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Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa told The Washington Post he felt fine after starting his minor-league rehab assignment at Triple-A Syracuse Thursday.

Espinosa played three innings and finished 1 for 2 with a run and strikeout while batting right-handed in his rehab opener.

"He's a tough guy," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "I don't think these injuries will set him back. I think he just needs to get his timing down and start feeling good about himself from the left and the right side."

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa went 1 for 2 and scored a run for Triple-A Syracuse in the first game of his rehab assignment Thursday before being removed from the game for a defensive replacement.

Espinosa is working his way back from a fractured right wrist and was scheduled to play just three innings in his first rehab appearance.

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa will begin a rehab assignment by playing three innings with Triple-A Syracuse Thursday, the Washington Post reports.

Espinosa, who has resumed baseball activities as expected, is on the disabled list with a fractured right wrist. He could remain in the minors to work on his swing once the rehab assignment officially ends.

In the earlier stages of this past offseason, back before Jedd Gyorko was known to be in the running for the starting second base job, I pegged a little-known Padres infielder named Logan Forsythe as a potential sleeper.

I liked his skill set. True, he probably wouldn't hit more than a dozen homers in a full season, but he'd make consistent contact, draw a high number of walks and collect enough doubles to factor at what figured to be a weak position. He'd be a poor man's Matt Carpenter, basically.

A bout with plantar fasciitis and, of course, Gyorko's emergence quickly ended those thoughts, but now, Gyorko is the one on the DL. And already, Forsythe is making his presence known, going 2 for 2 with a homer and a walk in his first start Monday against the Braves.

He has no chance of keeping the job when Gyorko returns, but if you need just a short-term replacement for Gyorko in Fantasy, you don't have to get too creative to find one.

Padres infielder Logan Forsythe came off the disabled list in style Monday against the Braves, going 2 for 2 with a home run and a walk in a 7-6 win.

Forsythe, who was on the DL with plantar fasciitis, was playing in his first game of the season.

Padres infielder Logan Forsythe was activated from the 60-day disabled list and placed in the starting lineup Monday against the Braves. Forsythe has been out all season due to plantar fasciitis, but he appeared in eight games on his rehab assignment, batting .360 for Triple-A Tucson.

Jedd Gyorko is expected to be placed on the disabled list to make room for Forythe on the active roster. 

If Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa is feeling better in the next few days, he will likely resume baseball activities. Espinosa had a cortisone injection Thursday in his fractured right wrist, and the team is waiting to see how he responds before moving forward, according to The Washington Times. 

"From my understanding, the break and the little chip that’s separated from it is not in a position where it can cause any more irritation," manager Davey Johnson said Saturday, without putting a specific timeline on Espinosa's resumption of activities. "And the major bone has probably had enough time to calm down. So hopefully he won’t have a whole lot of discomfort, no weakness in the hand. He was playing through it pretty good.”

Johnson also reiterated that Espinosa's torn rotator cuff is not a concern, and will not have any impact on when he can return from the disabled list. The wrist remains his only concern, after he opted to avoid surgery on the shoulder.

"The shoulder, he did a lot of exercising to strengthen all the muscles around the rotator cuff," Johnson said. "The doctors decided to go that route instead. Maybe we’re past it. I don’t know. That will be something we have to look at in the offseason."

Espinosa may not return to the majors when he comes off the disabled list. 

Nationals shortstop Danny Espinosa had an MRI on his fractured right wrist as well as his left shoulder, neither of which revealed anything surprising. In fact, the MRI on his shoulder showed that the torn left rotator cuff he suffered last season is not a big problem.

While the team did not go into much detail, MLB.com described it as just "a little injury," indicating that it has healed well without surgery.

Espinosa is expected to resume baseball activities in four to five days after having a cortisone shot in his wrist. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa received a cortisone injection into his injured wrist, manager Davey Johnson told reporters Thursday. He should be cleared to resume baseball activities in 4-5 days.

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa visited with a specialist Wednesday to undergo MRIs on his right wrist and left shoulder. However, general manager Mike Rizzo didn't share the results with reporters Wednesday afternoon.