The Marlins introduced that outfielder Dane Myers suffered a fracture in his left ankle on Saturday. Myers will go to a foot specialist to find out the severity of the harm, although the excellent news is that surgical procedure isn’t anticipated to be required. Craig Mish of the Miami Herald writes that for now, Myers will miss roughly 6-8 weeks. An official injured-list placement for Myers may happen at any level through the All-Star break, or at the least previous to the Marlins’ first sport after the break on Friday.
The harm occurred in ignominious trend, as Myers harm his ankle by kicking the clubhouse door in frustration on Saturday. Myers had been ejected within the eighth inning of the Marlins’ 10-6 loss to the Reds after vehemently arguing a third-strike name from residence plate umpire Derek Thomas.
“I took a swipe on the door with my foot, and I didn’t assume I kicked it that onerous, however I fractured my foot,” Myers informed MLB.com and different media. “That’s one thing you need to do as a professional. It’s the final lacking piece in my sport: staying level-headed and never letting the feelings take over.”
A sixth-round choose for the Tigers within the 2017 draft, Myers didn’t get a glance within the huge leagues till 2023, after Miami had claimed him off waivers from Detroit through the 2022-23 offseason. Myers appeared in 22 video games and hit .269/.286/.358 over 70 plate appearances final 12 months and was performing properly with extra taking part in time this season — a .265/.337/.422 slash line and two residence runs over 95 PA in 40 video games.
With the Marlins in full rebuild mode, it stands to cause that Myers would’ve continued to earn much more taking part in time as soon as some extra veterans had been cleared off the roster. Particularly, supervisor Skip Schumaker mentioned that Myers can be getting extra time in middle discipline even previous to the commerce deadline since Jazz Chisholm Jr. will now be deployed extra typically as a second baseman. Even with Myers now sidelined, Schumaker mentioned the crew received’t be altering its plans with Chisholm, which solely provides to the hypothesis that Chisholm’s place change is supposed as a possible showcase for commerce suitors prematurely of July 30 commerce deadline.
