Dodgers OF Puig has minor hamstring strain

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig (66) is examined by a trainer in…

The damage was confirmed by way of MRI on Wednesday, and was held out towards the Oakland A’s.

Puig previously dealt with hamstring problems that knocked him out of the lineup on a couple of different occasions.

RHP Mat Latos was moved out of the starting rotation Tuesday and to the bullpen, where he’ll stay throughout the team’s eight-game road trip, manager Don Mattingly said.

“This is pretty good news today, it seems like”, Mattingly said. “Stan’s categorizing it as very mild”.

Puig left Tuesday night’s game in the eighth inning after beating out an infield single, extending his hitting streak to five games. “I walked the previous three times and I took an educated guess that I’d get a first pitch fastball”, Ellis said.

So there it is once again, more polarizing viewpoints on the perception of just exactly who Puig is as a player and teammate. 333 with two home runs, a triple and six RBIs since August. 11.

Puig is hitting.250/.320/.434 with 10 homers and 35 RBI on the season.

2015 hasn’t gone so well for Puig and Los Angeles even put him on revocable trade waivers earlier this month before taking him off when he was claimed by another club.

The Dodgers figure Puig will have to constantly work on his legs throughout his career.

Puig told Saxon that this injury is “a little bit better than the last one”, which indicates he could miss a decent chunk of time. “It will be something probably that he’s going to have to pay attention to throughout his career, to do extra work and making sure he’s loose”.