After an injury free and and successful month of April, the first days of May brought a rash of injuries to the Jersey Shore D-Bags. On May 3rd, Marvin Taylor who had been playing out of his mind, in a game against New Orleans, Taylor doubled, then came around to score on a single by Leon Foster. After he crossed the plate he came up limping and taken out of the game. After the game team trainer diagnosed him with a latissimus dorsi strain, which will leave him out of action for 3-4 weeks. Taylor had manned 2nd base throughout the first month.
The next day in another win against the New Orleans Looters, a similar instance occurred. During a 5 run 2nd inning, 3rd baseman Parker Morrow singled, advanced to 2nd on a Mason Bonniface single, then came around to score on a Jorge Lozano single to CF. There was a play at the plate and Morrow slid in from an angle to avoid the game and safely slid across the plate. In doing so he tweaked his back and was taken out of the game. At first the trainer said he was day-to-day, but later was diagnosed to miss 2 weeks with a strained back muscle. Later in the same game with no outs in the Top of the 5th, Jose Brito induced the Looters 3rd sacker Ronald Reardon to hit a fly ball down the RF line. RF Michael Paul made a sliding catch near the line and apparently tweaked his wrist. He was taken out of the game for precautionary reasons and was diagnosed with a sore wrist, nothing that will land him on the DL for, but should miss 1-2 weeks of time.
With what seems like impeccable timing, Jersey activated 2B Fred Ross from the DL. He had been on there since tearing his groin muscle in a Spring Training game on March 20th. Ross appeared in 61 games last season, hitting with a slash line of .290/.387/.426 adding 14 XBH and 32 RBI. Ross will be added to the 25 man roster, but the extent of his playing time is not known yet.
The big and more exciting news is the Jersey Shore D-Bags have announced they will call-up their highest rated hitting prospect, Matt "Coffin" Bryant. Bryant is a former 1st round pick (21st overall in 2010) and was named the 21st best prospects in all of baseball by the BSA. In 2012, Bryant had a solid season for AAA Tuscaloosa, hitting .296 with 17 HR and 94 RBI, while adding 37 SB. In the first month of 2013 Bryant made a statement that is ready to help contribute. In just 31 games he has amassed 8 HR, 30 RBI and 50 hits to post a .373 BA along with a staggering 1.045 OPS. The switch hitter will be added to the 40-man roster and likely will start at 2B when the Bruins of Los Angeles visit on Monday.
Bryant
Look for April in review to come soon!
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