In consecutive innings on Tuesday night, en route to a 1-run loss, the Toronto Blue Jays lost starting SS David Eckstein for a few days and backup SS John McDonald to an ankle injury. Eckstein is day-to-day and should be back to full fitness in a few days. McDonald could be another story, as he turned his ankle pretty horrifically on what would have been a nice sliding play and had to be carried off the field. He has not yet been placed on the DL, though, and was walking and swinging from a tee yesterday.
It is kind of sad for McDonald, known to Jays fans as "The Prime Minister of Defense" for his incredible glove and fantastic arm. Last year's Fielding Bible placed J-Mac second in MLB Shortstops behind Troy Tulowitzki in Plus/Minus, despite having played only 123 games.
Eckstein was signed as a free agent this year to a 1-year, $4.5M USD contract
McDonald was signed this past offseason to a 2-year, $3.8M USD contract
Fantasy Spin: You may have David Eckstein for his decent OBP and R at a Middle Infielder position. Hold him, he'll be back in the lineup in a few days. It's extremely unlikely that you'd have McDonald, unless you're in a Roto league that counts Zone Rating or a counting league that counts Out of Zone plays. Even still, since he's a backup, it's unlikely you'd have him. If you have him in any other league, you should drop him (but not because of his injury). Get well soon to both of you!
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When it rains, it pours. Toronto CF Vernon Wells will be out for six to eight weeks with a broken wrist.
Wells was hitting .281/.348/.439 with 5 HR so far this year. His loss will hurt the Jays who will have to use Alexis Rios in center and probably platoon Matt Stairs and Shannon Stewart in RF.
Even though they moved Frank Thomas, it looks like the spirit of the Big Hurt lingered in Toronto found a new medium.
oh crap that "which AL player has been the biggest surprise?" has 7 votes, does this mean people are reading (and participating in) this blog? Or did one of us just vote like 3 times?
Injury Update:
Both David Eckstein and John McDonald were placed on the 15-Day DL and should be out until late May or early June.
As far as the poll news goes, we're only allowed to vote once each, right? Then again, how many people do we actually have blogging here, because I feel like 7 votes is like one more person than just us.
well there are 6 but I don't know if all 6 vote. It is possible to like vote from a diff comp or something, I voted like 3 times on one of the polls once, but not this one...
Yeah, unfortunately blogger does let you vote more than once, it's one vote per log in.
Ouch, yeah Toronto is going to have a tough road ahead of them, I believe Accardo is out too.
BTW I'll be putting up a post or two tomorrow, sorry, things have been crazy lately...
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