Helton Has Back Surgery

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Todd Helton will have back surgery Tuesday to alleviate a disk problem. "Dr. (Robert) Watkins this afternoon said Todd will benefit from a microdiscectomy," trainer Keith Dugger said. "Basically, they take a small piece of the disk where it’s bulging and it takes pressure off the nerve that’s irritated. He thinks it’ll be a very successful surgery. … One key for him will be not playing in a fatigued state. We need to make sure to be smart and give him rest." It could be that Jeff Baker will start over Helton against left-handers next year.

Hopefully this will fix Helton right up and he can become that .330 hitter with 30 HR power again.