Boston’s baseball team has sidelined utility infielder Nick Sogard for a minimum of 10 days Wednesday after he suffered a strain to his right oblique muscle.
The roster move dates back to Sunday. To fill the vacancy, Boston brought up utility infielder Anthony Seigler, 26, from their Triple-A affiliate in Worcester.
The 28-year-old Sogard’s most recent appearance came Saturday when he went hitless in two at-bats during Boston’s 9-1 victory over Cleveland on the road. The ambidextrous hitter started experiencing discomfort in his right side during the weekend and found himself unable to swing from the left-handed batter’s box, team reports indicated.
This season, he has compiled a .257 batting average with nine hits in 35 at-bats and has driven in two runs across 12 contests. Throughout his major league tenure, he maintains a .264 average with 19 runs batted in over 73 games spanning three partial seasons.
Seigler entered professional baseball as a first-round selection, taken 23rd overall by the New York Yankees in the 2018 amateur draft. He joined the Milwaukee organization as a free agent this past November before being dealt to Boston on February 9th alongside infielders Caleb Durbin and Andruw Monasterio in exchange for infielder David Hamilton and left-handed pitchers Shane Drohan and Kyle Harrison.
During his first major league campaign last year with Milwaukee, Seigler managed a .194 batting average, collecting 12 hits in 62 at-bats over 34 games. At the Triple-A level in Worcester, he has been performing well with a .298 average, three home runs, 21 RBIs, a .425 on-base percentage and .471 slugging percentage.
