10:11PM: In what seems to be nice information, Arraez returned to the Padres clubhouse postgame and was fortunately chatting with teammates, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reviews. Arraez will keep in Houston in a single day for commentary, however may rejoin the group in Detroit as early as tomorrow.
7:23PM: Throughout an in-game interview with ESPN’s Buster Olney, Padres supervisor Mike Shildt stated preliminary issues had been about Arraez’s neck and jaw. For the latter, Shildt stated Arraez “has somewhat little bit of a reduce on the jaw, [we’re] apprehensive in regards to the jaw, stability of that.” (Hat tip to The Athletic’s Chandler Rome)
6:53PM: Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez suffered an obvious head or neck damage after a giant collision with Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubon in tonight’s sport. Arraez was thrown out at first base whereas making an attempt to bunt for a base hit, and ran headfirst into Dubon’s shoulder whereas the second baseman was protecting the bag. Arraez was down on the sector and nearly immobile for a number of minutes, and needed to be carted off as soon as his head and neck space was stabilized by a brace. He was acutely aware, and gave a thumbs up whereas being faraway from the sector.
The Padres offered an replace on their X account, saying that Arraez was “currently steady, acutely aware, responsive, and in a position to transfer his extremities.” The infielder is receiving additional examination and therapy at a Houston hospital.
We’ll undoubtedly get extra updates over the course of the night, however on the very least, it looks like Arraez is heading to the injured listing (both the conventional 10-day IL or the seven-day IL for concussion-related points). Given how scary the incident regarded, one can solely hope that Arraez prevented any sort of critical damage to his neck or head that might influence his day-to-day-life, to say nothing of his baseball profession.
Arraez entered tonight’s motion hitting a strong .287/.330/.425 over his first 95 plate appearances of the 2025 season, once more performing as San Diego’s on a regular basis first baseman. The acute contact hitter has been baseball’s hardest batter to strike out primarily since he made his MLB debut with the Twins in 2019, although Arraez’s contact not often interprets into any type of energy. The old-school strategy has undoubtedly been productive, as Arraez is the one participant within the historical past of the game to win three straight batting titles with three totally different groups — he gained the AL batting crown with the Twins in 2022, with the Marlins in 2023, after which principally with the Padres in 2024 after Miami dealt him to San Diego 33 video games into final season.
This throwback nature has made Arraez a fan favourite, and his contributions each on the sector and inside the Padres’ clubhouse had been considered as a catalyst for San Diego’s success in 2024. Since Arraez will certainly must miss a while within the wake of tonight’s collision, he’ll signify yet one more key Padres participant on the injured listing. The Friars are already making an attempt to get by with out Yu Darvish, Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth, and others, but San Diego nonetheless took a league-best 15-6 file into tonight’s sport in Houston.
