BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip.
Roberts made the announcement Sunday, one day after beginning a rehabilitation assignment with Class A Aberdeen.
Roberts says the injury didn’t improve in the fashion he would have hoped. He expects to have the operation in the next seven or 10 days.
Following a rehabilitation period of four to six months, Roberts intends to work toward returning to the Orioles in 2013.
