Luis Arraez, champion of the reigning national league, published an encouraging update of his hospital bed after being eliminated and stretched the field in Houston on Sunday.
San Diego Padres star, 28 years old, from San Felipe, Venezuela, calmed fans fears on Instagram by announcing that he will be back with the club on Monday.
“Dear fans and all those who were concerned about me,” started Arraez, who was written in English and Spanish. “As you saw, I had to leave the match tonight on a stretcher after a collision during a game. I was taken to Houston’s Methodist hospital, where I underwent the necessary medical tests. Fortunately, there is nothing to fear. I am currently resting and I plan to join the team this Monday.
Arraez collided with the second second goal player from Houston Astros Mauricio Dubón after dropping a blow along the first base line at Minute Made Park on Sunday. With the first Houston player, Christian Walker, amounts to the line to align the dribbler, Dubón was left to cover the bag, where he and Arraez crushed.
Dubón stayed on the ball to record the failure, but quickly realized that Arraz did not move. He and the coach of the first base David Macias rushed to check Arraez, who was sprawled by his side. The coaches rushed to the field to tend to arrive in Arraez while the nervous manager Mike Shildt and the right defender Fernando Tatis Jr. looked helpless.
It took approximately 10 minutes for the game to resume while the medical staff withdrew on Cart to rush it in a neighboring hospital.
Luis Arraez, the star of San Diego Padres, 28, from San Felipe, Venezuela, calmed the fears of fans on Instagram by announcing that he will be back with the club on Monday
Luis Arraez remained unconscious at minute Made Park after colliding with Mauricio Dubón
“I really appreciate all your prayers and friendly messages,” said Arraez. “I would like to thank the medical and paramedical staff of the Padres and Astros, as well as those who took care of me in the hospital. Most importantly, I thank God for his protection – I’m fine now.
Despite the optimistic message in Arraez, Shildt issued a few words of caution when he was addressed to journalists on Sunday evening.
“Obviously, very scary,” said Shildt. “We think he is mostly out of the woods. More time will tell us, but the initial tests are very favorable. No fracture of any kind. I mean, he obtained a little laceration on his jaw, so we worry about his jaw. We are worried about its cervical region. Everything was clear, stable during initial tests.
“We have already been burned during the tests, so we will be carefully optimistic,” he continued. “He had a period when he was not aware of where he was, so it is clearly worrying. Everything comes back to him now, and his initial tests from the concussion point of view were favorable, but clearly, we are not out of the woods. All well considered is a blessing.
Dubón, a former winner of Gold Glove, seemed to walk in the wrong part of the base on the game, which may have led to the collision. Instead of putting his peak on the inner part of the bag, the 30 -year native of Honduras entered the center of the base at the exact time Arrier arrived.
“It was frightening,” said Dubón. “I mean, just watch it doesn’t move. It was frightening. Especially people know the type of player I am. I’m not a dirty player or anything. So it sucks.
Arraez is seen being transported from the field after colliding with Mauricio Dubón de Houston
The first goal player of Houston Astros Christian Walker (8) and the second basic player Mauricio Dubon (14) look at the tender doctors in Arraez. Dubon (right) said that he had received death threats on Sunday
Despite Dubón, he said he had since received death threats.
“The worst part is that you get death threats like this and everything,” he told journalists. “So it’s going to be a fun return home.”
He continued to insist that he could do nothing about the collision.
“It is just afraid of having this game on him and everything,” said Dubón. “As I said before, I couldn’t have done anything. I prepared myself and I thought I was going to withdraw the worst. I mean, I’m not a big guy.
Winner of three titles in the stick with three different teams in the last three seasons, Arraez is a second converted player who now finds himself dividing time between the first and the designated striker.
As we can see on his Instagram account, Arraez and his wife Gladys have three daughters: Emma, Esther and Esthela.
