ARLINGTON, Texas Not having Jeff Baker in the lineup for Friday
night's game against Toronto left-hander Jeff Baker looked strange.
The reason Bakers' not in the lineup takes the weirdness to a new level.
Baker sprained his right thumb before Thursday's game when he got it
hurt receiving a high five from an overzealous teammate.
Baker's thumb was sore enough Friday that he couldn't grip a bat.
"I was giving my teammate a high five and the teammate was a little
overexcited for whatever reason and bent my thumb back from my hand to
my wrist," Baker said. "I'm not too happy about it."
Baker has swelling in the thumb but hasn't had an MRI yet.
Losing Baker for any amount of time is a blow to a team that's struggled
to score, putting up just 36 runs this month.
He's one of the best hitters against left-handers in baseball as he's
batting .386 with eight home runs and 13 RBI. He leads the majors in
home runs, slugging percentage and OPS vs. left-handers.
"When it rains it pours, right?" Texas general manager Jon Daniels said.
"We're a little banged up, scuffling a little bit and then you get a
freak deal like that. We'll push through the other stuff and I'm sure
he'll push through that as well."
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