Updating J.J. Hardy's left ankle injury
Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy left Thursday’s 9-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals in the middle of the seventh with discomfort in his left ankle.
He said he’s felt some pain in it the last day or so.
“(Wednesday) I felt it a little bit in between batting practice and the game and it went away after I got off it a little bit,” Hardy said. “It felt OK coming into (Thursday) and then it kind of crept back up on me. I don’t think it’s anything serious. I feel like if they had taken me out of the game last night I would have been fine an inning later.”
Hardy is expected to see Orioles team orthopedist Dr. John Wilckens on Friday in Baltimore. It’s possible Hardy undergoes an MRI on Friday.
“It’s strange, he can’t really pinpoint any point where it bothered him,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “It just all of a sudden started showing up between innings, between BP,
The good news: It doesn’t seem to be like an ankle turn, it’s not swelling.”
The team is calling it day-to-day. If Hardy isn’t able to play Friday – and that’s a possibility – he’d likely be replaced by Cesar Izturis, who will be activated from the disabled list in time for Friday’s game. Izturis (right elbow surgery) hasn’t played in the majors since May 12.
“Izzy might be coming back at just the right time,” Showalter said.
A Baltimore native, 
Comments
Izzy's bat will no doubt fill the hole in the lineup just wonderfully.
Posted by: Quizicat | August 5, 2011 5:52 AM
Izturis filling in for J.J.??? Now we're definitely on the road to losing 100 games.
Posted by: musicmanjr | August 5, 2011 7:36 AM
The infamous day to day team statement. Their new signee, injury prone, already getting an mri. Would not be surprised to see DL.
Posted by: gilgamesh1 | August 5, 2011 8:09 AM
Hardy is fragile and the Orioles are lucky that he has only spent one month on the DL so far. Look, when a team is 24 games out in early August and on a pace to lose 100 games, veteran players tend to come up with "day to day" injury situations. You'll see more of it. Hardy took the money but you can bet your a** he is second guessing signing on to this train wreck.
Posted by: Gil | August 5, 2011 10:18 AM
This is why they should have traded him instead of signing him. Hardy has always been injury prone and was probably at his peak value in July. With Jose Reyes off the market, Hardy would have brought a haul.
I wonder if the signing was MacPhail's idea or Angelos'. Angelos has often supported overextending guys already in town (Brady Anderson, Brian Roberts.)
Posted by: section 34 | August 5, 2011 11:24 AM
Tell JJ to rub some vodka on it. DUH! Or single-malt scotch.
Posted by: Charlie Sheen | August 5, 2011 11:59 AM