Adrian Gonzalez played into his 14th Major League season before landing on the disabled list. On Tuesday, he was put back on the DL for a second time in the past seven weeks. Dating back to Spring Training the veteran first baseman was hampered by forearm soreness and a bulging disc in his back.
Playing through the injuries, particularly the chronic disc issue ultimately proved to be too difficult of a task. Gonzalez was removed from Sunday’s game, again because of back trouble. He was sent for an MRI on Monday, with the results examined by Dr. Robert Watkins.