De Aza Suffers Left Ankle Sprain

[JJ]

The Marlins have yet another outfield ailment to deal with.

Alejandro De Aza, a platoon option in center field, was carted off the field on Saturday night in the ninth inning after sustaining a left ankle sprain while colliding with left fielder John Raynor on a play that turned into a three-run inside-the-park home run by the Yankees' Chad Moeller.

The left-handed-hitting De Aza was expected to split time in center field with Cody Ross, a right-handed hitter who has been recovering from a bone bruise on his left knee.

De Aza and Raynor collided on Moeller's one-out drive to left-center field off closer Kevin Gregg. De Aza remained on the ground as Moeller circled the bases on a play that rallied the Yankees to a 4-2 win in front of 32,229 at Dolphin Stadium.

Ross is expected to start in center field on Monday, when the Marlins open the regular season against the Mets in Miami. New York will start newly acquired left-hander Johan Santana.

De Aza's injury came in the ninth inning of the final Spring Training game for both teams.

The Marlins will open the season with right fielder Jeremy Hermida on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21, with a tight left hamstring.

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[Junior]

Uh, wtf happend?

[mbaamin08]

Left ankle sprain.

The Marlins have yet another outfield ailment to deal with. Alejandro De Aza, a platoon option in center field, was carted off the field on Saturday night in the ninth inning after sustaining a left ankle sprain while colliding with left fielder John Raynor on a play that turned into a three-run inside-the-park home run by the Yankees' Chad Moeller. The left-handed-hitting De Aza was expected to split time in center field with Cody Ross, a right-handed hitter who has been recovering from a bone bruise on his left knee. De Aza and Raynor collided on Moeller's one-out drive to left-center field off closer Kevin Gregg. De Aza remained on the ground as Moeller circled the bases on a play that rallied the Yankees to a 4-2 win in front of 32,229 at Dolphin Stadium. Ross is expected to start in center field on Monday, when the Marlins open the regular season against the Mets in Miami. New York will start newly acquired left-hander Johan Santana. De Aza's injury came in the ninth inning of the final Spring Training game for both teams. The Marlins will open the season with right fielder Jeremy Hermida on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21, with a tight left hamstring.

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[Benched]

MIAMI -- The Marlins have yet another outfield ailment to deal with. Alejandro De Aza, a platoon option in center field, was carted off the field on Saturday night in the ninth inning after sustaining a left ankle sprain while colliding with left fielder John Raynor on a play that turned into a three-run inside-the-park home run by the Yankees' Chad Moeller. The left-handed-hitting De Aza was expected to split time in center field with Cody Ross, a right-handed hitter who has been recovering from a bone bruise on his left knee. De Aza and Raynor collided on Moeller's one-out drive to left-center field off closer Kevin Gregg. De Aza remained on the ground as Moeller circled the bases on a play that rallied the Yankees to a 4-2 win in front of 32,229 at Dolphin Stadium. Ross is expected to start in center field on Monday, when the Marlins open the regular season against the Mets in Miami. New York will start newly acquired left-hander Johan Santana. De Aza's injury came in the ninth inning of the final Spring Training game for both teams. The Marlins will open the season with right fielder Jeremy Hermida on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21, with a tight left hamstring.

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[Sashimi]

Well this sucks. De Aza has had some bad luck with injuries in his brief Marlins tenure. I realize hindsight is 20/20, but is it fair to question why De Aza was the only projected regular-season starter who was still in the game in the 9th inning?

Well, if De Aza is out of action for a while, I hope that Carroll gets the call (not Maybin).

[Hugg]

Welcome to the lineup, Alfredo.

[Benched]

Originally Posted by Sashimi Well, if De Aza is out of action for a while, I hope that Carroll gets the call (not Maybin).

This.

[mbaamin08]

More on De Aza

X-rays were taken on Saturday night, and the Marlins will decide whether to place him on the disabled list on Sunday. "The kid has bad luck," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Last year, it happened in the fifth game. This year, just before [Opening Day]. But again, the preliminary reports are we're going to wait. We'll see later on this evening whether it works itself out." De Aza's setback came shortly before the Marlins were going to formally set their 25-man roster for Opening Day. The team recalled outfielder Brett Carroll, who plays all three outfield spots. Carroll will now be on the Opening Day roster. On the play De Aza was hurt, he flipped over Raynor, who slid and accidentally clipped his teammate. "I was worried about him -- I immediately thought it was his knee or something," said Raynor, a ninth-round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft who is a rising outfield prospect. "It turned out that it was his ankle. I slid, because at the last second, I saw him. I slid to try to get out of the way and at the same time trying to catch the ball."

[St. Jimmy]

It's going to be a fun season.

Can't wait 'til Player X tears his ACL after tripping over a sprinkler head in the outfield.

[Blackout Pact]

dammit...

[Swift]

Sweet, it's not like this ankle sidelined him for 4 months or anything.

[markotsay7]

Someone needs to get fired. Sorry. I'll copy what I said 4 days ago in the Hermida thread:

It's really ridiculous. The number of injuries to our outfielders (Ross, De Aza last year, Hermida always), to our pitchers (how many guys have had TJ surgery over the last 5 years?)...it's not normal.

It's just not normal for so many professional ballplayers to be made out of porcelain. I really believe there's a conditioning problem here.

[St. Jimmy]

I think this one is excusable because it was the result of a collision. But I agree, this medical staff sucks.

[markotsay7]

Even still. He had an ankle problem that sidelined him for four months (not normal). He comes back and tweaks his ankle again. I don't care how it happened. Four months of rehab should have ensured that that ankle had the same properties as steel.

[Nny]

in the nba where ankle problems happen ALL the time...you never know when a player comes back.

So, I don't really have a problem with what happened last year.

And hamstrings are probably a problem of not stretching enough.

[McLevin]

As someone who was at the game, I watched it happen and it's in no way attributed to the medical staff. Just a weird planting of the foot and weird collision with Raynor.