Jurickson Profar Injures Himself Like Aaron Judge Did, Dodgers Are To Blame Again

After colliding with the wall while making an inning-ending grab, Colorado left fielder Jurickson Profar exited the Rockies’ game against Los Angeles on Sunday with a twisted left knee.

Jurickson Profar Injures Himself Like Aaron Judge Did, Dodgers Are To Blame

At Dodger Stadium, Profar made a strong catch on Mookie Betts’ crisp liner to finish the Dodgers’ second inning, but he also collided with a piece of the left field wall that is long and has a mesh cover over a video board.

Profar was motionless on the warning track for at least two minutes before being lifted off the ground and led to the Rockies’ adjoining bullpen by emergency personnel. The Rockies acknowledged two innings later that Profar had hurt his left knee when he required assistance walking.

After departing Sunday’s game with a twisted left knee, Profar did not need an MRI.

Although Profar is not listed in the starting lineup for Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks, the absence of an MRI and manager Bud Black’s comment that Profar is hurting but would be ready if required Monday night all point to a short absence for Profar.

After crashing over a wall in right field in June, Yankees outfielder and current AL MVP Aaron Judge tore a ligament in his toe and was out for nearly two months.

Despite the fact that Judge’s injury was caused by his slamming his toe on the wall’s base, Profar seemed to twist his knee as a result of the odd padding in left field.

The out-of-town scoreboard is shown on that portion of the wall of Dodger Stadium, producing an odd arrangement of padding and what looks to be a mesh or chain-link fence.

In the third inning, Cole Tucker singled in a run in relief of Profar. Later in the inning, with Nolan Jones going to left, Tucker took over in right field, and Tucker made a mistake that enabled a Los Angeles run to score.

In the Rockies’ defeat to Los Angeles on Friday night, Profar mishandled a long fly by Freddie Freeman, allowing the Dodgers’ four-run sixth-inning surge to continue.

According to The Athletic, Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten stated that the organization intended to put cushioning in front of the concrete Judge smashed through with his toe and strengthen the padding of the wall Judge crashed through.

The third-oldest stadium in MLB behind Fenway Park (1912) and Wrigley Field (1914), Dodger Stadium debuted in 1962, but it is not as contemporary as some of its rivals.

 

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