The Washington Nationals placed infielder Stephen Drew about the 15-day disabled list Wednesday along with vertigo-enjoy symptoms.
The relocate is retroactive to July 24. Drew has actually played merely as soon as in the past week, resting out a number of days along with dizziness.
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“At initial we believed it was the exact same bug that every person else had, however theirs was enjoy a two-day bug. This has actually been enjoy a week now,” manager Dusty Baker said. “So we determined we couldn’t it play short anymore with regard to the group and likewise attempt to discover out what’s incorrect along with him, so he can easily get hold of spine since he’s a huge portion of our team.”
The 33-year-aged Drew, that authorized along with the Nationals as a free of cost rep in January, is hitting .262 along with 7 estate runs and 17 RBIs in 51 games this season. He is 6-for-twenty (.300) along with a triple, 3 homers and 6 RBIs as a pinch hitter.
On Saturday evening versus the San Diego Padres, Drew came off the bench after rejecting a number of days as a result of disease and strike a pinch-strike walk-off triple to provide Washington a 3-2 victory.
The Nationals likewise recalled infielder Wilmer Difo from Double-A Harrisburg with regard to his initial significant organization assignment of the season.
Difo, 24, is hitting .255 along with 5 estate runs and 33 RBIs along with Harrisburg. His 26 stolen bases rank fifth in the Eastern League. Of his 96 games played this season, 95 have actually been at shortstop with regard to the switch-hitting Difo.