I mentioned in my last post that Jonathan Schoop was seeing a back specialist at Johns Hopkins. There has been buzz on Twitter this afternoon that he’s going to California for a second opinion. Some reports are saying that he may have a stress fracture of his lower back. This would mean six to eight weeks of rest; in other words, a return in mid-July at best. According to Roch Kubatko on Twitter,  “Buck says he hopes 2nd guy disagrees with 1st one. Wouldn’t elaborate.” 

This doesn’t sound good, but I’ll post whatever news becomes available next week after the California specialist weighs in. – RR