| Sign Up | Google+
 

Pirates' Chase D'Arnaud has torn ligament, could have surgery

Stay connected for news and updates

Jared Wickerham

Rob Biertempfel reports that Chase D'Arnaud has a torn thumb ligament that could require surgery.

That likely means you can rule D'Arnaud out as a candidate for the last bench job, if you couldn't already, which leaves Josh Harrison, Brandon Inge, Jordy Mercer and Ivan DeJesus (and, I guess, Jared Goedert) competing for what I'm guessing will be two backup infielder spots.

D'Arnaud wasn't much of a candidate anyway -- his only real asset is his speed, and he's never really hit much above Class A+. He's still young enough to improve in his third year at Indianapolis, although I'm guessing a torn thumb ligament won't make it easy to hit. Anyway, right now, Mercer and DeJesus are better players.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Recent Posts

The Next Read

There are 16 Comments. Load Now. Loading

Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely.

C - Next Comment
X - Mark as Read

R - Reply
Z - Mark Read & Next

Shift + C - Previous
Shift + A - Mark All Read

Comment Settings

Live comment alert: Hide it!

Comments for this post are closed.

tracking_pixel_5351_tracker