Talking with 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies last week, Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo told the show’s hosts the Nats hoped to have their two IL’d left-handed relievers, Sean Doolittle and Roenis Elías, back from the Injured List sooner than later.
Elías injured his right hamstring running out a grounder in his first game with the Nationals on August 2nd in Arizona, two days after he was acquired from the Seattle Mariners at the trade deadline.
He was told not to swing when he went to the plate, with his manager hoping to get a few extra outs out of the lefty, but he swung, made contact, and got injured running to first.