Here are various notes on injuries from throughout the game.
- Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval will have Dr. James Andrews examine his injured shoulder on Monday, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe tweets. Last week, a scheduled exam was canceled because Sandoval’s shoulder was too sore, with the idea that Sandoval would attempt to meet with Andrews at a later date. The Red Sox placed him on the disabled list two weeks ago.
- Padres catcher Austin Hedges will have surgery to address a hamate fracture and will likely be out six to eight weeks, tweets MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell. Hedges spent much of 2015 as the Padres’ backup catcher, but this year, he began the season with Triple-A El Paso (where he was hitting quite well in a small sample) after the Friars acquired Christian Bethancourt. Regardless, it sounds like Hedges, who’s still just 23, will miss a significant chunk of development time.
- Rays closer Brad Boxberger, who’s missed the entire season so far after having core muscle surgery in March, has been cleared to resume baseball activities, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Tribune tweets. Boxberger remains on track to return to the Rays in mid-May. Alex Colome has collected four saves in his absence.
- Phillies righty Charlie Morton didn’t receive positive news from an MRI on his injured hamstring on Monday, MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki writes. Morton strained the hamstring on Saturday and was placed on the DL the next day. “Apparently, his MRI wasn’t as good as we were hoping,” says manager Pete Mackanin. “We’re going to see what happens in the next two or three days and see what the next step is. I really don’t know what the next step is, I just know it’s not as good as we were hoping.” Adam Morgan is expected to take Morton’s place in the starting rotation for the time being.
- Dodgers righty Brandon McCarthy threw a bullpen for team officials yesterday, tweets MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick. The throwing session was the latest step in McCarthy’s recovery after having Tommy John surgery early last season.
- Another injured Dodgers starter, Hyun-jin Ryu, threw a 30-pitch bullpen today and could soon begin facing live hitters, ESPN’s Doug Padilla writes. Ryu, who is recovering after having labrum surgery last year, had his throwing program delayed after he suffered a groin strain earlier this month. It’s still unclear when he’ll return, Padilla notes.
- The Dodgers have also announced that they’ve reinstated outfielder Carl Crawford, who had been on the DL for the past two weeks with a back injury. To clear space on their active roster, they optioned righty Zach Lee to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
- Brewers infielder Scooter Gennett was scratched from tonight’s lineup due to oblique tightness, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tweets. There’s no immediate word on the severity of the injury. Gennett is off to a hot start this season, batting .258/.361/.516 this year after mostly struggling in 2015.
“Brandon McCarthy threw a bullpen for team officials yesterday.”
Wow, very impressive, but I hope he puts it back soon.
“Threw a bullpen” is a pretty common phrase in baseball. Maybe you already know that and are making fun of the phrase itself.
Or maybe he just makes zee little joke. Thought it was pretty funny myself.
It’s a yoke
A yoke is a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull. Or maybe I should lighten up a little bit and quit being a grump
And here I thought it was the yellow part of an egg. But we digress.
Gennett is off to a hot start this season, batting .258/.361/.516 this year…. That’s considered a hot start these days? Lol…
Not sure what days you are referring to, an .877 OPS has always been considered good…
Uhh yeah actually. That’s a fantastic line. He’s OPSing .877. In what world is that not a “hot start”.
In the “old-school” fan world where batting average is everything, and he’s batting under .280 so OBVIOUSLY can’t be good :P
Don’t forget the Win-Loss records that pitchers live and die by.
How would that not be a hot start? He’s got 4 home runs so far too, if you’d prefer that. He’s getting on base and hitting for power, seems like a good start to me
That 123 ops tho
Ops * …plus sign supposed to be there
Wow. Scooter already has 10 walks this year- he had 12 all of last year. Small sample, but that’s a pretty impressive improvement. Hope he keeps it up
The Hedges injury is a bummer. I guess any possibilities regarding a possible Norris trade will have to be shelved for now.
Hopefully Norris finds some magic in the next month and starts hitting. Hopefully he also learns how to keep balls from finding the backstop.