Wrist fracture sends Padres' Jake Cronenworth to injured list; Matthew Batten recalled from Triple-A El Paso
Jake Cronenworth went down immediately when a 93 mph sinker from Andrew Chafin hit him on the wrist Friday night in the ninth inning of a 7-3 loss to the Brewers.“I felt like it was broke,” Cronenworth said.The Padres infielder, who wore a large cast on his right arm Saturday, was placed on the 15-day injured list. Infielder Matt Batten was recalled from Triple-A El Paso to fill a roster spot that Cronenworth hopes to reclaim if the Padres can overcome long odds to forge a postseason run.
“It sucks,” Cronenworth said. “I want to be out there with my teammates and playing and help us to get the playoffs.” Even with those odds shaved to 7.8 percent after Friday’s loss, according to ESPN, Cronenworth does hold out hope the team can finish strong to return to October.Cronenworth said said there will be more clarity on whether he needs surgery in the coming days. But he recalled a wrist fracture in 2015 healing in about six weeks.
Cronenworth has played in 127 of the Padres’ 129 games, starting 124 of those. Only Juan Soto has played in more games for the Padres this season. Cronenworth is batting .229 with a .670 OPS, both well below career numbers coming in. But he has batted .267 with a .749 OPS in 45 games since July 3.This story will be updated.starts, the 26-year-old is getting his second start of the season. Avila threw four innings of one-run ball in his first start at Coors Field on Aug. 1. He has penned a 28-to-9 strikeout to walk ratio over 23 innings and has allowed just one home run this year.
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