CLEVELANDIt certainly didnt look good when Will Middlebrooks took a 95-MPH fastball squarely off the outside of his right wrist in the ninth inning Friday night against the Cleveland Indians.
Peter Abraham reports that the results of the X-rays reveal Middlebrooks has a broken wrist. There's no word yet on how long Middlebrooks will be out, but with only seven weeks left in the season, it doesn't look like he'll return this year. Abraham also reports the Sox have called up Danny Valencia for Saturday.
Middlebrooks wrist immediately went limp as he doubled over in pain, and he was replaced by pinch-runner Nick Punto. Sox manager Bobby Valentine said Middlebrooks was due to get some X-rays at a nearby hospital following the game. The rookie third baseman was still in the locker room following the game, but couldnt open the door to the trainers room with his injured hand and instead needed David Ortiz to do it for him.
Valentine was hoping the ball hit Middlebrooks more in the soft area of the wrist but the sound told a different story.
I was hoping it was going to be a little more down on the meat, but this was right on the bone.
Middlebrooks was 0-for-3 in Friday nights win before leaving the game with the possible wrist injury, and he is yet another in a long line of Sox injuries plaguing the team this year.