The Dodgers will place outfielder Yasiel Puig on the 10-day disabled list, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times tweets. Puig’s 25-man spot will go to right-hander Brock Stewart, whom the Dodgers have recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Stewart could start Monday for the Dodgers, as left-hander Rich Hill is dealing with an infection on his injured finger and isn’t ready yet to return from the DL, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.
Puig exited the first game of the Dodgers’ doubleheader in San Francisco on Saturday after suffering hip and left foot injuries (the latter problem came after he fouled a ball off his foot). He’s now dealing with a hip pointer and a bruised foot, per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com.
These injury issues continue what has been a disappointing year so far for Puig, who hasn’t been able to build on a bounce-back 2017 to this point. Puig has racked up 96 plate appearances this season and slashed a subpar .193/.250/.250 (43 wRC+) with no home runs. His absence may keep top prospect Alex Verdugo on the roster (he started in right in Puig’s place Saturday night), but the Dodgers also have Joc Pederson and Enrique Hernandez on hand as corner outfield options.
The Dodgers should be running Toles/Taylor/Verdudo imo. Then again Kemp hasn’t been bad either. Just keep Verdugo up lmao
Maybe platoon toles and kemp
I know that even without Puig LA still has an OF logjam, but I’m surprised they haven’t brought Toles up yet. Seemed like the organization was pretty high on him before his injury. If he could play a decent 3B I’m sure the Dodgers would have him there now.
Rich Hill dealing with an infection on his finger? I’ve heard of blister issues.. infection is a new one Lol
Anyway.. Good luck Puig. Fluke injury
Blisters can get infected if not treated properly. Continuing to throw then the skin breaks Etc.
I had one on the back of my heel/Achilles that would never get right and dry up. Every time I played basketball it would rub on the shoe and bleed and become a deep cavity as the skin wore away. Actually became a dangerous thing.
He didn’t have a blister this time, it was a cracked fingernail. How a cracked fingernail could develop into an infection is a good question. Looks less like a real medical condition and more like another creative use of the DL to lengthen out the rotation.
Thanks for the clarification
lol? Really? Come on, grow up
Hey Mr. baseballnerdom, have you ever heard of any MLB pitcher going on the DL because of an infection?
You’re the self-anointed baseball nerd, but I call it like I see it. It’s uncommon! “Grow up” I said nothing wrong. Reason I brought up blisters, is because it’s a far more common potential injury for pitchers
Haven’t heard of it, still doesn’t explain why you think a player getting hurt is funny. If u didn’t mean it that way than just ignore this
Ligten up, francis. I’m not wishing for his career to end. My opinion wouldn’t change be it Rich hill or anyone else.
I said “lol” (assuming that’s the reason, why you’re so hurt) because “infection” is a new one. I didnt know was caused by cracked fingernail (Thanks, BlueSky) it’s not a serious injury.
If I was disrespectful to Hill any way, LA would have had my *** for disrespecting his player. 😉 Lighten up, francis!
Oh, sorry I guess that’s just the Dodgers manipulating the DL again. Hopefully hill is perfectly fine
Npp
Verdugo had 2 hits yesterday in game 2. Can you say Wally Pipp?
Sure, but why?
Cuz Puig sucks is why. He’s a hole in the line up, can’t make adjustments 6 years into the league and he is who he is…. a league average RF, who can play D and has a great arm but has no clue at the plate.
I was more wondering about the Wally Pipp reference.
Anyway, Puig’s futility this year has hasn’t totally erased my memory of his solid performance at the plate last year. With this Swiss cheese lineup it doesn’t make a lot of sense to fixate on any one player. The entire team is a catastrophe.
“A league average RF” who won the Defensive Player of the Year for 2017… and what are his Defensive Stats a month into the 2018 season?
He has a Fielding % of 1.000 in the month of April…..
With more Defensive highlight reels on espn and mlb network then any other RF’r in baseball. lol
With more Defensive Highlight reels on the “Baseball” and Sport Networks then any other Right Fielder in Major League Baseball…
Average? lol
When you throw in a .193 BA and 25%+ k rate, he’s average.
Oh and .167 in the World Series
Which was better than Bellinger but not quite as good as Seager.
You comment is laughable
The actual WS lines for the three.
Bellinger: .143/.172/.393/.565
Puig: .148/.179/.370/.549
Seager: .222/.290/.370/.661
Still laughing?
Its laughable that you’d even mention Puig in the same sentence with them. They’re core players you build around. No ones building anything around Puig.