Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez is trying to look ahead as he rehabs his surgically-repaired left knee. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Carlos Gonzalez has been off his crutches for only a few days, so he’s still walking gingerly. For a guy who’s used to gliding across the outfield, it’s not been easy dealing with the after effects of knee surgery.
“Right now, we are doing movements to get my knee to bend 100 percent,” he said Friday from the clubhouse at Coors Field before the Rockies hosted the Diamondbacks. “It’s not there yet, but it’s getting there. I’m making progress.”
CarGo remains optimistic that he’ll be ready — or close to being ready — when the Rockies report to Salt River Fields for spring training in mid-February. to repair his aching left knee. Doctors cut out a torn part of Gonzalez’s patella tendon in his left knee. They also removed a bursa sac and cleaned up a fat pad.
Gonzalez played through left knee tendinitis most the season before being shut down for good on Aug. 14 after an MRI showed his knee injury grew worse in recent weeks.
CarGo said it’s still difficult to maneuver stairs, something that frustrates him.
“The doctor says I just have to take it easy,” CarGo said. “He keeps telling me to be patient. He tells me there are going to be days when I’m going to feel like I can do more, but he says I have to take it slow. I’m listening to him.”
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