{"id":5464,"date":"2017-04-29T20:24:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=5464"},"modified":"2017-04-29T20:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T00:30:15","slug":"adam-eaton-suffers-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/04\/29\/adam-eaton-suffers-torn-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Eaton Suffers Torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After losing two straight games to the division rival New York Mets in the nation&#8217;s capital, the Washington Nationals have been dealt another blow. On Friday night, center fielder <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=eatonad02,eatonad01&amp;search=Adam+Eaton&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Eaton<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> suffered an injury to his leg on a ground ball, in which he beat out, but landed awkwardly on the bag. The transpiring news isn&#8217;t good at all. According to Ken Rosenthal, Eaton\u00a0will undergo surgery on what is a torn ACL in his left knee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nationals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Nationals<\/a>\u2019 Eaton has torn ACL, out for year.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/858466500096794625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Rosenthal adds, Eaton will miss the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Eaton&#8217;s injury is a major blow to the Nationals&#8217; World Series aspirations.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Eaton Suffers Torn ACL<\/h2>\n<p>Eaton was a key contributor at the top of the order for the Nationals&#8217; lineup, and his absence will hurt them. By hitting .297 and driving in 13 runs, Eaton helped give the Nationals a weapon in their already stacked lineup. The question now becomes who replaces him?<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to finding Eaton&#8217;s replacement, the Nationals will likely go with\u00a0<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=taylomi02,taylomi01&amp;search=Michael+Taylor&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Taylor<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s encountered an up and down career in both the majors in minors, Taylor could help provide the Nationals with a speedster on both the base paths and in the field. Also, after a slow start to the 2017 season, Taylor finally had a breakout performance, Saturday afternoon versus the Mets. Going three for five, Taylor broke out of his year long slump. He will have to continue to hit at a consistent level going forward though.<\/p>\n<p>Eaton&#8217;s injury also doesn&#8217;t help out the image of general manager Mike Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p>Rizzo acquired Eaton at the MLB Winter Meetings, but at an extremely high cost. Surrendering\u00a0top pitching prospects <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/giolilu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Giolito<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> and <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lopezre01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reynaldo Lopez<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>, as well as former first round pick <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=dunnin000dan\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dane Dunning<\/a><\/strong>, Rizzo put a lot of forth in Eaton being a big time contributor to the Nationals lineup. His\u00a0unfortunate and devastating knee injury won&#8217;t allow him to do so. 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On Friday night, center fielder Adam Eaton suffered an injury to his leg on a ground ball, in which he beat out, but landed awkwardly on the bag. 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