{"id":83526,"date":"2024-08-19T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=83526"},"modified":"2024-08-19T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:00:08","slug":"dodgers-austin-barnes-broken-toe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/19\/dodgers-austin-barnes-broken-toe\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury Bug Bites Dodgers Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to David Vassegh, Los Angeles Dodgers catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barneau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Barnes<\/a> has a broken left big toe. It was fractured by a foul ball in the third inning of Los Angeles&#8217; game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Barnes was able to finish the last seven innings of the game, but the backup catcher says the toe is &#8220;bloody and painful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/feduchu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunter Feduccia<\/a> has been called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City in a corresponding move. He will be activated before tonight&#8217;s game against the Seattle Mariners. This is the second time up for Feduccia this season. He took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Freeman<\/a>&#8216;s roster spot when Freeman went on the Family Emergency list due to his son&#8217;s illness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Austin Barnes told me he has a fracture in his left big toe. Played thru it the last 7 innings yesterday. Hunter Feduccia is here to be activated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEREAL_DV\/status\/1825654970852716858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers&#8217; Austin Barnes Suffers Broken Big Toe<\/h2>\n<h3>A Revolving Door<\/h3>\n<p>This is just the latest in what has been an injury-plagued season for the Dodgers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Kershaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/glasnty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yamamyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> have all spent significant time on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/12\/dodgers-activate-mookie-betts\/\" target=\"_self\">injured list<\/a> this year. Although Barnes is the backup catcher who plays twice a week at most, he is known for his expertise in handling the pitching staff. In addition, Barnes has had a resurgence of sorts with the bat. He has a .241 batting average, his best in five years. This has been a pleasant surprise, since All-Star catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=smithwi05,smithwi04,smith-088wil,smith-091wil,smith-090wil&amp;search=Will+Smith&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Smith<\/a>\u00a0has been struggling to hit .200 over the last month.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how much time Barnes will miss.<\/p>\n<h3>Dodg(er)ing a Bullet<\/h3>\n<p>Austin Barnes&#8217; injury comes on the heels of Freddie Freeman exiting Saturday&#8217;s game in St. Louis after jamming his finger while fielding a ball. However, Fabian Ardaya reported that Freeman was on the field this afternoon taking defensive drills and throwing with a wrap on his finger. He is penciled into tonight&#8217;s lineup and will attempt to play through the injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Freddie Freeman is in the starting lineup despite a hairline fracture in his right middle finger. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dodgers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEREAL_DV\/status\/1825681237014622242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Other Roster Moves<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to Feduccia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=muncyma01,muncy-002max&amp;search=Max+Muncy&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Muncy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> have also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/31\/dodgers-tommy-edman-nearing-return\/\" target=\"_self\">been activated<\/a> today. Fabian Ardaya is reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/ahmedni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Ahmed<\/a>&#8216;s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pagesan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Pages<\/a>&#8216; lockers have been cleared out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-image-setImageMetadata\">\n<p class=\"ng-binding\">Photo Credit: \u00a9 Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to David Vassegh, Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes has a broken left big toe. It was fractured by a foul ball in the third inning of Los Angeles&#8217; game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Barnes was able to finish the last seven innings of the game, but the backup catcher says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":83562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[28464,2914,206,28711,2513,2240,1363,3899],"class_list":["post-83526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andy-pages","tag-austin-barnes","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-hunter-feduccia","tag-injured-list","tag-max-muncy","tag-nick-ahmed","tag-tommy-edman"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}