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Jeff Keppinger is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery Thursday on his right shoulder.

 

The 33-year-old infielder wound up batting just .253 with a .283 on-base percentage and .317 slugging percentage in 451 plate appearances this season. Keppinger is under contract with the White Sox through 2015. It's not clear whether he'll be ready for the start of 2014.

 

Per Rotoworld

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:11 PM)
Ventura weighs in.

 

South Side Sox ‏@SouthSideSox 2m

 

"It affected his throwing, but swinging a bat? That was pure, 100-percent Keppinger. Literally, it's the most he can do."

 

I don't think Ventura likes Keppinger very much

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:11 PM)
Ventura weighs in.

 

South Side Sox ‏@SouthSideSox 2m

 

"It affected his throwing, but swinging a bat? That was pure, 100-percent Keppinger. Literally, it's the most he can do."

Wow................. Is 90 plus losses and playing like crap in September 2 years in a row the most RV can do?

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:47 PM)
Here's to hoping that this was why the .325 Keppinger became the .253 Keppinger.

 

Robin basically said that this simply isn't the case.

 

On April 22nd, Keppinger hit his low point for the year with splits of .153/.149/.167/.315. In the 100 games he played following that, including 87 starts, he hit .274/.310/.348/.658. Frankly, expecting anything more out of him than that is expecting too much.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:53 PM)
Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 33m

 

No specifics on Keppinger shoulder surgery--more an exploratory procedure to find the cause of the pain

Same surgery as Flowers. Recovery will be 2-6 months depending on what they find out what is wrong.

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QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 05:00 PM)
Same surgery as Flowers. Recovery will be 2-6 months depending on what they find out what is wrong.

 

If they found something like a labrum, it could potentially be much longer than that.

 

FWIW, both Flowers and Keppinger missed time/DH'd in Spring Training due to shoulder pain.

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Keppinger is one of those guys who can be awful like he was this year or pretty good. He has had a few decent years, and TB acquired him because he was non tendered. So he really can go either way. Hopefully the roster will be strong enough next year so they can pick his spots and he can put up decent numbers either to help the Sox win or entice another team to pick him up.

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Jeff Keppinger is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery Thursday on his right shoulder.

 

The 33-year-old infielder wound up batting just .253 with a .283 on-base percentage and .317 slugging percentage in 451 plate appearances this season. Keppinger is under contract with the White Sox through 2015. It's not clear whether he'll be ready for the start of 2014.

 

Per Rotoworld

 

So, 4 days from the end of the season, is there any surgery that isn't season-ending?

 

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