San Diego, CA
Padres’ Melvin to return from surgery on Friday
PHILADELPHIA — Supervisor Bob Melvin plans to return to the dugout Friday evening when the San Diego Padres open a three-game collection at San Francisco, the crew mentioned Thursday.
Melvin has been away since having prostate surgical procedure on Could 11. The Padres mentioned no most cancers was discovered. Melvin will journey to San Francisco on Friday morning and rejoin the Padres for the ultimate three video games of a nine-game, three-city journey. That matches the timetable Melvin hoped for when he introduced on Could 10 that he was having surgical procedure.
Bench coach Ryan Christenson managed the crew in Melvin’s absence. The Padres went 4-2 on a swing by means of Atlanta and Philadelphia. Christenson additionally managed three video games on their final homestand, going 2-1.
Melvin was employed away from Oakland on Nov. 1. Christenson was his bench coach there the final 4 seasons.