Brett Lawrie's timetable to reach the bigs has been pushed back again. After initial reports that he suffered only a bruise when he was hit in the hand by a pitch from Tucson's Anthony Bass last week, The National Post reports the pride of Langley, B.C. is expected to miss at least two to three weeks with a broken bone in his hand. Hat tip to Bauxite dan gordon for the heads up.
Brett Lawrie was hitting .354/.415/.677 with Triple-A Las Vegas at the time of his injury to go along with 15 home runs, 49 runs batted in and 11 stolen bases.
Update @ 8:40pm - Sportsnet.ca has video of Jays skipper John Farrell talking about Lawrie's injury.
The Toronto Star got this reaction from Farrell.
This is unfortunate, considering how close he was — or is. I should say is, and yet this is a setback.NBC's HardballTalk, via a tweet from Sportsnet's Shi Davidi, breaks down Lawrie's injury.
X-rays originally found no break in the area in which Lawrie was hit by a pitch last week while playing for Triple-A Las Vegas, but additional tests performed after the swelling went down discovered the fracture.As Davidi tweeted, Lawrie will not need a cast for his hand as it is a non-displaced fracture. At best, Lawrie could be back in action around the All-Star Break if everything goes according to Hoyle.
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