Padres slugger Machado heads to disabled list with broken left hand – Winnipeg Free Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday with a small fracture in his left hand.

Machado was hit by a pitch Monday night. The move was retroactive to Tuesday, and manager Bob Melvin said there’s a chance Machado could return when the Padres play the New York Yankees next weekend.

“He’s getting better, but we’ve got a bad day coming up, we didn’t feel like he could play this weekend, we can go back three, so he can get back to New York,” Melvin said. before the Padres opened a series against the Boston Red Sox. “That’s not something you want to push on top of that. He’s a guy who can play through pain; we saw it last year. We just want to get ahead of this and hopefully it will be 100% when we get to New York.”

Like the rest of the superstar-studded Padres lineup, Machado is struggling, hitting just .231 with five home runs and 19 RBIs. He was an All-Star in each of the past two seasons and was the runner-up in National League MVP voting last year.

The Padres recalled infielder/outfielder Brandon Dixon from Triple-A El Paso.

The Padres have lost nine of 11 to fall to fourth in the NL West, 7 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego entered this season with World Series expectations after reaching the National League Championship Series last year.

The Padres also placed righty Seth Lugo on the 15-day disabled list with a right calf strain and recalled lefty Ryan Weathers from El Paso.

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