The Nationals are holding their breath after one of their top prospects was injured in a horrifying scene during a spring training game Saturday afternoon.
Outfielder Daylen Lyle was stretchered out of JetBlue Park after falling over the right-field wall while attempting to steal a home run against the Red Sox.
Boston first baseman Tyler Miller smashes a ball from the Nationals’ Cole Henry into deep right field, and Lyle retreats to a short, waist-high wall, then jumps up to catch the ball and falls over the fence. did.
When the 21-year-old Lyle fell into the Red Sox bullpen, the pitchers there immediately signaled for help.
Boston’s training staff rushed to tend to Lyle, and the 2021 second-round draft pick was later carried off on a stretcher from the ballpark in Fort Myers, Florida. According to Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post.
Video on the NESN feed showed Lyle wearing a neck brace.
According to Janes, Lyle gave a thumbs up as he was led out of the ballpark.
Nationals manager Davey Martinez said Lyle landed on his back and was taken to an area hospital for a CAT scan, but the team would know more about the extent of his injuries Sunday. According to Janes.
Martinez added that Lyle was able to move his arms and legs. According to Mark Zuckerman of MASN.
One member of the Nationals’ training staff will remain at Lisle until he is ready to return to the team’s facility in West Palm Beach, according to The Jane’s.
Rated as the team’s No. 6 prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2023, Lyle posted an .807 OPS in nine starts between Low-A and High-A last season.
