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Weird Injuries

Washington Nationals

Nationals’ Asdrubal Cabrera hurt his ankle getting thrown out at the plate

Asdrubal Cabrera sure had a sequence to forget on Saturday against Miami. The Washington Nationals infielder was thrown out at home plate in the fourth inning of the eventual 10-4 victory over the Marlins and immediately came up hobbling, ultimately …

New York Yankees

Yankees’ Tommy Kahnle had hand checked after slamming sunflower seed bin

Even in a season that has been riddled with injuries for them, the New York Yankees still managed to find a new and creative one this week. Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reported on Thursday that Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle needed to have his hand checked …

Trae Young

Trae Young had to withdraw from Team USA due to eye infection

Trae Young has become the latest big name to withdraw from USA Basketball this summer, but his departure is due to a much more unusual reason. The Atlanta Hawks guard announced on Thursday “with deep sadness” that he was leaving Team USA …

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Braves phenom Austin Riley injured knee warming up in weight room

Austin Riley gave an unfortunate new meaning to leg day this week. Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters Wednesday that the 22-year-old phenom hurt a knee ligament while warming up in the weight room on Tuesday and will be placed on the …

New York Yankees

Yankees’ Cameron Maybin strained calf rounding bases after teammate’s home run

Cameron Maybin had a stroke of rather unfortunate luck during Friday’s game against the Houston Astros. The New York Yankees outfielder strained his calf in the third inning as he rounded third base following teammate Gary Sanchez’s home …

Carlos Correa

Carlos Correa says he fractured rib during home massage

Though we are just two months into the 2019 campaign, Carlos Correa may already have the award for strangest injury of the season on lock. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Houston Astros shortstop, who landed on the injured list this week …

Rays P Blake Snell broke toe in odd fashion

Chalk up another one for the weird baseball injuries. The Tampa Bay Rays announced on Tuesday that they had placed pitcher Blake Snell on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sunday. The reigning Cy Young winner is expected to miss a start. But …

Joe Kelly

Dodgers’ Joe Kelly injured back cooking Cajun food

After a 2018 season where their pitchers were pan-fried by injury, that now appears to be taking on a very literal connotation for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told the media on Friday that newly-signed reliever Joe Kelly …

Report: Giants WR Jawill Davis dislocates kneecap dancing in locker room

The New York Giants placed Jawill Davis on injured reserve Saturday with a dislocated kneecap. His injury isn’t necessarily the story; how he got injured is. According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, Davis suffered the injury while dancing …

Chris Sale

Chris Sale jokingly blames belly button ring for ALCS hospitalization

Chris Sale pulled a fast one on the media this weekend. On Saturday, Sale blamed a belly button ring for causing irritation and putting him in the hospital, subsequently keeping him from starting Game 5 of the ALCS. Chris Sale says he’s feeling …

Justin Upton on DL after cutting finger on broken wine glass

Justin Upton was placed on the 10-day DL because of a laceration on his finger, and now we know what led to the injury. The OC Register’s Jeff Fletcher reported on Tuesday that Upton cut his finger on a broken wine glass. Upton said he cut his …

Dodgers Giants brawl

Giants P hurt hamstring during fight with Dodgers

Dereck Rodriguez wound up as collateral damage of Tuesday night’s fight against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The San Francisco Giants right-hander was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Thursday with a Grade 1 hamstring strain. Henry Schulman of …

Dellin Betances

Yankees’ Dellin Betances dealing with strange finger injury

Dellin Betances’ first outing in the month of August sounded a little painful. The New York Yankees reliever had to be checked out by trainers during Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox with an apparent finger injury. Meredith …

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Top Royals prospect hurt himself getting out of bed

Kansas City Royals players seem to keep finding the oddest ways to injure themselves this season, even their minor leaguers. According to a report by Maria Torres of the Kansas City Star on Thursday, top Royals prospect Bubba Starling dislocated his …

Joey Gallo

Rangers’ Gallo scratched after batting practice mishap

Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo was not in the lineup for Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers after a bizarre mishap during batting practice. Rangers executive vice president of communications John Blake tweeted that Gallo was scratched …

Mike Moustakas

Mike Moustakas hurt his back lifting one of his kids

The Kansas City Royals already have one of the worst records in baseball, and now their injury fortunes may quickly be following suit. Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Cleveland …

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