GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - Shin-Soo Choo will be examined by team doctors at the Cleveland Indians' spring training camp on Tuesday.
The outfielder complained of a sore left triceps last week while playing for South Korea in Japan during the World Baseball Classic. Choo had ligament transplant surgery in his left elbow in 2007, but a Korean spokesman said Thursday that its team doctors attributed the soreness to the climate change from training camp in Hawaii to the cooler Japan."This will give our people a chance at taking a look at Choo," Indians manager Eric Wedge said.
Choo did not play Monday when South Korea defeated defending champion Japan 1-0 in pool play. He is 1-for-7 with a walk and three runs in three tourney games.
The Indians and South Koreans had agreed before the tournament that Choo would sit out one game in each round. It also was stipulated that he could play the outfield only once in the first round. In the second round, he can appear in the outfield in two games and they must not be consecutive.
The South Koreans will train in Arizona for their second-round play at Petco Park in San Diego.
Choo opened the 2008 season on the disabled list. He rejoined the Indians on May 31 and hit .309 with 14 homers and 66 RBIs in 94 games.
The Indians said Choo did not experience any soreness this year before leaving Feb. 24 to join his countrymen.
"If he had, we wouldn't have let him leave," general manager Mark Shapiro said.
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