Brett Myers Needs Surgery: Possible Season Ending

News: The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Phillies starter Brett Myers is likely to require surgery that would sideline him for three to four months. The Phillies are awaiting a prognosis from hip specialist Bryan Kelly, but the expectation is that he will need to undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum.

From ESPN:

"I don't know what I am going to do," Myers said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. "First I am going to get a second opinion. ... I am going to explore every option I need to keep pitching, but if he tells me, 'It's over, you need to have [surgery] now or you could cause damage,' I will have it. I have to. It's a no-brainer.

"If he tells me rehab and anti-inflammatory medicine will take care of it, I'll pitch through it."

Myers (4-3) left in the sixth inning of Philadelphia's 6-2 loss to the Florida Marlins on Wednesday after giving up five runs. He had allowed just six runs in 21 innings in three previous starts.

Myers said pitching through pain is nothing new for him.

"This has been bothering me as long I can remember," he said, according to the Inquirer. "I never knew what it was. It just became unpitchable this season."

While Myers doesn't want to have the surgery now, he knows it's inevitable.

"I have to do it regardless. Surgery is required regardless of when I get it," Myers said, according to MLB.com. "But if that doctor tells me I have to have surgery now, then I'm going to do it. There's no point in even trying to [mess] with it and mess it up to where I can't walk when I'm 30."

I fully expect the Phils to make the push for Jake Peavy and/or Brad Penny over the next week.

Career: Pitching
SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	W	L	SV	HLD	BLSV	ERA
2002	Phi	12	12	1	0	72.0	73	38	34	11	29	34	4	5	0	0	--	4.25
2003	Phi	32	32	1	1	193.0	205	99	95	20	76	143	14	9	0	0	--	4.43
2004	Phi	32	31	1	1	176.0	196	113	108	31	62	116	11	11	0	0	--	5.52
2005	Phi	34	34	2	0	215.1	193	94	89	31	68	208	13	8	0	0	--	3.72
2006	Phi	31	31	1	0	198.0	194	93	86	29	63	189	12	7	0	0	--	3.91
2007	Phi	51	3	0	0	68.2	61	33	33	9	27	83	5	7	21	3	3	4.33
2008	Phi	30	30	2	1	190.0	197	103	96	29	65	163	10	13	0	0	--	4.55
2009	Phi	10	10	0	0	63.2	66	33	33	17	20	46	4	3	0	0	--	4.67
Total	--	232	183	8	3	1176.2	1185	606	574	177	410	982	73	63	21	3	3	4.39