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Injury Updates: Pirates Get Bad News on Corey Dickerson and Lonnie Chisenhall

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The Pittsburgh Pirates got bad news on outfielders Corey Dickerson and Lonnie Chisenhall. Bill Brink from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette passes along these updates from today.

As noted earlier, Dickerson was scheduled to begin a rehab stint tonight in Indianapolis. He felt tightness in his shoulder while throwing from 110 feet since that was announced, so this is clearly a major setback for him. At minimum, he will be shut down for a time, then need to build back up to the point that he can start a rehab assignment. That shoulder (posterior right shoulder strain) was the reason he has been out since April 4th.

Chisenhall has been out since prior to Opening Day, though he appeared close to returning until last night when he left his rehab game at Indianapolis early. He was out with a hand injury, so this is non-related, but tightness in his left calf is not a good sign. Chisenhall missed a good portion of last season due to a left calf injury. He will be reevaluated next week.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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