Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna dislocated two fingers on his left hand during the team’s win over the Red Sox on Tuesday, according to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe. The Braves aren’t sure whether they’ll have to place Ozuna on the injured list. Ozuna was one of the game’s premier hitters a season ago, leading the Braves to re-sign him to a four-year, $65MM guarantee in free agency, but he has been slow out of the gates in 2021. The 30-year-old has hit a disappointing .213/.288/.356 with seven home runs in 208 plate appearances.
- The last thing the Mets need is more negative news on the injury front, but here it is: Third baseman J.D. Davis has returned to New York from his Triple-A rehab assignment “to receive treatment on his left hand from our health and performance team, as well as determine next steps,” according to the club (Twitter links via Anthony DiComo of MLB.com). Davis, who last played May 1, has inflammation and won’t resume his rehab for at least another few days. He’s one of several notable Mets hitters on the IL, with first baseman Pete Alonso, second baseman Jeff McNeil, and outfielders Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo and Kevin Pillar unavailable as well. They’re also missing outfielder Johneshwy Fargas, who suffered a left AC joint sprain Monday. He’s “week to week” and will go on the IL on Wednesday, per manager Luis Rojas.
- Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm suffered a mild ankle sprain in their loss to the Phillies on Tuesday, manager Don Mattingly told Christina De Nicola of MLB.com and other reporters. “We’ll see where he’s at tomorrow,” Mattingly said of Chisholm, who spent time on the IL earlier this season with a strained left hamstring. When healthy, Chisholm has helped lead the Marlins’ offense this year with a .275/.336/.480 line, five home runs and eight stolen bases across 113 trips to the plate.
- Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner strained his left hamstring during their victory over the Pirates on Tuesday, Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun-Times was among those to report. Whether that will lead to a trip to the IL remains to be seen, but Hoerner has already been there this season. He sat out earlier this month with a left forearm strain, but the 24-year-old has otherwise enjoyed a productive campaign. Although Hoerner hasn’t homered in any of his 84 PA, he has batted .338/.405/.432.
Sounds like all the teams in the majors need to go back to group stretching before the game like we did in little league.
At least it wasn’t his selfie hand or the hand that signed the overpaid contract.
Pretty naive comment. JD Davis and his $2.1M award is overpaid? Even if his defense is trash, he’s hit .295/.377/.491 with a 133 OPS+ as a Mets player.
Or…he could be talking about Ozuna.
Could be. My apologies, I somehow skipped the first part and only read JD Davis, Jazz, and Nico.
Ah yes, stretching would for sure stop dislocating of fingers. I forgot.
Early morning reading can be difficult for all of us. Not a lot of people willing to admit when they may have made a mistake, thumbs up from me.
I don’t follow the Braves. Has Ozuna been injured? His stats are so bad when compared to last year. His OPS was nuts last year.
He had a good year. Best year he’ll ever have. It happens.
He can’t hit the Pitch Lab breaking stuff.
He looked atrocious at the plate for the first month+ of the season but seems to be having better swings and at bats lately. He’ll never repeat last year’s production but he’ll be a big piece of the lineup, as intended, once he gets back. Just missed a 3 run homer to dead center last night. Drove in a key run. Please don’t ask me to describe his defense.
Like a few of ATL’s heavy hitters (Freeman esp), a low BABIP suggests he’s been quite unlucky, sitting at .244, but down from an astronomical .391 in 2020. It should level itself out to around .300 considering how he’s still hitting the ball incredibly hard (exit velos still great, like in 2020) and his barrel rate is still very good. But the most important thing is the protection he provides Freeman. I don’t imagine this injury to be that nagging, but who knows in this crazy cruel world.
Nico Hoerner is looking like a building block for the Cubs if he can stay healthy.
Sheesh, Jazz down again.