The Marlins will be without outfielder Kyle Stowers for several weeks after he suffered a Grade 1 strain in his left side, manager Clayton McCullough informed reporters (link via Christina De Nicola of MLB.com). He’ll go on the 10-day injured list before tomorrow’s series finale in Boston. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase first reported that Miami will recall Joey Wiemer from Triple-A Jacksonville in the corresponding move.
Stowers felt the discomfort on a swing early in Friday’s game. He stayed in for the rest of the contest but lingering soreness sent him for imaging today. A Grade 1 strain is of the lowest severity, but even relatively minor side/oblique strains can cost hitters upwards of a month. Stowers seems likely to miss most of the remaining schedule.
It’ll hopefully be no more than a blip for Miami’s breakout slugger. Stowers earned his first All-Star selection and has a .288/.368/.544 slash line across 457 plate appearances. He has hit 25 home runs and had a good shot at cracking the 30-homer mark had he stayed healthy. While he’d fallen into a bit of a slump in August, he was the National League Player of the Month in July thanks to a monster .364/.451/.818 showing with 10 longballs in 24 games. That not coincidentally overlapped with Miami’s 15-10 showing last month, offering a hint of Stowers’ ability to carry a lineup when he’s going well.
Dane Myers has spent a good chunk of this season as the starting center fielder. He has ceded playing time since Jakob Marsee was promoted to take the center field job. Myers will probably get more playing time in left field. Wiemer, who was claimed off waivers from the Royals a couple weeks ago, is now in line for his team debut in a rotational corner outfield role.
Future is bright, let him rest and comeback next season, that team is closer than many realize.
Per baseball reference Trevor Rogers is worth 3.7 WAR this year to Stowers’ 3.6. I thought Fish had fleeced the O’s getting Stowers and Norby, guess 2021 was not a fluke for Rogers after all.
never rly fit in with the o’s
he’s having a remarkable turnaround season with miami
I still have a feeling that Miami trades Stowers within the next year or year and a half. It’s just what they seem to do once players start establishing themselves and they start losing years of control. They have some promising young outfield talent, especially with the power Aldermen has and Marse already up now. They have some great pitching coming as well. It’s unfortunate, because they could be a very good team with all the young talent, especially the pitching. With Phillys roster aging and the Mets heading down that road too, some questions in Atlanta, Miami could have a brief opening to do some really exciting things in the foreseeable future if the roster and team are managed properly.
what a strange trade, Stowers is an all-star OF with the Marlins and Trevor Rogers found his A game after three terrible seasons with Miami.
So the trade worked out for both teams? Not so much “strange” as “fortunate”
Hopefully the guy comes back and does the exact same things that he has been doing. As an O’s guy, I kinda see Kjerstad following that same path, don’t think he’ll benefit with sticking with Baltimore but I can see him taking advantage of an opportunity elsewhere.
Watching Stowers rip a pair of doubles last night you’d never know he was in pain. Looks like a solid hitter, hopefully for the Fish he’s not out for long