D-Backs prospect Jordan Lawlar suffers fractured scapula

On Oct 25, 2022

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Oct 15, 2022; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Salt River Rafters infielder Jordan Lawlar (1) stands at bat against the Surprise Saguaros at Chase Field.

Diamondbacks prospect Jordan Lawlar suffered a fractured left scapula when he was hit by a pitch on Friday, an injury that brings an early end to his Arizona Fall League season.

“He’s going to be out six to eight weeks,” Diamondbacks farm director Josh Barfield said. “It just hit him in the wrong spot.”

Barfield said the injury will not require surgery, adding that he did not believe it would cut far into Lawlar’s ability to train and prepare for next season.

“I think it will hardly affect his offseason at all,” Barfield said.

Lawlar, 20, had a huge year in his first full professional season. He hit a combined .303 with 16 homers and 39 steals in 100 games during the minor league season, finishing the season in Double-A, then followed that with a .278/.469/.528 showing with two homers in 49 plate appearances in the fall league, where he was playing against more advanced competition.

“He had a great year,” Barfield said. “It was his first full season and as a high schooler to reach Double-A and be in the fall league and have success at every level, it’s really encouraging. He’s heading in the right direction.”

Lawlar, who was playing for the Salt River Rafters, was hit by a 94-mph sinker from Scottsdale Scorpions right-hander Nick Richmond, a pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. The full-count pitch rode up and in and Lawlar tried to spin out of the way, but the pitch drilled him on the back of his left shoulder.