Myers (right knee) placed on IL, but gets 'best-case scenario' news

PHILADELPHIA -- A scary moment during Tuesday night’s 6-5 Marlins extra-innings victory over the Phillies wound up resulting in the best-case scenario for outfielder Dane Myers.

Myers, who raced toward the right-field wall on Max Kepler’s fly ball to open the second inning, caught part of his leg awkwardly on the little step at the bottom of the fence. He wound up being diagnosed with a right knee laceration and was placed on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday to end his season.

“Last night, sleeping wasn't too good,” Myers said. “The play was unfortunate. It's a tough play at the wall, obviously trying to go grab the ball and make the play, but it's part of the game that I hit that unfortunate spot on the wall.

“It kind of took me back to high school, like taking a helmet to the knee. I don't know, just the impact was pretty bad. I wasn't really thinking about a cut or anything at the time. I just knew the impact of my knee hitting the wall was pretty bad -- something I haven't felt in my career ever. So it was just a tough play.”

On the play, Myers immediately went down, as manager Clayton McCullough, a member of both the Phillies' and Marlins' training staffs and center fielder Jakob Marsee went to check on him when play was halted.

A visibly emotional Myers was eventually carried by five people, including two medical personnel, onto a cart that was brought out onto the warning track. A towel was placed on his leg, perhaps for the laceration, as he was carted away to the supportive cheers of the Citizens Bank Park crowd.

Javier Sanoja entered the game in left field, and Griffin Conine, who was reinstated from the 60-day injured list, moved from left to right.

Myers has a history of colliding with outfield walls due to his all-out play, though they’ve never resulted in injury.

Last season, Myers missed two months with a left ankle fracture he sustained while kicking a door. This season, he landed on the IL twice with a right oblique strain.

Myers, who made his first Opening Day roster in 2025, finishes with a .235/.291/.326 slash line and 10 doubles, six homers, 31 RBIs and 18 steals in 106 games.

“I was a little surprised to see, I guess, how deep the cut was, with my knee being in as much pain as it was to see that cut, too,” said Myers, whose laceration required six stitches. “It was pretty worrisome at the moment. But best-case scenario turned out, just a cut is really the only thing to worry about. Bone bruise, too. But that recovers quick.”

Miami recalled Joey Wiemer from Triple-A Jacksonville as the corresponding roster move, and he started in right field and hit eighth in Wednesday’s lineup. Wiemer had been optioned on Monday to make room on the active roster for Conine.