Crimson Sox middle fielder Adam Duvall has been recognized with a distal radius fracture in his left wrist, supervisor Alex Cora introduced to reporters Monday (Twitter hyperlink by way of Ian Browne of MLB.com). He’ll be positioned on the 10-day injured checklist for now, with the expectation that he’ll miss a number of weeks of motion. The staff doesn’t but have a precise timetable for his anticipated restoration. Infielder Bobby Dalbec is up from Triple-A Worcester instead of Duvall, and utilityman Rob Refsnyder is slated to begin tonight’s recreation in middle discipline.
Duvall exited yesterday’s recreation after making a diving play within the outfield, showing to injure the identical left wrist on which he had season-ending surgical procedure a yr in the past. He’s been not solely the Crimson Sox’ hottest hitter however one of many hottest bats in all of baseball, opening the season with a .455/.514/1.030 batting line and 4 house runs in 37 journeys to the plate.
Whereas nobody will be anticipated to proceed on at that tempo — Duvall is a profession .233/.292/.472 hitter — there have been nonetheless some encouraging positive aspects on this season’s early exhibiting. Duvall’s 25.6% chase fee on pitches of the plate is the bottom of his profession and an enchancment by 10 proportion factors over his profession mark, and his 85.5% contact fee dwarfs his profession mark of 74.2%. Unsurprisingly, given the early enhancements in his strategy, Duvall’s 13.5% strikeout fee is lower than half his profession 28.3% mark.
With Duvall sidelined, it’ll possible fall to Refsnyder and Raimel Tapia to man issues in middle discipline. Refsnyder will get the primary crack at that tonight, with the Sox going through left-hander Jalen Beeks in tonight’s date with the undefeated Rays. Shifting ahead, it’s affordable to count on the left-handed-hitting Tapia to get the vast majority of seems to be on the bigger half of what seems to be like a traditional platoon. If the Sox need to shift Enrique Hernandez from the infield again to the outfield, he’d be an alternative choice in middle.
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