Associated Press
Jul 28, 2025, 10:05 PM ET
DETROIT -- Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star 3rd baseman Eugenio Suárez hopes helium avoided a large wounded erstwhile helium was deed successful the close scale digit by a transportation precocious successful Monday night's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
Suárez, who is simply a campaigner to beryllium traded to a contender, was deed by a 95.6 mph sinker from Will Vest successful the ninth inning. He instantly doubled implicit successful symptom and rapidly near the field.
"The bully quality is that the X-rays were negative, but it inactive evidently hurt," said Suárez, who was not bending the finger. "There are much tests scheduled for [Tuesday] and we volition spell from there. I'll travel backmost arsenic rapidly arsenic I can."
The 34-year-old is hitting .248 with 36 homers and 87 RBIs successful 104 games this play -- the seventh clip helium has deed astatine slightest 30 homers successful the past 8 afloat seasons.
"He's precise pugnacious and helium ne'er adjacent winces," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "When helium reacts similar that, you cognize it isn't good."
Lovullo said helium didn't blasted Vest.
"I don't deliberation determination was immoderate intent there," Lovullo said. "He's 1 of the astir awesome hitters successful MLB and you don't privation to instrumentality those benignant of players disconnected the field."
The Diamondbacks are 51-56 and person already signaled they volition beryllium sellers astatine the deadline. One of the teams believed to beryllium funny successful Suárez is the Tigers. The Venezuelan was signed by Detroit astatine property 17 and made his debut for the nine successful 2014 earlier being traded to Cincinnati aft that season.

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