Here’s the latest on some injury situations around baseball…
- The Cubs announced that catcher Willson Contreras has been activated from the 10-day disabled list. Manager Joe Maddon told MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat (Twitter links) and other reporters that Contreras is available to play, though the team will only gradually work him back into the lineup, such as not using Contreras for a full game. Contreras has been sidelined for the last month due to a hamstring strain, which interrupted a very strong season for the 25-year-old. Prior to the injury, Contreras had posted a .274/.342/.519 slash line and 21 homers over 378 plate appearances, spending the bulk of his time at catcher but also playing a few games in both corner outfield and infield spots.
- Dexter Fowler will be out of action “for at least a few days” due to a left knee contusion, MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch reports (Twitter link). Fowler suffered the injury crashing into the outfield wall in pursuit of an Adam Frazier fly ball last night, and Fowler was forced to leave the game. The good news is that an MRI didn’t reveal any structural damage to Fowler’s knee. Fowler as been productive (.255/.356/.470, 15 homers) when he’s been able to play this season, though a variety of injuries has limited the Cardinals outfielder to 436 PA and 106 games.
- Due to what the team described as “general soreness,” Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard won’t throw any simulated innings today, Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News reports. Syndergaard threw three innings in a minor league rehab start on Thursday and was supposed to toss some simulated frames today in the latest step of his recovery process. Syndergaard has missed much of the season due to a partially torn lat muscle, and with the Mets out of contention and few games left on the schedule, any sort of notable setback could end Syndergaard’s chances of returning to the mound in 2017.
- Andrew Heaney left his start last night during the third inning due to shoulder tightness, though the Angels right-hander tells Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register and other reporters that he’s “not very concerned” about the injury. Heaney only just returned from Tommy John rehab in August and has made five starts (to a 7.06 ERA in 21 2/3 IP) for the Halos. A shoulder issue is less of a red flag than an elbow or forearm problem given Heaney’s history, and he said he hopes to soon resume throwing.
Heaney is a Lefty
17 hours since you pointed this out i think they don’t care lol
Was Contreras on the DL from getting burned by Mia Khalifa?
Got heem!
Cards are already ruing the day they signed Dexter Fowler. Not one of the Cards better decisions, to put it mildly
However, he was better than Cecil. Ha! Make you wonder who evaluated the talent, abilities, health, how the player fits in the long term or short term for the Cardinals. Plus, who adds all of that up to determine how much money they are worth and how many years to sign them??? Whoever has been in charge of that for the past 4-5 years has done a terrible job!!!
Lousy comparing a pitcher to an outfielder
And to think the dope “TC” was advocating Thor starting the next tome through the rotation. He pitched 3 innings in double A and was going to toss a short simulated game; and then make a major league start?
What meds does he take? His stupidity is inexplicable.
Starting doesn’t always mean expecting 6 quality innings when the team is out of the playoff picture and playing young kids to see what they have. If what you say is true, then it would likely have been a short pitch and inning limit start since there are no more minor league games for him to participate in. No harm if all was well for him to go into his starting routine and throw a couple innings. Pretty dumb to think otherwise actually. But he is sore and they obviously won’t push him. If he was able to pitch it would be important towards next season but it’s not the be all end all. I’m the first one to question their medical staff but enough with blaming Collins for everything. It’s so damn old from u.