The Rays announced Wednesday that they’ve placed second baseman Brandon Lowe on the 10-day injured list due to a right shin contusion. Lowe, who was only recently named a All-Star replacement, fouled a ball off his shin Tuesday but remained in the game after talking things over with a trainer. Upon singling to left field with a shift-beating grounder, however, he was unable to run down the line and instead limped his way to first base. He exited the game thereafter. First baseman Nate Lowe is up from Triple-A Durham to take his roster spot. Tampa Bay also optioned righty Austin Pruitt to Durham and recalled fellow righty Jake Faria.
Lowe’s placement on the IL is retroactive to July 3, so he’ll be eligible to return to the club next Saturday for a doubleheader against the Orioles. That said, there’s no immediate timetable placed on his return, so it’s possible he’ll require a bit more than the minimum stay on the shelf. His injury initially looked remarkably similar to that of injured All-Star Tommy La Stella, who’ll miss up to 10 weeks with a fracture, so the Rays surely feel fortunate to have dodged that type of blow.
With Lowe on the injured list, the American League once again had an opening on the All-Star roster. Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres has been named to the All-Star team in place of Lowe, per a league announcement.
Shin guards…..they’re all the rage.
Lowe has a shin guard. He fouled it about two inches above the padding, though. Worse — he did the same thing on two consecutive pitches somehow.
I was watching it live, and based on his initial reaction and then his total inability to get down the line, I thought he’d broken something.
Yoan Moncada would be a deserving replacement for Brandon Lowe/Tommy La Stella. Although he has put up his All-Star worthy numbers at 3B for the White Sox this year, Moncada was primarily a second baseman entering this season.
Gleyber better
If Kepler or Torres aren’t the replacement I swear to god…
Can’t argue with that.
I suspect that one of Max Kepler, Gleyber Torres or Yoan Moncada will be named the All-Star replacement. All are deserving of an appearance in 2019, especially the latter two since they are both infielders who can play 2B.
Torres it is, and well deserved!
Trey Mancini as a replacement!! Dudes a stud
Gio!
Ohtani on line 1
From your lips to the Baseball gods ears……not only is Ohtani the most unique talent in my lifetime (and I remember when Godzilla was a lizard), the guy’s got more class in his little pinkie than most MLBers have in their whole body. And no, it’s not an “Asian” thing; Dice-K was a buffoon.
MLB needs to celebrate these guys (Frankie Lindor, Trout, Betts, Judge, and there are others) a whole lot more than they do. And the All Star game is a perfect showcase.
It’s head-scratching at times that MLB doesn’t do a better job of promoting it’s sport.
An example is this year’s HR derby. They were prudent in selecting a budding star in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. but why not also have Eloy Jimenez join him? I do believe that Guerrero will ultimately be the better overall hitter but Jimenez’s power is remarkable. Most of his 14 HR’s this season have been to CF or just to the left or right of it. His bombs have been among the longest in MLB this season and they would have been wise to put this on display for the world to see.
Along with his infectious smile. When Eloy Jimenez smiles, the whole world smiles along with him. We can all benefit from that!
Glyber deserves it this year but last year….
As opposed to his big pinkie?
Have you spent time with both men? You seem to know a lot about their personalities.
I was an All-Star 2nd Baseman in 1961 with an 82 ops+.
No, I don’t know any of these guys personally, but that’s irrelevant on two counts:
1. In the days of insta-media and citizen journalists, it’s less likely players can hide their sins from the public. Moreover, it’s less likely sports “journalists” can be complicitious doing same, for fear of being scooped by a guy sitting at a bar with an I-Phone.
2. Maybe it’s all image; maybe they all beat their wives. But the ability to navigate the social sphere the way these guys have is itself a skill to be appreciated. Frankie Lindor lights up a room; maybe, that comes from a syringe rather than his personality; who knows?
But he still lights up a room.
Lowe dodged a bullet but this also gives him some time to recharge the batteries.