The Pirates seemingly made it through a scare today after outfielder Gregory Polanco was carted off the field following a collision with the wall. As Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review first tweeted, Polanco escaped with only a sprained ankle. Still, the severity isn’t quite clear and may not be until the joint responds overnight. As Stephen Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tweets, Polanco did require a walking boot after the game.
Here are some more injury updates from around the game:
- Some fears were seemingly put to rest for Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia after an X-ray on his wrist came back clean, as Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald was among those to report. But Pedroia, who was injured in a collision while running to first base, has yet to undergo an MRI. The team is sending him back to Boston for a closer look tomorrow morning, with his status to be assessed thereafter.
- The Blue Jays will welcome back starter J.A. Happ from the DL tomorrow, as Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports on Twitter. Happ, 34, was sidelined after his third start of the year with elbow inflammation. He had recorded twenty strikeouts against four walks in his first 16 innings on the year after racking up 195 frames of 3.18 ERA ball in 2016.
- There are some updates on notable injured Mets players, courtesy of Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News. Closer Jeurys Familia says he is “feeling good” and thinks he can resume throwing within about two weeks — possibly setting up a return as soon as late August. Both Steven Matz and Seth Lugo, meanwhile, will take additional rehab starts before returning to the majors. They are said to be slated for the rotation, with Robert Gsellman expected to move to the bullpen. Meanwhile, star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is looking at another week or ten days before he’s back, though the team is treading carefully. The current issue — not his hamstring, for which he originally went on the DL, but his quadriceps — is apparently tied to the injury that kept Cespedes out of action for a stretch last year.
- As for the division-rival Nationals, the bench got some good news today. Stephen Drew made it back from the DL today after a long layoff for a hamstring strain, as Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com reports. And it seems that Chris Heisey may be ready to return much more quickly than seemed likely when it was learned that he had a torn biceps tendon. Heisey is already on a rehab assignment, in fact, since it turns out he can essentially play through the injury. As manager Dusty Baker put it: “Boy, if you’re going to get hurt, I guess you gotta hurt something that you really don’t need.”
- Twins outfield prospect Daniel Palka is out “indefinitely” after suffering a fractured left index finger, as Triple-A Rochester PR official Nate Rowan tweets. The 25-year-old has shown big-time power in the minors, but also swings and misses with some frequency. He has yet to conquer the highest level of the minors; through 171 plate appearances this year, he owns a .261/.316/.452 batting line with eight long balls.
> He had recorded twenty strikeouts against four walks in his first 16 innings
Actually, it should read, “He had recorded twenty strikeouts against four home runs and zero walks in his first 16 innings”
Would Justin Wilson for Yusniel Diaz and Trevor Oaks work out?
Other teams might be able to do better but that seems like a decent deal on its surface.
as a dodgers fan that hurts to give up but with the way Wilson is pitching it seems about right
With Petey out, Hanley will increase his antics a few notches. Where’s Papi?
Promoting his book blaming The NY Times leaking his PED positive test results and of course denying..what a tangled web!
I think Ortiz cultivated the image of a leader with well-timed methods, but remained mostly focused on himself.
When & who do the Saux throw at for being in Pedies way at 1b?
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First of all they won’t throw at anyone. Second I wonder if the Sox bring someone in from outside of the organization to help fill PDs absence. Personally I would like to have them use Marrero at 2nd but his defense might be too good at third to move him away and I just don’t see Rutledge as a long term replacement for PD if he does have to miss some time, which hopefully isn’t the case
Waiting for Red Sox to throw at Abreu for intentionally injuring Pedroia, only to have Pedroia throw his teammates under the bus again (“it’s not me, it’s them”).
Hey pedroia was in the right there. If his teammates are going to act like idiots, they can hang out to dry like idiots.
So if Pedroia goes on the 10 day DL , does JF go with two sure outs –Rutledge and Marero or does he finally bring up Dominguez to play 3 B and Court to play 2 B.
John go with the bats for a change..