{"id":77687,"date":"2024-06-24T16:43:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77687"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:43:52","slug":"tj-friedl-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/24\/tj-friedl-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds Outfielder Lands on Injured List for Third Time This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/friedtj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TJ Friedl<\/a> on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. The Reds promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=jordan000lev&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Levi Jordan<\/a> from Triple-A Louisville to take Friedl&#8217;s spot on the roster. Friedl initially tweaked the hamstring a week ago, missing two games before returning to action. However, he aggravated the injury on Sunday. The trip to the IL is the third this season for Friedl, who also missed time with wrist and thumb injuries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Reds<\/a> today selected the contract of IF\/OF Levi Jordan from Triple-A Louisville and placed on the 10-day injured list OF TJ Friedl (right hamstring strain). <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqcPuyIE2m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/SqcPuyIE2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reds\/status\/1805331386909270244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reds manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=bellda01,bell--007dav,bell--006dav&amp;search=David+Bell&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bell<\/a> said Friedl was playing at about 80-to-85%. &#8220;Maybe it got worse on Sunday. He couldn&#8217;t play how he needed to.&#8221; Bell said to <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CharlieG__\/status\/1805338331091452133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Goldsmith of the <em>Enquirer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bell hopes that Friedl will be back in two to three weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>TJ Friedl Back to IL with Strained Hamstring<\/h2>\n<p>Friedl, 28, missed the season&#8217;s first six weeks after breaking his wrist during spring training. He played six games and tallied 24 plate appearances before being hit by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harriky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-24_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Harrison<\/a> pitch. Friedl went on the 10-day IL with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/15\/nick-lodolo-injured-list\/\" target=\"_self\">broken thumb<\/a>. It&#8217;s terrible luck for someone who just came back from a fractured right wrist on March 16 that kept him out for six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I fractured my wrist, it was my first time ever breaking anything and I remember how that felt internally,&#8221; he said to Mark Sheldon of MLB.com. &#8220;It was hard to tell with my thumb because it was so numb. My nail was bruised up. Halfway up, my thumb was all numb and bruised up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Friedl was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/06\/10\/fantasy-baseball-sleepers-2023-tj-friedl\/\" target=\"_self\">Reds&#8217; best players in 2023<\/a>. He occupied one of the top two spots in the batting order and posted a .279\/.352\/.467 line across 556 plate appearances. Friedl hit 18 home runs and stole 27 bases while playing strong center field defense. His efforts made him a key contributor to a Cincinnati team that came up shy of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds placed TJ Friedl on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. The Reds promoted Levi Jordan from Triple-A Louisville to take Friedl&#8217;s spot on the roster. Friedl initially tweaked the hamstring a week ago, missing two games before returning to action. However, he aggravated the injury on Sunday. 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