Tigers pitching ace Justin Verlander hurt himself during individual offseason conditioning at the end of December and underwent successful core muscle repair surgery in Philadelphia on Thursday, Tom Gage and Lynn Henning report in The Detroit News.
The Tigers management said it expects he'll be ready for spring training Feb. 14.
What is core muscle repair?
That seems fuzzy in most reports.
This is how the News described it:
Although the term “sports hernia” has become commonplace when referring to the kind of injury suffered last year by Miguel Cabrera -- and, perhaps, Verlander -- doctors prefer the title “core muscle injury” because of the array of muscles that are part of the abdominal and groin network.
Athletes are among the most frequent victims due to the sheer stress placed upon muscles within the pelvis and abdominal regions.
