The Padres are hoping shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. will return May 24, the start of a six-game road trip for the club, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Tatis went to the injured list on April 30 with a hamstring strain, temporarily derailing a phenomenal start to the 20-year-old rookie’s career. The Padres have had the luxury of using Manny Machado at short to fill in for Tatis, but moving the former off third base has left the hot corner to the light-hitting Ty France.
Here’s more on several other household names dealing with injuries…
- Angels left fielder Justin Upton remains a ways off from making his 2019 debut, as he explained to Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register and other reporters Saturday. That’s not surprising, though, considering Upton was slated to miss eight to 12 weeks when he went down with a toe injury at the end of March. While Upton is one of the Angels’ best complements to Mike Trout, his absence hasn’t been ruinous thanks to the surprisingly great offensive production waiver pickup Brian Goodwin has offered in his place.
- Red Sox left-hander David Price will come off the IL to start Monday, manager Alex Cora told reporters, including Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com. Price will end up missing exactly two weeks after heading to the shelf with elbow tendinitis May 6. Before that, Price followed up last fall’s playoff heroics with a 3.75 ERA/3.42 FIP and a career-high 10.5 K/9 across 36 frames.
- Utilityman Aledmys Diaz left the Astros’ game Friday with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain, manager AJ Hinch announced (via Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle). The injury doesn’t seem as if it will require an IL stint, though, as Hinch noted Diaz “could possibly be back as early as next series.” Diaz had been filling in at second base since last weekend, when the team placed starter Jose Altuve on the IL, and produced at a white-hot clip before going down with his own injury. Hinch indicated the Astros will turn to Yuli Gurriel at second and Tyler White at first for however long Diaz is out.
- Athletics designated hitter Khris Davis incurred a left hip injury on May 5, and the issue continues to trouble him nearly two full weeks later, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com relays. Davis said Saturday he’s “not 100 hundred percent,” which caused the Athletics to scratch him from their lineup. Manager Bob Melvin admitted there’s “a little bit of concern” for the 31-year-old Davis, who was eminently durable with the A’s from 2016-18, though he’s hopeful the slugger will be OK by Sunday.
The poor Redsox pitching is finally getting Price back, n he’s been sorely missed. I’m watching the game now n I almost hesitate to say this, but I really do not like Bergman of Houston. Funny I say this but I can’t say that about any other player crept Manny.
Check numbers instead of just slam them with name calling and would see the Sox SP have done excellent turnaround since 2nd week of April and believe were like 3-4th in league since then and Velazquez was admirable giving emergency starts in Price’s place those 2 weeks. maybe not vs houston this evening, but other 3 were decent 3-5IP starts.
It’s all good johnsilver, pasha is a consistent troll, do not expect anything more than name-calling
Name calling? Omg whose the troll?
Road dog , yeah I call the Evil Empire just that, n they in turn call my Redsox the “Golden state Warriors”, y’all take everything so serious, frustrated NYY fans, so yeah that’s name calling…..sheesh
Bregman is awesome
All I said is I don’t like him, but he’s a fantastic player, just don’t like him, as I don’t Manny.
Manny chucks bats at opposing players and always starts problems. Bregman is a class act. His Instagram business is an attempt to make baseball trend for once on social media
Just watch his stroke. Compare it to the greatest hitters of all time. Disciplined, quick and powerful. If you like baseball you’ll see past his social media fueled personality and enjoy watching a great baseball player.
You can’t overlook social media really when you make a JOKE outta another player. It’s what they call bullying, like he did to a fantastic pitcher n person named Nate.
Idk why the padres dont call up Vosler or Quiroz from AAA. They can’t be any worse than Kinsler Garcia and France have been. Kinsler and Garcia should lose their 40 man spots.
That’s so true
Quiroz should get a look
Getting Upton back in the next month or so will hopefully be a lift for the Angel’s line up. Put him behind Ohtani and see how it goes. Now pitching…like always will make or break the season.
Offense has been their biggest problem after 2014. From 2015 through 2017 they were at or near last in almost every offensive category. Last year they were average.
Did the padres just get lucky ( if you want to call it that) with Tatis and get the extra year of service time since he missed time on the DL?
No. You get service time on the DL
Players gain service time while on the Major League IL.