Pages heads to IL, no longer fantasy relevant
Eric Samulski gives the latest on Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages as he was placed on IL, and will be out for majority of the regular season, and he is no longer fantasy relevant for the season.
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Some brutal injury news for the Dodgers over the weekend as outfielder Andy Paez was diagnosed with a fractured left hand after being hit in the hand by a Bubba Chandler fastball.
At the time of the injury, the Dodgers said that Paez would be out for four to five, weeks and will be back for the postseason.
It was reported on Monday by Dodgers beat writer Fabian Ardaya that Paez ha- got a compression screw placed in his left hand to try to speed up the healing process.
It's unclear whether the compression screw speeding up the healing process would ma- make Paez return in four to five weeks or actually sooner than that four to five-week timeline.
However, I think in redraft formats, you can go ahead and move on from Andy Paez.
Even if he does come back with that compression screw, you're looking at maybe three or four weeks, and the Dodgers are locked into a playoff spot.
They have no reason to rush him back.
If you do have an IL spot, you can put Paez in that and you can see what happens.
But in other formats, I would certainly be moving on from Paez now.
In t- the last two games, Alec Thomas has started in center field for the Dodgers.
He came over to them from the Diamondbacks much earlier in the season.
He hit two 96 with seven homers, 40 RBIs, and four stolen bases in 55 games, at triple A for the Dodgers this year.
He has a-- He is a former top prospect, but he's not shown the consistent ability to hit for average or power at the big league lev- level, so I would not be picking up Thomas in leagues outside of NL-only formats.
And then it does seem like Tommy Edmund is gonna move up in the batting order with Paez out, and so that could boost Tommy Edmund's counting stats and his fantasy value a little bit as we head to the final weeks of the season.
