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Scott Rolen Done For The Year? [UPDATE]

Is Scott Rolen done for the year?  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty thinks so.

Five days after Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen sought a second opinion about his problematic left shoulder from a Cincinnati orthopedic, general manager Walt Jocketty sounded a more pessimistic tone Wednesday about the All-Star's availability for the team's final 42 regular-season games as well as the postseason.

Rolen was examined Friday by Dr. Timothy Kremchek and presented with "a series of recommendations" that includes immediate season-ending surgery, according to a source familiar with Rolen's case.

"I think we still don't know where he is physically," Jocketty said. "We know he's not anywhere close to coming back (or) whether he will be back before the end of the season. We're getting to a point where he's going to have to start playing to be ready to play the rest of this year. It's really hard to determine at this point."

UPDATE: The AP is now reporting that Rolen will require a second surgery, which would almost certainly shut him down for the balance of the season and the postseason.

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