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Steven Souza Jr. Out “A Couple Of Weeks” With Pectoral Strain

By Kyle Downing | March 22, 2018 at 8:18pm CDT

Diamondbacks outfielder Steven Souza Jr. has a right pec strain and will open the season on the disabled list, according to manager Torey Lovullo (via Nick Pecoro of AZ Central Sports). Lovullo expects Souza to be out of the lineup for “a couple of weeks, at least.” The soon-to-be 29-year-old Souza left Wednesday’s game after diving for a baseball in the outfield.

Needless to say, this is certainly isn’t what the Diamondbacks had planned for when they acquired Souza in a three-team trade with the Yankees and Rays earlier in the winter. Arizona gave up left-hander Anthony Banda and two players to be named later in order to acquire the free-swinging slugger, who’s coming off his best season as a major-leaguer. Though he managed just a .239 batting average last season (in part due to a 29% strikeout rate), he got on base at a .351 clip and crushed 30 homers while contributing 16 stolen bases for Tampa Bay.

It’s unclear exactly how long the club expects Souza to be out. Lovullo says that the club will “give the injury time to define itself”, which is of course incredibly vague. Zach Buchanan of The Athletic tweets that Lovullo “slipped in” mid-May to a later answer about the outfielder’s timeline. Regardless, it seems almost like good news for Souza, as it was initially thought that he may have suffered a shoulder injury. His absence from the opening day roster will open up an opportunity for more playing time for both Yasmany Tomas and Jarrod Dyson at the start of the season.

Souza was drafted and developed by the Nationals, who picked him in the third round of the 2007 draft, then later traded him to the Padres in exchange for Joe Ross and a player-to-be-named-later that ended up being Trea Turner. The righty-hitting outfielder has played in parts of four major league seasons, slashing .236/.325/.426 for his career to go along with 65 dingers and 35 steals.

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  1. Tiger_diesel92

    4 years ago

    Nats totally gotten a steal out of that trade to get joe Ross and Trea turner. Then the rays totally got burn with him and now the Arizona.

    Reply
    • wrigleywannabe

      4 years ago

      what?

      Reply
  2. T_Rexx2

    4 years ago

    I thought it was a three team trade with the Nationals, Padres, and rays.

    Reply
    • Bert17

      4 years ago

      It was. Sousa went to the Rays; Rays sent Will Meyers to the Padres; and the Padres sent Ross and Turner to the Nats. Rays didn’t do badly, but it was definitely a steal for the Nats.

      Reply
  3. customcrown

    4 years ago

    Big injuries pouring on down…

    SF AZ SEA n TOR

    Reply
    • wiggysf

      4 years ago

      Dodgers lost Turner too

      Reply
  4. Cuso

    4 years ago

    Somebody twisted his nipple

    Reply

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