Padres slugger Machado has fracture in left hand, status uncertain

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado has a small fracture in his left hand and the workforce isn’t certain if he would require a stint on the injured listing.

Machado was damage when he was hit by a pitch in Monday evening’s 4-0 win towards the Kansas City Royals. Padres supervisor Bob Melvin stated X-rays that evening didn’t present a fracture, however Machado had a CT scan and MRI on Tuesday that exposed a fractured metacarpal.

After a 4-3 loss to the Royals on Wednesday, the star third baseman was requested if occurring the injured listing is a chance.

“I don’t know. We’ll see,” Machado stated.

The slumping Padres misplaced two of three to the last-place Royals and have dropped 9 of 11 general.

“It’s definitely a tough stretch for us,” stated Machado, who’s hitting .231 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs. “We definitely want to be out there and help this team win in whatever way. It’s just a bummer. It’s not ideal for us right now.”

The Padres are off Thursday earlier than opening a weekend sequence towards the Boston Red Sox.

“The swelling’s gone down tremendously. I definitely have more range of motion today. It’s just a matter of dealing with the pain,” stated Machado, an All-Star every of the final two seasons who was runner-up in NL MVP voting final 12 months.

He stated he hasn’t tried gripping a bit since he obtained damage.

“We’re kind of giving it a couple of days to let the bone heal for a little bit before we move on to something else,” Machado stated.