Even if Christopher Morel hadn’t already been installed as the favorite to land the everyday third base job, he may have ended up with it by default. Nick Madrigal is working through another in a long series of leg issues and now Patrick Wisdom is dealing with back discomfort. He had already been shelved for a few days and was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup when his warmup didn’t go well.
“Patrick got going today and didn’t feel great,” Craig Counsell explained to reporters. “Not really sure what’s gonna happen next, but obviously, it’s concerning that we had to stop today.