http://0rz.tw/yhw6j Giants hoping to avoid surgery for F. Sanchez By Chris Haft / MLB.com | 06/13/11 1:24 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO -- Though surgery could await Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez, the club's medical staff will do all they can to skirt that procedure to repair his dislocated right shoulder. Giants head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner acknowledged Sunday night that season-ending surgery is a "definite possibility" for Sanchez, who injured himself while diving for a ground ball Friday night against Cincinnati. For the immediate future, however, the Giants will treat Sanchez in what Groeschner called "conservative" fashion before re-evaluating him in a couple of weeks. "We'll try to get him more comfortable and see where he is," said Groeschner, maintaining hope that after exploring traditional methods, including range-of-motion exercises, doctors might determine that Sanchez can heal on his own. Among the physicians soon to be consulted is Dr. Gary Waslewski, the Giants' Arizona orthopedist who performed arthroscopic surgery on Sanchez's left shoulder last December. Sanchez underwent a MRI on Saturday that confirmed the dislocation. Groeschner acknowledged that Sanchez sustained damage to his labrum and stretched the capsule that surrounds the shoulder and helps provide support. "We'd like to avoid [surgery], but at this point we'll have to see," Groeschner said. "We have to make sure he's good for next year, too." Sanchez, 33, signed a one-year, $6 million contract extension through 2012 on April 1. Groeschner said that even if Sanchez and the Giants had decided that he should undergo surgery immediately, a couple of weeks must pass to let the injured area "calm down." Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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