Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was unavailable for Monday's game against the Marlins after having a cortisone injection in his left knee Sunday, MLB.com reports.
Howard is said to be day to day, though they are hopeful he'll be able to avoid the disabled list.
Howard underwent an MRI Monday and head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan said Howard had symptoms in his knee for a few weeks. Howard said the knee began bothering him more recently.
There is some speculation that his knee injury and the Achilles injury he suffered in Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series could be related.
“That’s the million dollar question right there,” Sheridan said. “For me, it’s like the old song: the foot bone is connected to the knee bone … to me the closed chain of the ankle relate to the knee, relate to the hip. They all play apart. So that’s a reasonable question. Whether that’s what’s happened, we don’t know.”
Ryan Howard hopes to avoid DL
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