Brandon Belt’s groin strain is mild, will likely avoid DL
Though he left Tuesday’s game in Arizona with a strained groin, Brandon Belt is feeling much better today, according to Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. Belt said that the MRI showed a very mild strain and he is optimistic that he will avoid the disabled list.
Belt just who hoed 25 swings in cage. Can feel strained groin, but not enough for him to back off. "I hit two cage (homers)." #sfgiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) April 8, 2015
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(flexor tendon) already hit the disabled list and it looks like
(back tightness) isn’t far behind him, so San Francisco needed good news on Belt. The first baseman won’t start tonight, but was listed an extra, via
:
Bochy: Belt could be available to pinch-hit as soon as today. Peavy on track to start Sunday. Maxwell/Duffy start cuz of Hellickson splits.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 8, 2015
Belt, 26, missed a couple months last year due to a fractured thumb and ended up slashing .243/.306/.449 with 12 home runs in 235 plate appearances. He accumulated a 116 wRC+ and 0.8 fWAR.
In Belt’s absence, Buster Posey will start at first base tonight with Hector Sanchez behind the plate.
Tonight's #SFGiants lineup:
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) April 8, 2015
Aoki lf
Duffy 2b
Pagan cf
Posey 1b
McGehee 3b
Maxwell rf
Crawford ss
Sanchez c
Heston p
Chris Heston will start his second career game tonight in Arizona. He is coming off a good spring in which he posted a 2.40 ERA in 15 innings while striking out 10 and walking just one.