On 5/8/24, the Cincinnati Reds resigned Mike Ford to a major league deal, araising several questions around Reds fandom on X/Twitter. Today…we finally know why. CES is headed to the injured list, as reported by the team.
What type of injury is this?
Several weeks ago, Christian Encarnacion-Strand was hit on the hand by former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the series against the Texas Rangers – he received x-rays, which were found to be negative, but in those x-rays, it was revealed that he had a wrist contusion, likely from a HBP that occurred well early on in Spring Training. CES didn’t even know when or how it happened. When that type of detail comes out, it’s always usually worse than anticipated. Well, today, we finally know the extent of it. And it makes sense…cause CES hasn’t quite been the CES we know.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has a Fractured right Ulnar Styloid. You’re probably like, what in the f is that? So let me show you below.
This injury likely has been lingering – according to Healthline, this type of injury primarily is result of consistent use of catching a ball, or hard falls. We know CES injured himself on a hit by pitch. Heathline suggests that surgery is typically not necessary. Considering CES got X-rays and they were “negative” this is likely a hairline fracture, which will require nothing more than your basic wrist-cast. That tells me CES won’t be on the Injured List very long at all. Some time off may help him, after all. If anyone knows CES, you know he’ll be doing plenty of fishing. Get better soon, CES. We’ll need ya down the stretch.
UPDATE: Per David Bell, CES is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Brutal.
Man. This team has so many injuries.