Jurickson Profar joins Aaron Judge as Dodger Stadium outfield wall victim

Dodger Stadium’s outfield wall might have claimed one other sufferer.

Rockies outfielder Jurickson Profar left Sunday’s 8-3 loss to the Dodgers within the second inning with a twisted knee after crashing into the left field wall.

Yankees outfielder and reigning AL MVP Aaron Decide missed almost two months with a torn ligament in his toe after crashing through a wall in right field in June.

Though Decide’s harm stemmed from him banging his toe into the concrete on the base of the wall, Profar seemingly twisted his knee because of the bizarre padding arrange in left area.

Profar made a leaping catch in entrance of the wall and his momentum took him into the wall, the place his knee linked with padding – which weirdly juts out of the wall – and doubtlessly the fence.

That part of the wall at Dodger Stadium exhibits the out-of-town scoreboard, thus making a bizarre setup of padding and what seems to be a mesh or chain-link fence.

Profar hobbled on his proper leg for just a few seconds earlier than collapsing to the bottom and he was helped off the sphere by a pair of trainers.

The leaping catch saved one, if not two runs, and robbed Mookie Betts of an extra-base hit, however the Rockies nonetheless suffered a four-game sweep in Hollywood.

The Related Press reported that Profar would be examined Sunday evening.

Profar lacking time wouldn’t be crushing to the NL-worst Rockies (45-73), but it surely places the highlight once more on Dodger Stadium.

Decide’s June 3 harm arguably modified the calculus of the Yankees season, which has spiraled out of control as they sit in final place within the AL East at 60-58.

Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten stated the staff deliberate to reinforce the padding of the wall Decide crashed by means of and add a strip of padding in entrance of the concrete that Decide smashed into together with his toe, according to The Athletic.

Dodger Stadium opened in 1962 and is MLB’s third-oldest stadium (Fenway Park, 1912, and Wrigley Area, 1914) however just isn’t as fashionable as lots of its counterparts.