Sunday, Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez exited a game against the Dodgers in the second inning. Monday, he's not likely to play against the Diamondbacks.
Hanley Ramirez Injury: Back And Leg Pain Knocks Out Marlins Shortstop
Why not? According to Ramirez, he’s been suffering pain in his lower back and upper left leg ... “the worst pain I’ve ever had in my life, in my career.”
From the Palm Beach Post’s Joe Capozzi, Monday afternoon:
It was so bad that on the team flight from Los Angeles “I was standing on the whole flight, Only when we take off is when I sat down,” he said in the last half hour.
”I feel it doing anything. I can’t even put my shoes on. To get up from bed I have to take 10, 15 seconds. I have to do everything slow. That’s the worst pain Ive ever had in my life, in my career, that back...
“I’m getting tingles in my (upper left) leg. That’s not a good sign. That’s what we’re worried about right now, to gey this thing out of my leg.”
Does this explain Ramirez’s struggles this season? Not if you believe when he says his back’s been bothering him for about a month; he’s actually hit significantly better in May than April. Which isn’t saying much, but still.
Meanwhile, Ramirez supposedly has not seen a doctor yet, and the teams supposedly is hoping the pain just goes away in a day or two. I’m not sure I understand ... he’s been suffering for a month, finally was forced from the lineup because of the pain, and now everything’s suddenly going to heal up?
The Marlins have the second-best record in the National League, which is moderately amazing for a lot of reasons, perhaps the biggest being that their best player's been terrible all spring. They're probably not this good and they're probably not going to beat out the Phillies, or win the Wild Card. But they're almost certainly not going to do anything like that without a healthy Hanley, who 1) shouldn't have been keeping his pain to himself, and 2) now should be forced to do whatever it takes to get him healthy for the second half of the season.
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