Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton exited today’s game, a 7-3 loss to the Mets, after the second inning. Following the defeat, Manager Dave Martinez told Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post that he’s concerned that the veteran Eaton may be dealing with a hamstring issue, after experiencing “back of the knee pain”(link). Eaton has been sent for MRI testing.
It’s inopportune timing for the Nats and troublesome altogether for Eaton. Though the Nats hold a comfortable 3.5-game lead for the primary NL Wild Card spot, a September hamstring injury could preclude Eaton from postseason usage–especially considering the way injuries have dogged the outfielder since his arrival in D.C. via a 2016 trade with the White Sox. That deal, which saw Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, and Dane Dunning go to the South Side from Washington, was largely debrided as an overpay for the Nationals at the time and, with distance, has only come to seem even more lopsided in Chicago’s favor. Though Eaton provided the Pale Hose with a cumulative 13.5 WAR from 2014-2016, he has struggled to stay on the field with the Nationals, with his 2019 representing his high watermark in terms of games played at just 127. Eaton holds a strong .288/.377/.436 line on the year and was coming off of an August that saw him hit .329 with 5 HRs and 26 runs scored in 23 games.
More items of note from around the National League…
- Redhaired Dodgers rookie Dustin May was nailed by a vicious line drive off the bat of Arizona’s Jake Lamb on Sunday, but, fortunately, appears to have avoided serious injury. Manager Dave Roberts told MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick that May is dealing with some neck stiffness but “feels fine” after his intimate encounter with a fast-moving baseball (Twitter link). Meanwhile, Gurnick also relays that pitcher Kenta Maeda will be performing in a bullpen capacity in tonight’s game with the Rockies–which is the same capacity he will be expected to function in moving forward (link). This is a similar usage timeline for Maeda as we saw in 2018, when the Japanese vet moved into a high-leverage relief role beginning on Aug. 14 of that year. In 2019, Maeda’s fourth season with the Dodgers, the righty has logged a 4.11 ERA, 3.96 FIP, and 9.72 K/9 across 26 starts.
- With Zack Greinke wearing Astros colors these days, the Diamondbacks will likely be looking to youngster Luke Weaver to lead their pitching staff in coming seasons. After arriving in Phoenix along with catcher Carson Kelly in the deal that sent Paul Goldschmidt to St. Louis, the 26-year-old Weaver flummoxed opposing hitters in his first 11 starts as a D’Back this year. His 9.82 K/9 rate and 2.02 BB/9 rate pairing were fuel for a solid 3.03 ERA over 62.1 innings, but many feared the worst when the righty went down with an elbow injury in May. Since being diagnosed with a mild right flexor pronator strain and a mild right UCL sprain, Weaver has been working on a rehab regimen that, on Monday, called for him to throw a 21-pitch simulated game before his team’s game with the Padres. MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert passes word from manager Torey Luvollo regarding that sim game, with the skipper saying that Weaver’s pitches “had life” and that this episode in Weaver’s rehab represents “extremely encouraging news”. The team is expected to determine next steps depending on how the pitcher feels following today’s exercise.
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With today’s game, Eaton has played in 128 out of 136 games for Washington this year! For today’s players that amount of games makes Eaton a Lou Gehrig like “iron man”!!! The use of the word “just” in front of 127 games by the writer is very misleading and should not have been used! Eaton has played in 94% of Washington’s games in 2019!!! Now if he did not play another game this year because of this injury then it would be fair to use the word “just”!!
They meant that the 127 is Eaton’s high water mark for his nationals career not that it was a low amount for the current year
Evidently you did not understand what I wrote…The writer wrote, “…his 2019 representing his high watermark in terms of games played at “just” (my emphasis )127. My point is that the writer should not have used the word “just” because it makes it appear that 127 games is not very many for this year even though Eaton has played in 94% of Washington’s games so far! Like I said above, if 128 is all he ends up playing then use of the word “just” would be correct!!! But now it’s not! The season is not over!! He can still play in potentially 26 more games to bring his total to 154!!!
“That deal, which saw Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, and Dane Dunning go to the South Side from Washington, was largely debrided as an overpay for the Nationals at the time and, with distance, has only come to seem even more lopsided in Chicago’s favor. ”
Is the word “debrided” used properly here? I thought this was a medical term.
You’re correct. The word here should have been derided – as in derision.
Why would you write “Redhaired” rookie Dustin May??? Because he’s white, it’s ok to make reference to a certain feature that stands out? Are you going to describe a player of a different ethnicity by their distinct feature? Uhhhh NO. You shouldn’t be doing it to him. He said he likes Big Red, or maybe just refer to him as Dustin May in future articles.
Uhhhhh, okay. Justin Turner is often called “the red dream” (by Jerry Hairston, at least) and I don’t remember anyone getting all hot and bothered by that, or by him being connected to the “Animal” muppet. You need to readjust your outrage detector.
Guess you’re missing my point. The writer didn’t use it as a nick name, but as a description of the person. How many articles have you read that has a writer describing a person of color by their specific features? Ready Go
You mean like, tall, short, lean, lanky, stocky, dreadlocked, bearded, and so on? Around thousands of times, but why keep track of such nonsense?
Yes, I am missing your point. I suspect everyone is.