Closing Time: Everbody hurts, starting with Giancarlo Stanton (Roto Arcade)

We try to keep Closing Time from becoming an injury-driven blog, but on some occasions we can’t avoid it. The Monday night (and Tuesday morning) slate turned into a medical watch, with key players falling by the wayside all over the place.
The biggest individual hit came in Miami, where Giancarlo Stanton suffered a right hamstring strain and landed on the DL after the game. He’s out for at least 15 days, and might need more time than that (we’ll see what Tuesday’s MRI tells us). The timing is particularly rotten for Stanton, who had a three-homer weekend against Chicago.
With Stanton out of the mix, highly-regarded outfielder Marcell Ozuna gets a chance to show what he can do. The 22-year-old was off to a ridiculous 10-game start at Double-A (.333/.383/.810, five homers), his first time at the level. We’ll see how he handles a double-jump to the show. But no matter what Ozuna is ready for, the Marlins already had the worst offense in the majors by far (71 runs; .226/.287/.312 slash) – and now we can be even more aggressive in our efforts to stream against them.