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Diamondbacks Place Nick Ahmed On 60-Day Injured List

By Anthony Franco | June 9, 2022 at 8:38am CDT

The D-Backs announced last night that Nick Ahmed has been placed on the 60-day injured list. The club announced his diagnosis as right shoulder inflammation.

Ahmed had been on the COVID-19 list for three weeks, so he hadn’t been occupying a spot on the 40-man roster. He’s apparently recovered from the virus, but his shoulder issue will prevent him from playing for at least a couple months. Rather than designate someone for assignment to clear a 40-man spot, the Diamondbacks simply placed Ahmed on the 60-day IL.

The news doesn’t come as much of a surprise, as the veteran shortstop was recently shut down from his rehab process due to shoulder soreness. He’s set to visit noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache next week to gauge his treatment options, writes Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. If he were forced to go under the knife, Ahmed would almost certainly not return this season. Even if he’s able to pursue a non-surgical rehab course, it doesn’t seem there’s much chance he’ll be in game shape in the foreseeable future.

Ahmed’s right shoulder has given him problems dating back to 2020. He played through the issue for most of last season but eventually landed on the IL during the final week of the year. Ahmed was still bothered this spring, receiving a pair of cortisone injections and missing the first 15 days of the regular season. He returned to appear in 17 games before his COVID diagnosis, and the shoulder issues have again arisen during his rehab process.

The physical limitations seemed to take their toll on Ahmed last year, as he struggled through one of the worst seasons of his career. The Massachusetts native hit only .221/.280/.339 across 473 plate appearances, offense that checked in 36 percentage points below league average by measure of wRC+. Ahmed has always been a glove-first player, but that was easily his worst showing at the plate since 2016.

The 32-year-old is under contract through 2023 under the terms of an extension he signed in February 2020. He’s making $7.875MM this season and will receive a $10.375MM salary next year, a lofty enough sum the D-Backs aren’t likely to find a trade partner while he’s battling shoulder problems.

In Ahmed’s absence, the D-Backs have relied primarily on 22-year-old Geraldo Perdomo at shortstop. The switch-hitter has a .223/.337/.302 line across 164 plate appearances. Perdomo has long been regarded as one of the better prospects in the organization, so the club will probably continue to give him regular run for evaluative and developmental purposes so long as Ahmed is out.

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  1. LordD99

    8 months ago

    “Ahmed had been on the COVID-19 list for three weeks…”
    ——

    Did they manipulate MLB’s Covid rules to keep an additional 40-man spot?

    Reply
    • AverageCommenter

      8 months ago

      Partially, but he had a setback in a rehab from COVID, so it’s allowed. Teams do this stuff all the time.

      Reply
      • AverageCommenter

        8 months ago

        Plus, he isn’t taking up a 40-man spot either way.

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  2. highheat

    8 months ago

    “Ahmed’s right shoulder has given him problems dating back to 2020.”

    “The 32-year-old is under contract through 2023 under the terms of an extension he signed in February 2020.”

    Good thing they did something about the shoulder when it started becoming a problem /s

    Reply
  3. scottaz

    8 months ago

    The saying is “Ignorance is bliss”, but it seems it is also license to make ludicrous, self-aggrandizing comments.

    Reply
  4. sufferfortribe 2

    8 months ago

    The future is still a long ways off……in Low-A.

    Reply
  5. Angels & NL West

    8 months ago

    scottaz, you are the official D-backs expert on this site. If I recall, the D-backs have wanted Ahmed to do something about his shoulder for some time, but have deferred to Ahmed who has attempted to recover via non-surgical solutions. Is my memory correct on that?

    Reply
    • highheat

      8 months ago

      Not Scott, but he did try PRP, Cortisone, rest, and rehab with the team maintaining the narrative that “Nick knows his body”.

      Turns out Nick doesn’t know his body.

      Reply

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