{"id":4223,"date":"2017-03-13T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T04:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2017-03-13T00:08:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T04:08:01","slug":"ian-desmond-suffers-broken-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/03\/13\/ian-desmond-suffers-broken-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Desmond Suffers Broken Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Colorado Rockies<\/strong> suffered a bit of devastating news when first baseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/desmoia01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Desmond<\/a><\/strong> exited a Cactus League game after being hit on the left hand by a pitch. The club announced that the preliminary diagnosis is a fracture and that Desmond is to see a hand specialist on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rockies?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Rockies<\/a> Ian Desmond hit by a pitch in the 4th inning. Preliminary diagnosis revealed a left hand fracture. Seeing a hand specialist Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rockies PR (@RockiesPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockiesPR\/status\/841059252001099776\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ian Desmond Suffers Broken Hand<\/h2>\n<p>Desmond signed with the Rockies as a free agent this offseason after spending 2016 with the <strong>Texas Rangers<\/strong>. He signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2016\/12\/07\/rockies-sign-ian-desmond-five-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five-year, $70 million deal<\/a> with the club in December. \u00a0While in Texas, he hit .285\/.335\/.446 with 22 homers, 86 RBI and 21 stolen bases, while earning a 2016 American League All-Star nod.<\/p>\n<p>Originally a shortstop during his seven-year stint with the <strong>Washington Nationals<\/strong>, Desmond never appeared at first base in a Major League game; however, he\u2019s no stranger to switching positions. Desmond played 156 games in the outfield during his one-year deal with the Rangers after appearing in only two career games out there before, but was asked to move to first base due to the already clogged outfield in Denver. Many considered the move odd, considering more conventional first basemen were still on the market at the time, but the Rockies liked his athleticism.<\/p>\n<h3>Remaining Options<\/h3>\n<p>As for the Rockies\u2019 options at first base moving forward, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reynoma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Reynolds<\/a><\/strong> appears to be in the driver\u2019s seat for an Opening Day start. Reynolds hit a career-high .282 with 14 homers over 118 games with Colorado in 2016 and returned to the club on a minor-league deal in February. Another option, albeit a desperate one, is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/parrage01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerardo Parra<\/a><\/strong>. Parra appeared in 19 games at first base for the Rockies in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Spring injuries are always devastating, but the Rockies won\u2019t be hurting for offense. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=blackbu02,blackbu01&amp;search=Bud+Black&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bud Black<\/a><\/strong> can count on the likes of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arenano01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan Arenado<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/storytr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Story<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/blackch02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Blackmon<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=gonzaca01,gonzal014car,gonzal026car,gonzal015car&amp;search=Carlos+Gonzalez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong> to hold down the fort until Desmond\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0; max-width: 550px;\"><a id=\"ld-3504-7889\" href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\/9112744049813528\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"auto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should the one game play-in Wild Card be expanded to a three game series?<\/a><span id=\"ld-3504-7889-equiv\"> in <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastWordOnSports&#8217;s Hangs<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LockerDome<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id,elid) {window.ldInit = window.ldInit || []; ldInit.push(elid);if (d.getElementById(id)) return;var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id;js.async=true;js.src=\"\/\/cdn2.lockerdome.com\/_js\/embed.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document, \"script\", \"lockerdome-wjs\", \"ld-3504-7889\"));<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/652830154\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/652830154?et=P1Q_I6xEQz56-ZlNW9j6UQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=FnoMO-bMVyE-yHosya7p9CzsWfpJyBpvyNXrNvq_CVQ=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies suffered a bit of devastating news when first baseman Ian Desmond exited a Cactus League game after being hit on the left hand by a pitch. 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