The Los Angeles Dodgers have been without Corey Seager since May 16 due to a right-hand fracture and after a recent setback, it will be even longer.
Seager was originally expected to begin a rehab assignment last week, but after beginning to take part in batting practice, he was still dealing with soreness in his hand, so the Dodgers postponed it.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said a timetable isn’t known but it’s possible Seager will remain sidelined until after the All-Star break.
Related to that and due to lingering soreness, Seager has stopped swinging the bat entirely as he continues to let his hand heal, according to Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register:
The Dodgers are not calling it a setback. But shortstop Corey Seager has “plateaued” in his recovery from a broken bone in his right hand and is no longer swinging a bat. “It just isn’t responding,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He’s just not coming along. He still feels it when he hits. So we’re putting it on the backburner and slow-playing it a little bit.”
The Dodgers were letting Seager participate in baseball activities while they monitored and evaluated his hand every week. It has yet to fully heal from the fracture sustained more than six weeks ago:
Seager has had scans on a weekly basis since the injury on May 15 to check on the progress of the fracture’s healing. The recent scans show the fracture is still “not totally healed,” according to Roberts.
Once Seager is able to swing the bat without soreness or pain, Roberts expects to get Seager back in the lineup quickly because he has been staying active.
This season the reigning World Series MVP has hit .265/.361/.422 with a 121 wRC+ and four home runs in 37 games.
Tsutsugo getting healthy
The Dodgers plan on adding Yoshi Tsutsugo to their active roster once he is fully healthy from the right calf strain suffered in early June. Tsutsugo has been taking at-bats and playing on a regularly basis during a current rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City.
“He’s getting better each day,” Roberts recently said. “In a week, I think we’ll evaluate as an organization where he’s at physically and performance-wise.”
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