Carlos Correa to undergo testing Friday to determine severity of broken finger
Add Carlos Correa to the Minnesota Twins' growing list of players who are injured or ill.
Correa was pulled from Thursday's game against Baltimore after being hit by a pitch on his right hand in the seventh inning. The 27-year-old star shortstop actually swung at a change-up from Orioles pitcher Bryan Baker and made contact with is hand, with the ball rolling into the infield for a groundout.
Two innings earlier Correa was hit by a pitch on his left wrist, but it was the hit-by-pitch in the seventh inning that may have broken the middle finger on his right hand.
The Twins announced that preliminary imagining revealed a possible non-displaced fracture of his middle finger. Correa will get a CT scan Friday to determine the severity of the injury, but the Twins say a non-displaced fracture would not require surgery.
If Correa winds up on the injured list, his absence could pave a path for Twins No. 1 prospect Royce Lewis to make his major league debut. Lewis is batting .310/.430/.563 with 3 homers, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 17 walks and 8 stolen bases in 24 games at Triple-A St. Paul this season.
Earlier Thursday, the Twins announced that manager Rocco Baldelli, infielder Luis Arraez and starting pitcher Dylan Bundy all tested positive for COVID-19. That news followed news of Miguel Sano needing knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
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