Justin Turner injury: Dodgers replace veteran third baseman on NLCS roster; will miss remainder of playoffs

If the Los Angeles Dodgers are going to repeat as World Sequence champions, they should do it with out one among their coronary heart and soul gamers. On Thursday, the staff introduced third baseman Justin Turner has been changed on the roster by utility man Andy Burns. Turner suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain in the Game 4 loss.

Turner suffered the harm attempting to beat out a double play floor ball within the seventh inning. This is the video:

By rule, a participant who’s faraway from the postseason roster with an harm should miss the subsequent spherical, so Turner’s season is over even when the Dodgers come again to beat the Atlanta Braves and advance to the World Sequence. The 36-year-old didn’t begin Recreation 2 of the NLCS with an unrelated neck difficulty. The hamstring drawback is a brand new harm.

Turner, sometimes an impressive postseason performer, has actually struggled this October. He went 4 for 34 (.118) with a house run and solely two walks (.211 on-base share) in 10 video games previous to the hamstring harm. Turner got here into the 12 months as a profession .295/.392/.507 hitter in 72 postseason video games, and he holds a number of franchise playoff data.

With Turner sidelined, the Dodgers have shifted tremendous utility man Chris Taylor to 3rd base, a place he has performed solely 36 occasions within the huge leagues. Taylor had been taking part in principally left area, and his transfer to 3rd pushes Cody Bellinger again to heart area, and offers Albert Pujols a begin at first base in Recreation 5.

Burns, 31, spent a lot of the season in Triple-A, the place he authored a .232/.361/.412 batting line in 54 video games. He appeared in 9 video games with the Dodgers in June, going 3 for 11 (.273) with a double whereas taking part in 4 positions (first, second, third, left area). It was Burns’ first MLB motion since 2016 with the Blue Jays.

The Dodgers are down 3-1 to the Braves within the best-of-seven NLCS. Another loss ends their season and means MLB will nonetheless not have had a repeat World Sequence champion because the 1998-2000 Yankees. Here’s how you can watch Game 5.