{"id":2554,"date":"2018-03-23T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:13:05","slug":"mlb-impact-players-who-could-missing-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/mlb-impact-players-who-could-missing-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Impact Players Who Could Missing Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With less than a week until opening day, now is the time baseball players start ramping up for the start of the season as spring training winds to a close. Unfortunately, there are a few players who may not be with their teams on opening day after suffering an injury late in spring or coming back from <strong>offseason<\/strong> surgery. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the impact players who are hoping to return from injury without missing too much of the regular season.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"michael-brantley-indians\"><strong>Michael Brantley, Indians<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brantley<\/strong> has had all kind of trouble staying healthy the last few years. But when he\u2019s been healthy, he\u2019s performed at an all-star level. With <strong>Cleveland<\/strong> losing Edwin Encarnacion last offseason and Carlos Santana this past offseason, the Indians need Brantley to be healthy and take on a prominent role in their lineup. Unfortunately, he only made his spring debut on Wednesday after coming back from ankle surgery in October. He\u2019d like to be ready by opening day, but that may not be a realistic timeline considering his recent problems with injuries.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"michael-conforto-mets\">Michael Conforto, Mets<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2556 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Conforto.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conforto<\/strong> was arguably New York\u2019s best player last season before a freak shoulder injury ended his season early. He\u2019s only recently started playing in minor league games and is yet to play in an official spring training game. However, Conforto launched two home runs during a scrimmage on Wednesday, so he appears to be fully recovered and ready to pick up where he lost last year when he posted an OPS of .939. The <strong>Mets<\/strong> originally set a target date of May 1 for Conforto\u2019s return, but now it looks like there\u2019s a chance he could return before then, which could be a huge boost for the Mets.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"daniel-murphy-nationals\"><strong>Daniel Murphy, Nationals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Murphy<\/strong>, one of Washington\u2019s most <strong>impactful<\/strong> players, underwent micro-fracture surgery on his knee during the offseason. He\u2019s only recently started to increase his level of baseball activities, so opening day is all but off the table for Murphy. Considering how important he is to the team, the Nationals may not want to rush him back. Murphy himself has indicated he doesn\u2019t want to come back if it means taking frequent days off once the season starts. The <strong>Nationals<\/strong> will no doubt miss him early in the season, but they do have veteran Howie Kendrick to hold down the fort at second base until Murphy is ready to return.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ervin-santana-twins\">Ervin Santana, Twins<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Santana<\/strong> underwent surgery on the middle finger on his pitching hand in early February, at which point he was given a 10-12 week timetable to return. Roughly eight weeks later, Santana still isn\u2019t throwing, so while the Twins remain optimistic and say that Santana is on the right track, there\u2019s little chance he pitches in a big league game before May. Last season, a month without Santana would have crushed the Twins. However, after adding Jake Odorizzi and <strong>Lance<\/strong> <strong>Lynn<\/strong> over the winter, the Twins are still in good shape at the top of their rotation. Of course, the Twins have little margin for error this season if they want to catch up to the Indians in the NL Central, so the longer they go without Santana, the longer their postseason chances become.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"justin-turner-dodgers\"><strong>Justin Turner, Dodgers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2558 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/JT.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turner<\/strong> suffered a broken wrist when he was hit by a pitch during a Cactus League game Monday night. The good news is that he won\u2019t need surgery, but he\u2019s still going to start the season on the DL and be out several weeks. Considering their lack of infield depth and Turner\u2019s steady production over the last few years, he\u2019s one of the players the Dodgers could least afford to lose. For the time being, Logan Forsythe will shift to third base with the aging Chase Utley getting most of the playing time at second base. However, Turner\u2019s absence will be felt, and teams like the Diamondbacks, Giants, and Rockies may see this as an opportunity to get out ahead of Los Angeles early in the season and shake up the pecking order in the NL West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s take a look at some MLB Impact Players Who Could Missing Opening Day","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MLB Impact Players Who Could Missing Opening Day - The Latest Sports Betting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLB Impact Players Who Could Missing Opening Day - 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