The Padres are inserting third baseman Manny Machado on the 10-day injured checklist, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Machado had been just lately identified with a small fracture in his hand. Infielder/outfielder Brandon Dixon has been recalled in a corresponding transfer.
Machado was hit on his left hand by a pitch on Monday and preliminary X-rays got here again adverse, however a subsequent CT scan revealed the small fracture. The membership took a couple of days to see how the problem developed however have evidently determined to give Machado a little bit of a breather to let him heal up. IL placements could be backdated by three days, which means Machado might be again in every week if he feels higher by then.
The 30-year-old is off to a little bit of a sluggish begin this 12 months, hitting simply .231/.282/.372 by way of his first 170 plate appearances on the season. But he has a .263 batting common on balls in play for the 12 months, effectively under his profession mark of .300 and the .297 league common this 12 months. Given his profession batting line of .280/.339/.489, it will have been honest to anticipate some constructive regression within the weeks to come however that can now have to wait.
It’s not solely clear how lengthy Machado might be sidelined. Manager Bob Melvin mentioned this night that Machado might be again when first eligible for a street sequence towards the Yankees subsequent weekend, via Annie Heilbronn of the Union-Tribune. There’s nonetheless some uncertainty concerning that timeline, although, as the first challenge is whether or not there’ll be an excessive amount of ache for final 12 months’s NL MVP runner-up to grip the bat.
While Machado has been out, the Friars have kicked Ha-Seong Kim over from second to third base. Rougned Odor stepped in at second base twice earlier within the week. Friday evening, the Padres are plugging Dixon into the lineup at first base and transferring Jake Cronenworth again to the keystone. Odor and Dixon determine to obtain the largest uptick in enjoying time for so long as Machado is out.
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