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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.

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa will see a specialist in Baltimore for his fractured right wrist after being placed on the disabled list Tuesday. According to MLB.com, surgery is not an option for either his wrist or his torn left rotator cuff, and he will just rest while on the disabled list.

The team will also likely send him to the minors once he's healthy to fix his swingt. Espinosa is batting .158 with three home runs.

"We finally put Danny on the disabled list to clean up all the wrist questions that we had, and for him to rehab and then go down to the minor leagues, with a healthy wrist, go down there and work on the mental side of hitting," general manager Mike Rizzo told MLB.com. "[We want to] see if we can get him back here because he's a guy that we need -- that's going to be a guy that we're going to count on some time this year. So we want to get him right."

The team called up top prospect Anthony Rendon to replace Espinosa on the active roster. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, as his right wrist injury continues to bother him.

Espinosa has been dealing with bone chips and a fracture in his right wrist for the last few weeks, but was planning to play through it before being placed on the disabled list.

Espinosa has struggled all season, batting just .158 with a .465 OPS. He has also been dealing with a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder. His timeline is not yet known. 

Amazingly, Danny Espinosa is still rostered in 38 percent of leagues, to which I can only ask: Why?

As if attempting to play through a torn rotator cuff wasn't destructive enough to his batting average, he's back from a week off to rest his aching wrist. And why does it ache? There's a piece of bone floating around in there. Ouch.

For some injuries, "rub some dirt on it, kid" just doesn't apply, and I'm afraid Espinosa might be toughing it out to his own detriment. The shoulder and wrist are usually what make or break a swing, and neither is right for him -- a hitter who was destined to hit .240 even if completely healthy.

I'm not expecting much from the Nationals second baseman the rest of the way, and neither should you.

Padres infielder Logan Forsythe went 0 for 2 in the first game of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Tuscon Wednesday. He has yet to play with the Padres this season after being placed on the disabled list with plantar fasciitis during spring training.

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa went 1 for 4 with one run and three strikeouts in his return to the lineup Wednesday. He missed a total of five games with a wrist injury, choosing to play through it rather than take a stint on the disabled list.

Espinosa has hit just .166 in 145 at-bats this season.

If Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa would just take three weeks off to rest, his fractured right wrist would fully heal and he would be back to playing at 100 percent. For Espinosa, there was no question what decision needed to be made.

"I don’t have three weeks to sit," Espinosa told The Washington Post Wednesday, as he returned to the lineup after just five days off. Espinosa knows he is going to have to play through some discomfort, but isn't willing to sacrifice the time it would take at this point.

"I thought if it was another week that would have been real productive, I probably would have taken one week," Espinosa said. "But it's not going to be one week. It’s going to be a good amount of time to get it recovered. I feel better. I don’t have the amount of pain I had."

Espinosa is playing with a torn left rotator cuff as well, and is hitting .163 with a .487 OPS so far. But he insists neither injury is an excuse for his poor hitting. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa is back in the lineup and on the field Wednesday against the Orioles, after missing five games due to bone chips in his right wrist.

Espinosa is batting ninth and playing second base in the game. 

The swelling in Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa's wrist has subsided enough he might be available to pinch-hit Tuesday against the Orioles. Espinosa will take full batting practice and field grounders before the game and could make his return to the starting lineup as early as Wednesday. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa missed his fifth game in a row Tuesday against the Orioles, as he continues to deal with bone chips in his right wrist.

The team continues to aim for Wednesday or Thursday as a possible return date for Espinosa.