"Already struggling to catch the Tigers in the American League Central, the Minnesota Twins received another setback Monday when a CT scan revealed first baseman Justin Morneau has a stress fracture in his lower back. He will miss the rest of the season. Morneau has been bothered by a sore back for about a month and after an MRI showed fluid buildup on Sunday the team sent him in for a CT scan Monday. The scan showed the stress fracture in the L5 vertebrae in his lower back. He said he'll have to rest the back for three months but said surgery is not necessary.
"It's one of those bad news/good news things," Morneau said while standing by his locker after the Twins rallied for a 6-3 victory over Cleveland at the Metrodome. "I'm being shut down for three months but it's also something that should heal on its own (ESPN)."
The Twins are 5 1/2 games back of the Tigers and I just don't see them catching them Morneau is one of the best first baseman in the game, but he could not play through this injury even if he wanted to. He hit .220 in August and was batting just .077 (3 for 39) in September, so you can see that there was just no way he could play. The good news is that he doesn't need surgery and should be ready for the start of next season.
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