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| Height: 6-3
Weight: 224
Throws: L
Bats: L Born: Sep 19, 1978, Sacramento, CA |
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| September 6, 2007 Nick Johnson wants to show up at spring training 2008 in shape. "For sure, I'm going to drop weight," he tells the Washington Post. "You won't be seeing that 260 [pounds], I can tell you that." Johnson has hired a chef to help him get below 240, where he has played in the past. He missed the entire 2007 season after breaking his right leg on September 23, 2006 and undergoing a series of surgeries. |
| August 22, 2007 Nick Johnson underwent surgery on Tuesday to have a rod and screw removed from his right leg. The team described the operation as "uneventful," according to the Washington Post. Johnson will not be able to run for two months. |
| August 16, 2007 Nationals GM Jim Bowden said Thursday that Nick Johnson will have another surgery on his right leg and will not play in 2007, according to the AP. "We just couldn't quite get over the hump with his hip," Bowden said. "He couldn't quite get to the ground ball to his left. His hitting has come along great. There was no question in our mind that he made tremendous progress offensively. But it just wasn't allowing him to be Nick Johnson. You've got to have the hip in baseball." Johnson broke his right femur in a collision with Austin Kearns during a game against the Mets last September. |
| July 29, 2007 Nick Johnson's status for the rest of the season remains up in the air. If he can't heal quickly enough to get in a rehab assignment before the minor league season wraps up, it's unlikely that he will play for the Nats, according to the Washington Post. "I really, really don't want to put Nick out there just for the sake of putting him out there so he can say he did play in 2007," manager Manny Acta said. "If he doesn't have enough at-bats in some type of rehab assignment and he's not ready to play somewhat at this level up here, we're just going to shut him down." Johnson's still recovering slowly from a broken right leg that has resulted in a painful hip issue. Unless he makes quick progress in the next couple of weeks, he likely won't play until next season. |
| July 16, 2007 Nick Johnson got a cortisone shot Monday to dull pain in his right hip that developed while working his way back from a broken leg that has sidelined him since late last season, according to the AP. Johnson will do only upper-body work until Thursday, when he will be allowed to resume exercises and drills involving his legs. |
| July 6, 2007 Nick Johnson, who has missed the entire season while recovering from a broken right leg, will undergo a nerve test in New York during the All-Star break to determine the cause of persistent pain in his right hip, according to the AP. "I don't want it to keep lingering on. I want to see why the pain in there," Johnson said. |
| July 5, 2007 Nick Johnson will have his right hip examined by a specialist on Friday. He's still recovering from a broken right femur and has been dealing with a sore hip, according to the AP. "It's not a setback at all," said Washington manager Manny Acta. "It's normal. You broke one part of your body and you start favoring that part and some other part's going to get sore." When healthy, Johnson can produce, but he has yet to suit up this season and has no timetable for a return at this point. More should be known after his examination on Friday. |
| June 28, 2007 Nick Johnson continues to rehab slowly from a fractured femur he suffered last September, the AP reports. "His running is OK when he's under way," manager Manny Acta said. "But it still bothers him starting, stopping, turning, etc." |
| June 10, 2007 Nick Johnson has been taking batting practice from manager Manny Acta. "He looks like he's ready to play ... (but) it will take awhile," Acta told the AP. Johnson is recovering from a broken leg. |
| May 30, 2007 Nick Johnson still does not have a timetable for his return. Johnson fractured his right leg last September. He has been taking grounders and swinging in a cage, but he has yet to take live batting practice or gone full-out in fielding, according to the Washington Post. "It feels good," Johnson explains. "Getting stronger. It's in between. Sometimes, it's not pain, just a feeling like it's weak but that I'm pushing it, getting it better." |
| May 12, 2007 Nick Johnson fielded grounders for about 10 minutes before the game Friday night against Florida, according to the AP. It's the first time he's worked in the field since breaking his right leg in September. "It's still pretty sore going to my backhand. And even going to my other side, that's bad. Just moving around today, I felt it," said Johnson, who began hitting off a tee last week. |
| April 10, 2007 Nick Johnson, still recovering from a broken leg, is scheduled to travel with the team on its six-game trip so he can continue his rehabilitation with head athletic trainer Lee Kuntz, the Washington Post reports. Johnson is throwing and running, but still hasn't hit in a batting cage. |
| March 22, 2007 Nick Johnson advanced his rehab from a broken leg yesterday by sprinting up steps, according to the Washington Post. "Medically, the fracture has healed," Nats orthopedist Ben Shaffer said by phone. "Right now, the issue is getting him into baseball shape, having him get his skills back. I don't know, from a timetable standpoint, what the date will be. But we're not looking at this as a season-threatening issue." |
| February 16, 2007 Nick Johnson isn't sure when he'll be fully recovered from the broken right leg that ended his 2006 season, according to the AP. He said that June might be the best-case scenario. "But I won't know until I start hitting, running, getting on the field. It's hard to make a prediction now," he added. A few minutes later, he referred to the June estimate again: "That's in my head, but I just threw it out there. I don't know." |
| January 18, 2007 Nick Johnson had two screws removed from his right femur yesterday, according to the Washington Post. It still doesn't look like Johnson will be ready for the start of the season. |
| January 3, 2007 Nick Johnson still has a limp, as he favors his surgically repaired right leg, according to the Washington Post. Nationals officials, medical staff and Johnson don't sound like they expect him to be ready for opening day, and he could miss the first month of the season. "The bottom line is I'm not looking for him on Day One," said team orthopedist Ben Shaffer, "The fact is, he's such an important guy to the organization, the focus here has to be on complete recovery and getting him back when he and his body are ready. I'm going to target that for May 1 -- and if he makes progress that's exponential, then fantastic." |