Dexter Fowler Leaves Game with Hamstring Discomfort (UPDATE)

After his first at bat of the game, a groundout to third base, Chicago Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler exited with the trainer:

Dexter Fowler left tonight's game after experiencing right hamstring discomfort. He is undergoing further evaluation.

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 19, 2016

As we’ve seen already with Matt Szczur, Jorge Soler, Jason Hammel, and Tommy La Stella, hamstring issues and/or injuries can be a tricky thing, the prognosis for which varies wildly. For that reason, and because we don’t really know any details just yet, I won’t speculate on whether he’s going to miss time, how long he’ll miss, who would replace him on the roster, etc. It’s way too early for that.

Let’s just see what else comes out tonight and tomorrow morning, and whether the discomfort is sufficient to lead to an MRI. Then we go from there.

For tonight, Fowler was replaced in center field by Albert Almora Jr.

UPDATE: The MRI is coming tomorrow:

Dexter Fowler "not bad, not awful, just sore," per Joe Maddon. Will have MRI tomorrow.

— JJ Stankevitz (@JJStankevitz) June 19, 2016