AJ Pollock of the Dodgers suffered a Grade 1 hamstring strain on Friday, per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register (via Twitter). He’s being re-evaluated today. Pollock has been a force for good in Los Angeles this year, slashing .261/.313/.446 with 4 home runs across 99 plate appearances. Matt Beaty or Sheldon Neuse could see time in the outfield if Pollock needs time off. Elsewhere around the National League last night…
- The Padres had a couple of players leave Friday’s game due to injury. Keone Kela left with forearm tightness, always a scary diagnoses. There has been no update as per his status. Austin Nola, meanwhile, only recently returned from the injured list, burst a blood vessel in his hand. The Padres are hopeful that he can return to the lineup as early as today, per Dennis Lin of the Athletic (via Twitter).
- Brent Suter got a spot start for the Brewers on Friday, but he lasted just to the third inning before being removed due to injury. Early reports suggest Suter suffered from cramping in his right calf, per Sophia Minnaert of Bally Sports Wisconsin (via Twitter). That’s potentially a big sigh of relief for Milwaukee. Suter has been effective as a multi-inning reliever out of the pen tossing 16 2/3 innings in 12 outings prior to Friday’s spot start. He has a 2.70 ERA/3.58 FIP on the year with a strong 54.3 percent groundball rate, 22.4 percent strikeout rate, and 6.0 percent walk rate.
Burst a blood vessel sounds way worse than it must be if Nola can return the next day lol. His hand did look terrible right after that HBP.
I’m sure it’s just a capillary rather than a large vein. A ruptured capillary is essentially a bruise. He probably has a little swelling. If it were anything more serious than that, they wouldn’t be talking about returning him to the lineup for today’s game.
Pollack out at least 2 weeks. No Dodger heals quickly.
Notice how they have very very few re injured hamstrings, quads etc after they return? George Springer anyone?
They take the two weeks to properly heal and prevent the next injury. Amazing someone’s complaining about their ability to help players heal
You’re 100% correct.
Slow and sure is how teams should handle injuries to their multi-million dollar players.
We have the depth too.
Let AJ come back strong, Friedman knows what he’s doing.
Price’s hammy aside, amazing there’s a team complaining about another team bunting when down 13. Knee jerk or jerk way to express frustration?
“Pollock has been a force for good…”
So wait, is he a Dodger or a superhero? Maybe both?
Most of his “good” appeared in 1 game in Pittsburgh.
Milwaukee.
Sorry. You’re correct.
Pollock over the last 2 weeks has an OPS of 1.052 and last 7 days his OPS is 968. He’s one of the few people squaring up the ball over the last two weeks
He’s not someone who this team really can afford to subtract.
He’s 6/25 in the past 7 games. Calm down with how good he’s been. 1 game doesn’t make a season. He still k’s more than 25% of the time and is a hazard in the OF. I’ve been watching since 68’. I’ve forgotten more about the Dodgers then you’ll ever know.
I did find the force for good rather odd after the 261/313/446 drop
Guy is hard to watch on defense as well
and I’ve been a fan for nearly 30 years. Congrats. He’s had 4 games since his big game, 2 hitless and 2 games with a hit, plus 2 walks. So he’s reached 4 times in the 4 games since he hit 2 bombs and nearly hit a 3rd against Mil. In that time you’re complaining about, April 29-yesterday, he had a 977 OPS. Pollock can do nothing right for some dodger fans and it’s really unnecessary
Once again. He’s one of the few guys squaring the ball up over the past week. His big game was four days ago! If he goes down, the lineup gets shorter once again and LA is playing their 6th or 7th string OFer. Even if he’s not hitting 300, he’s much better than the alt. That’s why it’s important
Do people really think the “I’ve been a fan since 19XX” means anything to anyone?
It means a perspective that most don’t have.
The dodgers are painful to watch these days. Hasn’t been this way for years. In fact I can’t recall less inspired baseball. Looks like they are going through the motions like they expect to make the playoffs. Maybe in years past but this year, the west is far more competitive. They cannot afford to lose AJ or anyone else for that matter (maybe joe Kelly.)
It makes him think he’s an expert when he knows damn well my point was valid. The gap from Pollock’s 1.000+ OPS over the last 2 weeks and DJ Peters is laughably huge. And that’s why it’s a big injury to LAD currently
But you know, rosters in 1968 were designed and built the same as 2021, so that’s helpful, right? Somehow watching Walter o Malley build a roster in the 70s means he knows the best move for Friedman in 2021 even before he does!
Oh wait, they weren’t designed with the same process even 10 years ago? So who cares other than his ego? Ah yes, no one
Lmfao Desert wants to take away a reliever from this team. How does that help? You haven’t seen enough of the AAA retreads nearly blow a 14 run lead to watch Kelly throw 100? Oh but you’d have to get over whatever problem you have with a grown man you’ve never met?? The struggle
On a plus, this gives Beaty more playing time and he’s already making the most of it since coming back from the alternate site. Doc is going to have a nice problem when AJ, Belli and McKinstry come back.