According to Reds manager David Bell, Reds third baseman Mike Moustakas has trained himself on how to play through pain during his career.
This season, Moustakas missed nearly three months with a heel injury. Then on Wednesday, the Reds placed Moustakas on the 10-day injured list with right foot plantar fasciitis.
It’s been a tough season for Moustakas, who hit .208 in 183 at-bats this season.
“Moose is a very tough guy,” Bell said. “He has a really high pain tolerance. Because of how good of a player he has been for so long, the games that he’s played in, playing in World Series and having long seasons, you get used to playing through things and not really admitting it to yourself or anyone around you.”
Bell said Moustakas reaggravated his heel injury last week when Moustakas fouled a ball off his foot.
After that, in a few conversations with Bell, Moustakas let on that he was in more pain than he had said he had been in.
“At that point, after a few conversations, it kind of came out,” Bell said. “He was on board with it, kind of. He doesn’t want to ever admit or go on the IL. In some ways, I tried to take it out of his hands because I know how much pain he was dealing with.”
