Padres reliever Jason Adam carted off field with ruptured quadriceps tendon
San Diego Padres relief pitcher Jason Adam holds his leg after falling with an injury during the seventh inning of a baseball contest against the Baltimore Orioles Monday Sept in San Diego AP Photo Gregory Bull AP Gregory Bull San Diego Padres relief pitcher Jason Adam holds his leg after falling with an injury during the seventh inning of a baseball competition against the Baltimore Orioles Monday Sept in San Diego AP Photo Gregory Bull AP Gregory Bull SAN DIEGO AP Padres reliever Jason Adam ruptured a tendon in his left quadriceps and was carted off the field Monday a major blow to San Diego s dominant bullpen Adam was injured in the seventh inning of a - loss to the Baltimore Orioles One of several All-Star relievers on the crew Adam explained he still necessities to get an MRI for confirmation but that sounds like six to nine months so the season s ostensibly done The injury comes as the Padres are chasing the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West The loss dropped the Padres games behind the idle Dodgers San Diego at present holds the second National League wild-card spot The Padres became the first big league band to send three relievers to the All-Star Encounter when Adam closer Robert Suarez and left-hander Adri n Morej n were selected for the Midsummer Classic Among general manager A J Preller s several trade-deadline pickups was hard-throwing Mason Miller from the Athletics who was an All-Star in I notified A J I m really glad you went out and got Mason announced Adam who was on crutches with his left leg in a big brace when he spoke with reporters That s all I ve really processed This bullpen s so deep Of all the bullpens in the league to not need me it s this one So I m excited to cheer those guys on It s a family out there so I m excited Adam collapsed as he tried to turn toward Gunnar Henderson s chopper that went off the mound for an infield single He at once signaled for an athletic trainer and grabbed his left knee After receiving attention from trainers Adam was helped to his feet and onto a cart with his left leg propped up on the seat Cameras caught Adam saying he felt something pop I felt the pop right away felt like the quad rolled up so I kind of knew it wasn t good Adam announced It was in pain at first and then you kind of come to and you re like Hey did we get the out And then it s just waiting to hear how long Adam announced he went to plant to go back and grab the ball because it was kind of a chopper to my right and that s when I felt the pop and it kind of gave out and I fell Adam - took the loss He has a ERA in appearances The meeting was tied at when Henderson s hit put runners on first and second Adam was replaced by Suarez who got the second out of the inning before allowing Dylan Beavers go-ahead single Miller called Adam s injury really heartbreaking You hate to see anybody go down with anything especially something like that It s just a baseball oddity a slow-hit ball like that It s nothing he did just his instincts taking over Miller disclosed In his absence guys are going to have to step up and fill that role We certainly have guys like that Mentioned starter Dylan Cease It seems like he pitches every day He s been amazing It s terrible to see Padres manager Mike Shildt called Adam an absolute workhorse who has gotten huge outs for us Shildt also revealed Adam is a leader in the clubhouse We ve got a great clubhouse We ve got great dudes I love him to death Jason is as solid a guy as there is He s well-respected and means a lot to us We ll miss him and we ll have to figure it out Shildt revealed AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source
