MLB: Correa: Still back pain

Carlos Correa still has back pain. This was revealed by the Houston Astros shortstop in the run-up to the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox.

“You’re a competitor. Every time you go out on the field, you play as if everything was all right,” Correa told the Associated Press on Wednesday. “But of course you’re in pain.”

Correa spent six weeks on the Disabled List until 10 August and explained that he was better. However, he had difficulties finding his form since then and only beat .180 in the second half of the season with a hit – a home run – in the ALDS.

Correa’s back hurts especially at the plate and it’s impossible for him to feel like he did before the injury: “Not only to find my swing, but to feel comfortable at all at the plate when I swing the club. Cause I know that every time I swing and pass, it’s gonna hurt. So I try not to swing by and hold back. But then I weaken my swing and don’t swing as hard as usual or as fast as usual. So it’s definitely hard.”

Correa further stated that the back problems also radiate to other areas of the body. He also had problems with the oblique abdominal muscles. He is treated around the clock, but the pain remains.

Doctors assume that Correa will not be pain-free again until he has taken a longer rest. A scenario that is, of course, currently ruled out.

This article was published without prior review by Major League Baseball.