May 17th, 2021 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Although there is absolutely nothing good about Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager sustaining a fracture to the metacarpal bone in his right hand when hit by a pitch from Miami Marlins left-hander Ross Detwiler on Saturday night, there was some good news about it on Sunday afternoon.
During his pregame Zoom media scrum on Sunday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year, two-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger, and 2020 NLCS and World Series MVP would not require surgery.
“Fortunately, I think that we dodged a bullet right there on that one; no surgery required,” Roberts said. “He’s in a splint, and we’re just kind of let it heal. And again, with a broken hand, the timeline is kind of pretty vague; that’s kind of where it’s at. So I’m just really hesitant to comment on that, but yeah, no surgery.”
(Video capture courtesy of LA Dodgers)
Like most Dodger hitters this season, the Charlotte, NC native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2012 out of Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, NC, has been struggling, both at the plate and on defense. In the 37 games in which he has appeared this season, Seager is slashing an un-Seager-like .265/.361/.422/.783. That said, he has four home runs, 22 RBI, and a team second-best in triples with two (behind Chris Taylor’s three). However, on the other side of the ball, Seager has committed a very uncharacteristic four errors thus far this season.
As for that timeline thing, although not specific, Roberts is optimistic that it will not be as long as initially feared.
“The floor is four weeks; I just don’t know,” Roberts guesstimated. “You just gotta let it happen.”
As for Seager’s replacement, by all indications, Gavin Lux will probably see the bulk of the action at shortstop, with Sheldon Neuse and Chris Taylor, who himself was a late scratch on Sunday due to right wrist soreness, filling in at second base. That said, it was Neuse’s costly error in the top of the fifth inning on Sunday that led to the Dodgers’ 3-2 loss to the Marlins. In the seven games in which Neuse has played second base thus far this season, he has now committed two errors … so there’s that.
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