Last Saturday, Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino had to be pulled from a game against the Braves with hamstring soreness. The expectation at that point was that Victorino would miss only a few days, and so wouldn't need a trip to the disabled list. Now, on Friday, word's out that he's going on the disabled list.
Shane Victorino Injury: Hamstring Strain Sending Phillies Outfielder To DL
An MRI on Thursday showed “something between a Grade 1 and 2 strain,” which means that Victorino’s hamstring is somewhere between mildly and moderately torn. Which sounds really terrible until you remember that you’re tearing little bits of your muscles all the time. Victorino isn’t dealing with a major hamstring tear; he’s just dealing with something that’ll set him back a couple of weeks instead of a couple days.
Interestingly, after Victorino was taken out on May 14, he was used to pinch-hit, and laid down a sac bunt on May 18, meaning that his DL stint can’t be made retroactive to May 15. Either the Phillies don’t care about those few days, or they didn’t think Victorino would need a trip to the DL at the time.
Victorino has the highest OPS on the team, at .846. General manager Ruben Amaro hasn't announced his temporary replacement, but it won't be Domonic Brown.
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