2023-05-20 03:09:09
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado went on the 10-day disabled list Friday with a cleft left hand.
Machado was hit by a pitch Monday night. His placement on the disabled list was retroactive to Tuesday, and manager Bob Melvin said there’s a chance he might return next week when the Padres play the Yankees in New York.
“He’s getting better, but we have a bad day coming up, we don’t feel like he might play this weekend, we can move back three, so he can come back in New York,” Melvin said before the Padres opened the series once morest the Red Sox. from Boston. “That’s not something you want to rush. He is a boy who can play with pain; we saw it last year. We just want to get ahead of this and hopefully he’s 100% there when we get to New York.”
Like the rest of the Padres’ superstar-studded lineup, Machado hasn’t been able to shine. He is hitting just .231 with five home runs and 19 RBIs.
He has been an All-Star in each of the past two seasons and was second in National League MVP voting last year.
The Padres called up Brandon Dixon, who can play infield or outfield, from Triple-A El Paso.
San Diego has lost nine of 11 games to move into fourth in the NL West, 7 1/2 behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres entered the season with World Series expectations following reaching the National League Championship Series last year.
The Padres also placed righty Seth Lugo on the 15-day disabled list with a right calf strain and called up lefty Ryan Weathers from the same department.
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