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Encarnacion was standing in the on-deck circle at Busch Stadium on Aug. 31 when a foul ball struck him in the left eye. Soon after the injury, Dr. George Paletta, the Cardinals' medical director, called it the "worst trauma I've seen. Absolutely." Paletta said at the time he wasn't certain if Encarnacion would ever regain full vision. Cardinals' GM John Mozeliak said Wednesday that Encarnacion continues to seek treatment for the injury. Mozeliak said he hasn't spoken to the outfielder since before Christmas. Encarnacion turns 32 in March. "As far as an update on whether he'll play or not, I would say it's probably likely he will not," Mozeliak said. "But until we actually see him in St. Louis and get our own doctors to deal with that, it will be hard for me to answer that firmly." |
Juan Encarnacion's horrific eye injury is expected to sideline him this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals aren't sure if he'll ever play again.