10:12 PM: Schwarber did hurt his best hamstring, Nationals manager Davey Martinez told MLB.coms Jessica Camerato and other reporters. Schwarber will receive an MRI tomorrow to identify the level of the problem.
7:10 PM: Nationals left fielder Kyle Schwarber left tonights game after suffering an evident best leg injury. Schwarber singled in the second inning however stepped awkwardly while rounding very first base, leaving Schwarber preferring his leg (particularly the upper portion, making a hamstring injury a possibility). Gerardo Parra changed Schwarber as a pinch-runner and in left field.
It certainly seems as if the injured list will be required for Schwarber, which would interrupt one of the most impressive power binges in baseball history. Schwarber has actually cracked 16 crowning achievement over his last 20 video games prior to tonights contest, with a. 333/.407/.987 slash line in that 86-plate appearance stretch. This remarkable hot streak led to NL Player Of The Month honors for Schwarber in the month of June, and assisted fuel a revival for the Nats in the NL East standings, as Washington has won 14 of its last 17 games.
Losing Schwarber would represent another huge blow for the Nationals lineup, specifically with Trea Turner already daily with a finger injury and numerous significant pitchers (consisting of Stephen Strasburg, Daniel Hudson, and Erick Fedde) currently on the IL. While Washington is just two video games behind the Mets for the department lead, the team is likewise just 40-39 and 7 games out of a wild card berth.
It is certainly still possible the Nationals are a prolonged cold streak away from being sellers, instead of buyers, at the trade deadline– and ironically, a healthy Schwarber would unexpectedly be a prime trade piece, as his contract is only guaranteed through this season. Schwarber signed an one-year, $10MM free agent deal with the Nats last winter season that breaks down as $7MM in ensured wage, and a $3MM buyout of an $11.5 MM mutual alternative for 2022 (a buyout that Schwarber looks likely to take instead of exercise his end of the shared choice).
