Padres slugger Machado headed to injured list with fractured left hand

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado was positioned on the 10-day injured checklist Friday due to a hairline fracture in his left hand.

Machado was hit by a pitch Monday night time. The transfer was backdated to Tuesday and supervisor Bob Melvin stated there’s a risk Machado can return when the Padres play on the New York Yankees subsequent weekend.

“It’s getting better, but we’ve got an off day coming up, we didn’t feel like he could play this weekend, we can backdate it three, so he’d be able to come back in New York,” Melvin stated earlier than the Padres opened a sequence in opposition to the Boston Red Sox. “That’s not something you want to push on top of that. He’s a guy that can play in pain; we saw it last year. We just want to get ahead of this thing and hope he’s 100% when we get to New York.”

Like the remainder of the superstar-studded Padres lineup, Machado is struggling, hitting simply .231 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs. He was an All-Star every of the final two seasons and was runner-up in NL MVP voting final 12 months.

The Padres recalled infielder/outfielder Brandon Dixon from Triple-A El Paso.

The Padres have misplaced 9 of 11 to tumble into fourth place within the NL West, 7 1/2 video games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego entered this season with World Series expectations after reaching the NL Championship Series final 12 months.

The Padres additionally positioned right-hander Seth Lugo on the 15-day IL with a proper calf pressure and recalled left-hander Ryan Weathers from El Paso.