Braves shortstop has injured hand; playoffs in doubt
Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson has a partially torn ligament in his left hand, and it’s unclear if he will be available in the postseason for the NL East champions.
Swanson traveled from New York to Atlanta on Wednesday to get his wrist and hand examined by team doctors. He will undergo treatment while missing the rest of the regular season, which ends Sunday.
The Braves said
Swanson will be reevaluated next week before they open the NL Division Series on Oct. 4.
Swanson exited Tuesday’s 7-3 win over the Mets for tests.
“He swung the bat and something didn’t feel right,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. “Which is why he’d alarmed me a little bit. He’d been feeling fine, hadn’t been complaining about it.”
The 24-year-old
Swanson is batting .238 with 14 home runs and 59 RBIS in 136 games this season. He is considered a candidate to be a Gold Glove finalist.
Blue Jays: John Gibbons wasn’t sure he had the energy to oversee a rebuild in Toronto, so he’s moving on from his job as manager at the end of the season.
“We are going to have a new voice. We are going to have a new approach,” general manager Ross Atkins said.
The 56-year-old Gibbons has one season left in a two-year extension he received in April 2017.
“I’ve been here a long time, and I agree it’s probably time for a change,” Gibbons said. “We’re rebuilding here, and actually I think I’m the perfect guy for a rebuild. But I don’t know if I have the energy, necessarily.”
Gibbons is 791-787 in 11 seasons during two stints managing Toronto, his 1,578 games second only to Cito Gaston’s 1,764. Gibbons also trails Gaston (913) in career wins with Toronto.
Gibbons replaced Carlos Tosca in August 2004, was fired in June 2008 and returned ahead of the 2013 season.
Cubs: Kris Bryant was out of the starting lineup with a bruised left wrist, a day after being hit by a pitch.
Manager Joe Maddon said he’s optimistic the injury won’t linger.
Bryant was hit in the wrist with a pitch by Pittsburgh’s Chris Archer in the fourth inning Tuesday. The third baseman exited in the sixth after it became swollen.
X-rays on the wrist were negative, and the Cubs initially said Bryant would miss at least one game.
The former Bonanza standout is batting .276 with 12 homers and 49 RBIS in 98 games.
Yankees: Shortstop Didi Gregorius and center fielder Aaron Hicks could return from injuries during a regular season-ending series this weekend at Boston.
Gregorius was cleared to resume baseball activities after a hand specialist examined his right wrist. Gregorius tore cartilage in the wrist during a headfirst slide last weekend while scoring the run that clinched a postseason berth.
Hicks left Monday’s win over Tampa Bay with left hamstring tightness while running to first and avoiding a double play.
Astros: Infielder Carlos Correa returned to Houston’s lineup as the designated hitter, ending a six-game absence caused by a sore back.