SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar was positioned on the seven-day concussion injured listing Friday, a day after he collapsed whereas making an attempt to stroll off the sphere after a scary collision with shortstop C.J. Abrams.
Profar was ultimately positioned on a stretcher after which taken off the sphere on a cart and to a hospital following the collision within the fifth inning of Thursday evening’s recreation towards San Francisco. He was additionally identified with a strained neck earlier than being discharged from the hospital in a single day.
Supervisor Bob Melvin stated Profar is doing “remarkably properly. Clearly it was fairly extreme in nature. There’s no fractures, no damaged something wherever. He’s sore, clearly. I feel we actually caught a break in that it was nothing worse than that.”
Profar and Abrams each went after a fly ball hit by Tommy La Stella into shallow left discipline within the fifth inning. Abrams made the catch along with his again to the infield and his left knee hit Profar within the left jaw because the left fielder seemed to be positioning himself for a diving catch.
Profar rolled onto his again and was writhing in ache. He was tended to for a number of minutes and at one level sat up. He tried to stroll off the sphere, accompanied by trainers, however collapsed simply as he acquired to the infield grime.
He was on the bottom for a number of extra minutes, surrounded by the coaching employees, earlier than a medical cart arrived. Profar was positioned in a neck brace, placed on a stretcher after which pushed off on the cart. He pumped his proper fist in response to the cheers of the group and was smiling.
Abrams remained within the recreation.
Outfielder Brent Rooker was recalled from Triple-A El Paso to take Profar’s roster spot.
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