Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Thursday, but that won’t happen until his shoulder is re-evaluated in the morning.
There were growing indications Wednesday afternoon that Francis was leaning strongly toward having potential season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Francis talked one-on-one with manager Clint Hurdle about his situation Wednesday afternoon.
Francis is believed to have a torn labrum flap creating an impingement. Francis feels pain when he throws, gets better as he loosens up, but the ache remains.
Francis had originally set tomorrow as a deadline to decide, then backed off that in recent days, wanting to see how he did against hitters. Admittedly, this decision has kept him up at night as he’s tried to determine if it’s worth continuing to work through the pain.
The left-hander went 4-10 last season and landed on the disabled list because of the same shoulder problem.
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