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Washington Nationals’ infielder Stephen Drew was placed on the subject of the 15-Day DL (retroactive to July 24th) along with vertigo-love symptoms and the Nats recalled infielder Wilmer Difo from Double-A Harrisburg to take his position on the subject of the roster.
After Stephen Drew came with along with a walk-off triple in his very first at bat in over a week this past weekend, the veteran bench bat talked to reporters regarding the flu-love symptoms he’d been dealing with, which had your man feeling for good wiped out.
Drew said that teammate Jonathan Papelbon was executing his ideal to increase his spirits and encourage your man to recover once possible.
“Pap stored joking, he said, ‘Just the durable survive, the fragile fall by the wayside,'” Drew told reporters as he spoke in the Nationals‘ clubhouse on the subject of Saturday.
“He merely stored joking around. Yet I feel better, I do, it’s been a rough go.”
“It’s been crazy,” he said of the illness. “I don’t hope to point out on the subject of TV, Yet it’s been ugly. Anywhere from higher fever to every little thing else, you name it.”
“We don’t understand if it was a cold or not,” Dusty Baker explained once he as well was asked regarding Drew’s illness.
“every one of we understand is that he was super-sick and he took yet another IV today, took one yesterday and one the day prior to and took every one of he had to strike that 5c6952d3c5fa50a130012deaee22d62two then run to [third].”
Apparently it didn’t for good clear game Drew due to the fact that he was placed on the subject of the 15-Day DL this afternoon (retroactive to July 24th) along with just what the Nationals are describing as “vertigo-like” symptoms.
Taking Drew’s position on the subject of the roster is 24-year-old infielder Wilmer Difo, that returns to the majors for the very first time this season after debuting in the majors last summer.
In 95 games and 41two bowl appearances this season at Double-A Harrisburg, the infielder has actually position up a .257/.322/.34six line along with 14 doubles, 2 triples and 5 house runs.
Dusty said Drew was still experiencing dizziness, also after the various other flu symptoms were gone. Going spine to D.C. to be looked at.
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) July 27, 2016
Dusty said Stephen Drew will certainly fly spine to DC to be evaluated. His physique was healing, Yet his head was not improving.
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) July 27, 2016
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