Two of the most prominent players in the Miami Marlins They came out early in Sunday’s 7-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Jazz Chisholm Jr. suffered a concussion to his left shoulder in the first inning and had to leave the game, while Garrett cooper He started in the eighth with an elbow injury sustained after Travis Janikowski collided with Cooper’s arm during a play at first base.
Marlins manager Don Mattingly told reporters that both players will receive further tests, including an MRI for Cooper on Monday. A first set of X-rays of Chisholm’s shoulder revealed nothing, which is a very good sign considering the pain Chisholm felt after landing awkwardly on the field in his attempt to catch a Bryce Harper single in right field. Here the video:
Chisholm has already spent a few weeks on the disabled list this season due to a hamstring injury and missed a few games, but avoided another visit to the disabled list while battling an ankle injury.
After a very hot start to the season, Chisholm has hit just .238 / .293 / .399 in 209 plate appearances since returning from the disabled list on May 16, although he had started hitting slightly better at the last couple of weeks.
Overall, Chisholm has done nothing to detract from his status as a staple for Miami, but naturally the team would love to see the 23-year-old shake off the injury virus and continue to gain more experience (today was for Chisholm the 91st MLB game of his career) in what increasingly seems like a developmental year for the last-place Marlins.
Today’s loss reduced the Fish to a 40-53 record, and with 9.5 games between the Marlins and first place in the NL East, Miami looks like a team that will be in seller mode heading into the deadline of changes from July 30th.
To that end, Cooper stood out as a potential business token, provided he’s healthy. Cooper has quietly been a very productive player over the past three seasons, including a .282 / .378 / .463 line and nine home runs in 251 at-bats in 2021. Here’s video of his injury:
Any number of contending teams could be interested in that type of offense from first base or right field, and Cooper is also controllable (through 2023) and affordable, as he is owed roughly $ 748K for the remainder of this season.
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However, even a 10-day stint on the disabled list could ruin Cooper’s chances of being transferred at the deadline, so the Marlins might have to wait until the offseason to possibly reconsider the idea of trading the player. 30 years.
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