Angel Pagan Injury: Updates on Giants OF's Back and Return

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 23

Andrew Baggarly of CSN provided some discouraging news regarding Angel Pagan's back:

Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News provided a comment from manager Bruce Bochy: 

Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle added more details: 

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The Giants will move forward with Gregor Blanco as their leadoff hitter. Juan Perez (tonight’s starter in left), Chris Dominguez and Travis Ishikawa will see time in the outfield, too.

Pagan played in only 96 games this season after a hamstring injury limited him to 71 last year. He missed nearly two months with the back injury, from June 15 through Aug. 6. He hit .291 in 33 games after his return, but he was not himself because of the injury.

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Now, Bochy said, the Giants have to get Pagan out of their minds.

“You have to deal with this,” he said. “Injuries are part of the game. The important thing for us is to do what we normally do when something like this happens. Don’t talk bout it. Don’t dwell on it. Focus on what we need to do.”

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Giants first baseman Brandon Belt commented on the injury via Schulman:  

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 21

Henry Schulman of SFGate.com reported on Angel Pagan's status for a series vs. the Dodgers:

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As much as the Giants hoped to be at full strength for the final postseason push, they now must recognize that it will not happen. Manager Bruce Bochy declared Saturday that Angel Pagan and Michael Morse both are “questionable” for the Dodgers series.

“What can you do?” Bochy said after revealing that team orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki is flying to San Diego to examine Pagan's never-healing back. “You’d like to be healthy and at full strength down the stretch. We’ve had to deal with a few injuries this year: (Matt) Cain, (Brandon) Belt. You’ve got to focus forward. That’s all you can do.”

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Updates from Friday, Sept. 19

Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News reports the latest on Angel Pagan's lingering back issues:

Pavlovic previously indicated Pagan was in the lineup:

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 17

CSN's Andrew Baggarly has the latest on Pagan:

Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News confirmed Angel Pagan is not in the Giants' lineup on Wednesday:

Pavlovic also reported on the next step with Pagan's recovery:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 16

CSN's Andrew Baggarly has more on Pagan's status:

MLB Lineups indicates Angel Pagan is out of the Giants' lineup:

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9/16 @SFGiants lineup vs ARI Blanco LF Panik 2B Posey C Sandoval 3B Pence RF Ishikawa 1B Crawford SS Perez CF Peavy P

— MLBLineups (@mlblineups) September 16, 2014"

Bruce Bochy commented on Pagan's status via Andrew Baggarly of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area:

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The San Francisco Giants will be without outfielder Angel Pagan on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In his place will be Juan Perez, according to a tweet from Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle:

Schulman also tweeted the cause for the scratch:

After the Giants 6-2 loss, Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News provided an update: 

Andrew Baggarly of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area spoke with Pagan about the injury: 

The injury comes at a terrible time for San Francisco, as the team is feverishly chasing the Los Angeles Dodgers in a race for the NL West. We're now in the midst of September, and with the postseason creeping ever so closer, San Francisco's three-game deficit is quickly becoming increasingly difficult to overcome.

Losing Pagan's .302 batting average doesn't help the team's cause. The outfielder has accumulated 115 hits, 21 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 27 RBI while stealing 15 bases in 95 games this season.

Perez will take over in Pagan's absence. He's batting .189 on 74 at-bats this season, totaling 14 hits, seven doubles, one home run and three RBI. He has some big shoes to fill as the Giants continue to make a push for the playoffs.