
He was the designated hitter in his first game since the 2021 regular-season finale - he has since had wrist and shoulder surgery. Tatis, their former starting shortstop, went 0 for 2 with a walk, a stolen base and scored a run in a 7-5 win over San Francisco. who is signed a year longer in San Diego - played his first game in nearly 17 months. On the same day the Padres finalized a $350 million, 11-year contract with All-Star slugger Manny Machado, still-suspended Fernando Tatis Jr. “Crush my rehab and try to be ready for 2024, when it rolls around,” Lux said. The 34-year-old Rojas was acquired from Miami in a January trade. Miguel Rojas is now expected to get the bulk of playing time at shortstop for the Dodgers, with Chris Taylor also an option. That came after Corey Seager left the Dodgers the previous offseason and signed with Texas.
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Turner left as a free agent for Philadelphia this winter. 276 with six homers and 42 RBIs in 129 games, most at second base and some in left field. The Dodgers’ first-round pick in the 2016 amateur draft, Lux played nine games at shortstop last season while hitting. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Matt York Previous Next Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) greets teammates after being pulled from the game during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Tuesday, Feb. “In hindsight, probably should have just took the throw to the nose and worn it.” I don’t even think it’s really avoidable,” Lux said. “I think my cleat got kind of stuck into the ground a little bit and straightened out a little funky, and bowed out. He said he felt something pop and his leg went numb. Soon after ducking to avoid a throw to second, he took a couple of steps before his right knee buckled, he stumbled forward and fell to the ground. Lux got hurt Monday when running between second and third base against San Diego after a groundball was hit to third. “I think every baseball player’s dream is to play shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers.”

“That’s one of the hardest parts,” Lux said Tuesday, fighting back tears and leaning on crutches inside the team’s facility in Glendale, Arizona. The 25-year-old came to camp as the top candidate to replace Trea Turner as the Dodgers’ primary shortstop. Lux will miss the season with torn ligaments in his right knee after getting hurt running the bases in a spring training game. Gavin Lux hasn’t seen the video of the injury that ended his chance of being the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting shortstop this season, and has no plans to watch it.
