Danny Espinosa forgoing rest to get back
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.
