The Tampa Bay Rays positioned 2nd baseman Brandon Lowe on the hurt list on Friday with a stretched oblique, the group revealed. In a matching relocation, the Rays remembered seasoned infielder Niko Goodrum from Triple-A Durham.
Lowe suffered the injury on Tuesday, when he was getting ready for a pinch-hit look. A subsequent MRI exposed a low-grade pressure, recommending that he ought to miss out on weeks rather of months, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
“Pretty fluke,” Rays skipper Kevin Cash informed Topkin. “You actually feel for Brandon. It’s simply regrettable. I do feel bad for him that he worked truly tough.”
Lowe, 29, is a previous All-Star who struck.185/.267/.333 over his very first 8 video games this season. He is, obviously, a far better gamer than that little sample shows. For Lowe’s profession, he’s batted.244/.333/.482 (125 OPS+) with per-162-game averages that consist of 34 crowning achievement, 98 RBI, and 8 taken bases. His contributions have actually deserved a projected 13.5 Wins Above Replacement, per Baseball Reference.
Goodrum, 32, was gotten from the Minnesota Twins in a little trade ahead of Opening Day. He’s seen action in 402 big-league video games for his profession, publishing a. 226/.299/.389 (85 OPS+) slash line all the while. Goodrum will be dressing for his 4th big-league team, having actually formerly had fun with the Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Houston Astros.
Lowe is the current significant Rays gamer to be sidelined by injury. He signs up with a position gamer group that consists of beginning shortstop Taylor Walls; beginning outfielder Josh Lowe (no relation); reserve outfielder Jonny DeLuca, and reserve infielder Jonathan Aranda. The Rays are likewise without a number of crucial beginning pitchers: Shane McClanahan, Drew Rasmussen, Jeffrey Springs, Taj Bradley, and Shane Baz.
Tampa Bay, 7-6 on the young season, will start a seven-home homestand on Friday night with a three-game set versus the San Francisco Giants.