Why Phillies outfielder Adolis Garcia is having season-ending surgery

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>The Philadelphia Phillies placed Adolis Garcia on the 60-day injured list recently, which was cause for legitimate worry that he'd miss the rest of the season.

>Garcia, the outfielder who signed for $10 million with the Phillies this past offseason, was just turning things around offensively when he sustained a torn lat.

>But, for a while, there wasn't any official diagnosis for Garcia. That changed with the latest update from the Phillies, as Garcia was confirmed to be undergoing season-ending surgery.

Why Adolis Garcia is undergoing season-ending surgery"Phillies outfielder Adolis Garcia will undergo right latissimus dorsi repair surgery on Wednesday, June 24, performed by Dr. Anthony Romeo. Recovery is projected to take six to eight months for a full return to play, and he is expected to be ready for the start of the 2027 season," the Phillies announced Thursday.

>This is a brutal injury for Garcia, as a six-to-eight-month recovery timeline is a very long one, and will force him to miss from now until at least mid-December.

>With this timeline, there is no chance of Garcia returning in time for a postseason run, like what the Phillies could've had a few years ago with Rhys Hoskins.

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>Garcia's 2026 season is over, and he will end his Phillies stint (barring re-signing in the offseason) with a .195 batting average, seven homers, -0.8 bWAR, and a .599 OPS and 63 OPS+.

>But what makes this torn lat injury that's forcing him to have season-ending surgery is that he was just starting to improve offensively.

>After a brutal May, where he had a .400 OPS for the entire month, Garcia had an .828 OPS in eight games in June with three homers and six RBIs before his injury.

>Unfortunately, this torn lat is something he needs surgery for, and with a six-month recovery time on the low-end, this injury and subsequent surgery are season-ending for the two-time All-Star and 2023 World Series champion.

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