sunday when reaching for an outside pitch.

Polanco will return to Pittsburgh to see the team's doctors, after which further determination on his status will be made.

I asked Tomczyk to what degree this injury could be related to the original fall -- the devastatingly awkward slide last…