St. Louis Cardinals starting shortstop man Rafael Furcal may have played his last game of the season according to how he felt following a few throws that he made in the bottom of the sixth inning during Thursday night's game.
In the aftermath of the defending champions' 8-to-1 loss in the opener of a four game series against the Washington Nationals, following back-to-back throws Furcal made from second base to home plate, Rafael strained his right elbow--which in this situation--may just be the worst of the situation considering he throw's with his right hand despite batting left-handed.
During press-conferences following the game on Thursday, Furcal was asked whether or not he was concerned that the injury might affect the rest of the season or if it could possibly make him miss the rest of the season. When asked that particular question, Furcal responded with:
Furcal, who started the season as the Cardinals leadoff man at the plate, is hitting a decisively low .264 overall with five home runs and 49-RBIs. Following a pretty fast start to the season at the plate, he has been on a slide for quite some time now--and was moved back down to eighth in the batting order.Sort of, it's bad. My wish is nothing crazy.
Matheny stated about the entire situation in the post-game press-conferences:
You can't really describe it as losing a piece right now until we get all the information. He's been a phenomenal part of this team. He's had a great season.This certainly isn't the news that Cardinal Nation is wanting to hear right about this time. Losing a player such as Furcal would hurt in the fact that it certainly dims down our depth for the infield--and may just provide another chance given to Tyler Greene--which may possibly be my most disliked Cardinal player of all-time (lol). In all seriousness, lets really all just hope that the results of his MRI's come back negative. We would truly be missing out on a big piece to this teams' puzzle.
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