MLB Team Report – Miami Marlins – INSIDE PITCH
Slugger Giancarlo Stanton took another step in his recovery from a hamstring injury Wednesday when he took live batting practice at Marlins Stadium.
“He looked good, like he was feeling alright,” Marlins manager Mike Redmond told the Miami Herald. “I didn’t ask him afterward; I’m just going off the results. He was hitting them out. It’s another encouraging sign that he’s a little closer to being back on the field.”
Since his injury April 29, Stanton had been limited to hitting in the batting cage.
Redmond said that Stanton will also begin “light jogging and baseball activities within the next few days,” although there remains no timetable on when the slugging outfielder will begin a minor-league
rehabilitation assignment.
“We want to make sure that he’s 100 percent and we have him for the rest of the year,” Redmond said. “We don’t want to rush him.”
Although they don’t want to rush him, the Marlins sure could have used his bat Wednesday, when they were shut out, 3-0, by Cliff Lee and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Stanton is one of 11 Marlins players on the disabled list, the latest being outfielder Matt Diaz.
Diaz was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday, retroactive to Sunday, with a bone bruise on his left knee.
Diaz said he hurt the knee May 7 in San Diego when he lost his footing while running on wet turf.
“I put on the brakes and my legs slipped out from under me. It grabbed and it got real tight that game,” said Diaz, who is just 3-for-18 (.167) in 10 games this season.
Diaz said the pain went away after a few days, but the knee still didn’t feel right and he couldn’t run with maximum speed.
The Marlins called up first baseman Jordan Brown from Triple-A New Orleans.
Brown, a left-handed hitter, was Redmond’s teammate with the Cleveland Indians in 2010.
Brown hit .230 in 26 games for the Indians that year in his only major league stint. He was batting .261 for New Orleans this year.
First basemen Logan Morrison and Joe Mahoney were scheduled to start rehabilitation assignments this week with Class A Jupiter. When they return next month, the Marlins will be able to use Greg Dobbs as a pinch hitter.
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MLB Team Report – Miami Marlins – NOTES, QUOTES
RECORD: 13-34
STREAK: Lost two
PAST 10 GAMES: 2-8
NEXT: Marlins (Tom Koehler, 0-2, 2.82) at White Sox (TBD)
PLAYER NOTES:
–1B Logan Morrison, who is nearing a return from the 60-day disabled list for his knee injury, will play four more rehab games with Single-A Jupiter — three at first and one as a DH — according to manager Mike Redmond. After those outings, he’s scheduled to get bumped up to Double-A Jacksonville on Monday. The Marlins are hopeful he could rejoin the major league club by the end of next week.
–RHP Tom Koehler will make the first interleague start of his career as the Marlins travel to the south side of Chicago to start a three-game set against the White Sox. In Koehler’s last start he gave up a leadoff home run to Arizona’s Gerardo Parra and took a 1-0 loss against the Diamondbacks after going six innings and striking out a career-high seven batters.
–RHP Kevin Slowey left Wednesday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies prior to the sixth inning with a left lat strain and is listed as day-to-day. He gave up one run — on a solo homer to Delmon Young — in his five innings of work. He’s allowed one run or less in five of his six starts against NL East opponents and has a season ERA of 3.30, but with no run support from the Marlins bats, he possesses a 1-5 record.
–RF Marcell Ozuna extended his career-long hitting streak to eight games after going 1-for-4 Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies and being one of just three Marlins to register a hit off LHP Cliff Lee. The rookie leads the team with a .304 batting average.
–2B Derek Dietrich singled in the ninth inning of Philadelphia Phillies’ LHP Cliff Lee’s complete-game shutout against the Marlins to extend his streak of reaching base safely in every career game to 12.
–RF Giancarlo Stanton took batting practice for the first time since going on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. There is still no timetable as to when Stanton could begin a rehab assignment
QUOTE TO NOTE: “He thought that maybe he was going to work through it but got out there and felt it. We just wanted to make sure to get him out of there. He seems to think he’ll be all right. We’ll re-evaluate him the next couple of days and see where he is.” — Manager Mike Redmond on RHP Kevin Slowey, who left his start early Wednesday.
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MLB Team Report – Miami Marlins – ROSTER REPORT
MEDICAL WATCH:
–RHP Kevin Slowey (lat strain) left a May 22 start against the Philadelphia Phillies prior to the sixth inning. He is listed as day-to-day.
–LF Matt Diaz (left knee bone contusion) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 19.
–RF Giancarlo Stanton (strained right hamstring) went on the 15-day disabled list April 30. He did some light stretching and throwing on the field before the May 15 game, and he is scheduled to take batting practice on May 22. He’s still likely out until June as he has yet to begin running.
–1B/LF Logan Morrison (surgery to repair a torn right patella tendon in September 2012) went on the 60-day disabled list March 31. He began a rehab assignment with Class A Jupiter on May 20.
–INF Chris Valaika (broken left wrist) is expected to miss four-to-six weeks after fracturing his wrist May 6. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 8. He had surgery where two pins were inserted into his broken left wrist on May 10.
–2B Donovan Solano (strained left intercostal muscle) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 4.
–1B Joe Mahoney (strained right hamstring) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 28. He began a rehab assignment with Class A Jupiter on May 21.
–RHP Henderson Alvarez (right shoulder inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on May 7. He threw 20 pitches off a mound on May 21. He threw bullpen sessions April 12 and 17 and threw 30 pitches in a batting-practice session April 23 in Jupiter, Fla. He threw 45 pitches on April 28 and was shut down after feeling soreness.
–1B Casey Kotchman (left hamstring strain) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 4. He was transferred to the 60-day DL on May 8.
–RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right shoulder inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on April 18. He is scheduled to throw a bullpen session May 25.
–RHP Jose Ceda (Tommy John surgery in April 2012) went on the 60-day disabled list March 31 after suffering a setback in spring training.
–OF Alfredo Silverio (Tommy John surgery in May 2012) went on the 60-day disabled list March 31.
ROTATION:
RHP Ricky Nolasco
RHP Kevin Slowey
LHP Wade LeBlanc
RHP Alex Sanabia
RHP Jose Fernandez
BULLPEN:
RHP Steve Cishek (closer)
RHP Ryan Webb
LHP Mike Dunn
RHP AJ Ramos
RHP Chad Qualls
RHP Tom Koehler
LHP Duane Below
CATCHERS:
Rob Brantly
Miguel Olivo
Jeff Mathis
INFIELDERS:
1B Greg Dobbs
2B Derek Dietrich
SS Adeiny Hechavarria
3B Placido Polanco
INF Nick Green
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Juan Pierre
CF Justin Ruggiano
RF Marcell Ozuna
OF Jordan Brown
OF Chris Coghlan
