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Breaking News: Aaron Altherr Out 4-6 Months With Wrist Injury

The Phillies have just suffered a substantial blow for the 2016 season.

You heard it: Aaron Altherr’s wrist injury is worse than originally thought. He’ll have surgery Wednesday.

The initial timetable for Altherr is four to six months, but as Gelb notes, this could be the entire season.

Altherr, 25, has had wrist injury problems in the past. In 161 plate appearances last season he hit .241/.338/.489 with five home runs and 20 extra-base hits, plus solid defensive play. He was slated to start in the outfield on opening day after the impressive showing last season. In 10 spring plate appearances he hit a home run and scored two runs; he was injured in Friday’s game against Atlanta.

With this injury, it’s likely Goeddel will get more reps in the outfield this season. Cody Asche will probably get more reps, as well. David Lough and Cedric Hunter are getting time in the outfield, too, this spring, and prospect Nick Williams is likely to being the season in Lehigh Valley.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.