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Seth Smith left the game with a hamstring strain


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11 hours ago, wildcard said:

Seth on his injury from above link:

The same hamstring limited Smith’s at-bats in spring training, but he noted how the discomfort tonight wasn’t on the same level.

“It’s a totally different thing,” he said. “Just erred on the side of caution. I think I could have finished and I think I would have been all right, but my leg was kind of telling me I should shut it down.

“Show up tomorrow and see how it feels and see what it looks like and go from there.”

Smith knows how to handle the situation. Hamstring soreness dogged him last spring, as well.

“It’s your legs,” he said. “You kind of know what they feel like and when it’s good and when it’s bad and when it could get worse quickly, so that’s what we were trying to avoid.”

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“We’ll see where we are tomorrow, but it was enough that he needed to come out of the game,” Showalter said. “It’s the same one. Talking to Richie (Bancells), it’s a potential DL. We’ll see where we are tomorrow.”

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Why not just back date the DL at this point.  We're facing two LH's in the BOS series.  Seems like a rush to have him DH on Sat vs Wright.  So now we're talking about 5 games missed and playing short handed all weekend vs. BOS.  

I say DL him and then activate him after the off day on Thursday.  You can never go wrong with an extra arm vs. BOS for a few days.  

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