DETROIT — Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star third baseman Eugenio Suárez hopes he prevented a serious harm when he was hit in the appropriate index finger by a pitch late in Monday evening’s 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
Suárez, who’s a candidate to be traded to a contender, was hit by a 95.6 mph sinker from Will Vest within the ninth inning. He instantly doubled over in ache and rapidly left the sector.
“The excellent news is that the X-rays had been destructive, however it nonetheless clearly harm,” stated Suárez, who was not bending the finger. “There are extra assessments scheduled for [Tuesday] and we’ll go from there. I am going to come again as rapidly as I can.”
The 34-year-old is hitting .248 with 36 homers and 87 RBIs in 104 video games this season — the seventh time he has hit not less than 30 homers within the final eight full seasons.
“He is very powerful and he by no means even winces,” Diamondbacks supervisor Torey Lovullo stated. “When he reacts like that, you realize it is not good.”
Lovullo stated he did not blame Vest.
“I do not assume there was any intent there,” Lovullo stated. “He is one of the vital spectacular hitters in MLB and you do not need to take these kind of gamers off the sector.”
The Diamondbacks are 51-56 and have already signaled they are going to be sellers on the deadline. One of many groups believed to be taken with Suárez is the Tigers. The Venezuelan was signed by Detroit at age 17 and made his debut for the membership in 2014 earlier than being traded to Cincinnati after that season.