As the Nationals noted on Twitter in announcing roster moves before last night’s opener in the Phillies’ home, Keibert Ruiz, 24, went on the 10-Day IL with a “testicular contusion” that will likely cost him the rest of the 2022 campaign. Ruiz took a foul ball to the groin in the series finale with the Cardinals in St. Louis on Thursday afternoon, and ended up having to go to a local hospital where he remained as Washington traveled to Philadelphia overnight.
Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez told reporters before the first of three in Philly that Ruiz was on his way to the City of Brotherly Love to meet up with the team, but he was ordered to rest.