The Giants have been without offseason signee Mitch Haniger thus far. The veteran outfielder opened the season on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain. He tells Evan Webeck of the San Jose Mercury News his recovery timeline was slightly delayed by recent back tightness, which shut him down for around a week (Twitter link). Haniger is back to hitting off a tee now but still a bit off from potentially beginning a minor league rehab assignment.
With Haniger out of action, the Giants have pushed Rule 5 draftee Blake Sabol into left field alongside Mike Yastrzemski and Michael Conforto. Sabol and Roberto Pérez are the only catchers on the active roster. Pérez left this afternoon’s loss to Kansas City with a right shoulder strain (as relayed by Maria Guardado of MLB.com), which could necessitate a roster move if he’s unavailable in the coming days.
In other injury situations around the game:
- The Brewers lost Tyrone Taylor to a sprained right elbow at the start of Spring Training. Milwaukee announced at the time that Taylor would be sidelined into May. Manager Craig Counsell informed reporters today the outfielder recently had a minor setback and is midway through a week-long shutdown before he resumes a throwing program (via Adam McCalvy of MLB.com). It’s unclear to what extent Taylor’s recovery timetable is delayed but it doesn’t seem a significant concern. Milwaukee turned to Brian Anderson in right field with Taylor sidelined. After the Brew Crew lost third baseman Luis Urías to an Opening Day hamstring strain, they moved Anderson to the hot corner and brought up top prospect Joey Wiemer to man right field.
- Yankees skipper Aaron Boone provided reporters (including Chris Kirschner of the Athletic) an update on a pair of rehabbing pitchers this afternoon. Luis Severino, who has been sidelined by a lat strain, will throw a bullpen session this weekend. Offseason free agent pickup Carlos Rodón will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Rodón was diagnosed with a mild forearm strain during Spring Training, though the Yankees downplayed any long-term concern.
- The Mariners provided updates on a pair of injured position players this afternoon (relayed by Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times). Utilityman Dylan Moore and outfielder Taylor Trammell are both going to start participating in extended spring training games at the start of next week. Manager Scott Servais indicated that Moore could potentially return during the club’s April 14-23 homestand. Trammell is further behind, as he fractured the hamate bone in his right wrist in mid-February. That robbed him of any Spring Training reps; Moore also didn’t appear in any exhibition games but he’d done some backfield work before straining his oblique in mid-March.
MOM!
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I always like the ‘Wow!’ comments. They make me laugh lol
Agree. Love the WOW’s and all its permutations.
Wow-WEE-Hee-HEE-Hee-HEE!
When will they give Volpe the Rookie of the Year award?
When Volpe has a son and makes the major league’s. That award is going to O’Hoppe 😉
When he earns it?
Aaah. In three years he’ll be bussing tables at the I’Hoppe. Volpe’s got it sewn up.
Is it me or are there way more dl/il stints than ever before?
Manfred will need to intervene in the best interest of the game… he needs to award the number 1 pick to the Yankees and not let a powerhouse team that is dominating the league get the number 1 overall pick. That is just rewarding the elite. Pirates are on a roll.
What?
“..a powerhouse team that is dominating the league…” I know the Pirates are off to a good start, but I think the team you’re looking for are the Devil Rays. Although I agree with you, let’s just give everything to the Yankees. They’ve already been on national TV at least twice already while the Astros have been on only once. It’s also two more times than the Braves, Mets and Dodgers.
Pirates do not even have the best record in their division.
Joey Bart can’t get back fast enough. I wonder if Austin Wynns will be starting in SF on Sunday. Hopefully Bart is in the lineup Monday.
Baseball Karma swinging the Brewer’s way. Injuries can sometimes make managers look so good. Without them, Weimer doesn’t get called up and Turang plays sparingly at best. Now we have 2 spots in the lineup that battle every single pitch. What a difference!
Yep. Look at the bottom of the order last night. Mitchell, Anderson, Weimer and Turang did most of the damage. Contreras is doing well too. Good to see early in the season.
I see MLB setting an early record for injuries this year
La Stella is loooooong gone when DMo gets healthy. Thanks for the early season abs, man. Now make like a tree