The Looters received bad news today as young Super Pippo will be out 4 weeks with an intercostal strain. Sanford was claimed last year in the Rule 5 draft by the Looters from El Paso and he performed well in his rookie season last year with a .266/.315/.422 slash with 16 homers in 146 games. However, this year he was really coming into his own and having a break out year. In 42 games, he had a slash of .335/.370/.584 good enough for a 153 OPS+. He also already had 42 RBIs on 9 homers and 14 doubles in 173 ABs. Not to mention 5 stolen bases.
With Alex Herrejon already out and just starting a rehab assignment at AAA, the Looters will instead look to Xing-Fu Loong to come up and fill in. Loong himself has just played 4 games at AAA this year after recently returning from a spring training injury. Last year in 191 ABs in New Orleans, Loong hit .225. His versatility of playing all 3 outfield positions though makes him a valuable off the bench option as Errol Hughes will move to playing the field after DHing most of the season with Tony Marin being DH and Manuel Solis being kept around on the roster after impressing early. While Solis filled in for a recently injured Tony Marin, the youngster hit a slash of .358/.405/.537 with 3 homers in 67 at bats.
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