Injuries are a part of professional sports. They turn a promising season into a mess quickly. It puts a team’s front office in an awkward position to care for their injured player while scrambling to find a replacement on the roster.
The San Diego Padres 40-man roster suffered a setback with tough injury news.
Team president of baseball operations and general manager A.J. Preller announced the organization’s top catching prospect, Ethan Salas, will be sidelined for two months with a stress reaction in his lower back. He added that right-handed pitcher Jhony Brito underwent an internal brace surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL).