Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll is heading to the injured list due to a chip fracture in his left wrist.
Carroll suffered the injury last week when he was hit in the hand during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays. He left the game after the top of the eighth inning, and postgame X-rays were negative.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Monday night that Carroll, who hasn’t played since the hit-by-pitch, is seeking other opinions to get a definitive diagnosis and determine how much time he will miss.
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“That’s a little bit confusing to all of us,” Lovullo said of Carroll’s chip fracture. “It’s on the back of his hand. The impact of the ball hit the side of his hand. Just goes to show you how hard these guys are throwing today. Definitely that fracture in there.”
“You try and play and get treatment, and hopefully it feels better after a day or two,” said Carroll, the 2023 NL Rookie of the Year. “As it didn’t, it became apparent that maybe a few more tests were needed. Got those done. It’s just unfortunate.”
Through 72 games this season, the 24-year-old Carroll is batting .255 with 20 home runs, 44 RBI and 10 stolen bases.
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“It sounds like it’s relatively stable, so it just needs to heal, and we’ll see how it is to tolerate after that,” Hazen said of Carroll’s next steps. “I don’t know what the downtime is going to be. They’ll probably reassess it after a few weeks. It’s going to be some period of time down.”
On Friday, the Diamondbacks placed catcher Gabriel Moreno on the IL due to a hairline fracture in his hand after it was originally believed to be a contusion. In another injury blow, reliever A.J. Puk underwent surgery on his left elbow and will miss the rest of the season.
