When the Rays traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland A’s this past off-season for John Jaso, the big prize for the Rays was Oakland’s top prospect, shortstop Daniel Robertson. Now, like Jaso, Robertson is injured and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Robertson was originally sidelined when he was pulled from a game in the middle of an at bat on June 3. Now, he is being evaluated for a “possible broken hamate bone” in his left wrist according to Marc Topkin of TampaBay.com, and appears headed to the DL.
The timing is terrible for Robertson, who was named the Rays’ top prospect entering the season, because it sounded like he was on track to being promoted to triple-A, perhaps sooner, rather than later.