Is Austin Slater injured?
Is Austin Slater injured?
Slater will get an MRI on his dislocated left pinky finger Wednesday and won’t start in the series finale versus the Padres, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.
How did Austin Slater get hurt?
Slater injured his left pinky finger sliding into second base on Aug. 30 against the Padres.
Why isn t Austin Slater playing?
Guardado of MLB.com reports. Impact Slater has spent the last few weeks on the IL due to a left hand sprain, but he ramped up baseball activities over the weekend and has since been activated. He figures to serve as outfield depth down the stretch for San Francisco.