Houston Astros Jordan Schafer reappears after a minor injury—MLB News
The Houston Astros centre fielder Jordan Schafer appeared in the game against the Washington Nationals on Monday, April 16, a day after he could have had one of the serious injuries. Although he eluded any big injury, he did have to leave the Sunday’s game
against the Miami Marlins.
Playing against the rival team, Schafer was hit in the head by – the Miami Marlins’ shortstop, Jose Reyes’ knee. This happened while he was trying to make a head-first slide into second. From what it seemed, the collision was ugly.
It indeed was when he had to leave the game. However, much as it aroused concerns, he – much to the satisfaction of the team and himself, appeared in the game against the Nationals.
It is important to recall that Schafer has had the history of making a head-first slide and getting himself injured. It was last year during the game against the Atlanta Braves when he injured his left-hand.
With such an inevitability awaiting the player almost invariably, is Schafer considering quitting this slide? He probably is not. The player has a strong reason for it. He thinks he may end up tearing ACL if he slides his feet first; that is why he mostly
avoids it.
"There's a very good chance I'd tear my ACL if I slid feet first, so I don't even mess with it," he said. "People tell me all the time it's dangerous sliding head first, especially with the injuries I've had to my hands. There's a very high chance of me
doing serious damage [to my legs] if I slide feet first.”
He continues and says: "If there's a double play to try to break up, I'll try, but it's more of like a roll than a slide," he said. "Or if there's a play at the plate I'll slide, but it's not very good.”
With the prospect of injuring himself again, the player – nonetheless, takes precautionary measures. In the games ahead, his being important to the offence and having played a key role in defence as centre fielder, it will be interesting to see if he avoids
any such dangerous collision.
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