BRADENTON, Fla. -- Nine days after being carted off the field at Camden Yards, Colin Moran was set for surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital. His father, Bill, was in the waiting room. Moran's fiancée, Kelsey, left his side and joined Bill with a pre-operation message from his son.
"Colin said to you, 'I hope during this that they don't have to shave my beard,'" Bill recalled, laughing. "Then, the other thing he said is, 'Gee, I wonder if I'm going to be traded after I come out of here.'"
It was July 31, MLB's non-waiver Trade Deadline.