It’s mid-October with only four MLB teams still alive as the the two Championship Series are about to get started, and we’re still getting wacky baseball injuries.
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer will not start Game 2 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays… because he lacerated his right pinky finger while repairing his drone, and needed stitches. Yep, for real:
Can confirm that Bauer injured his right pinky finger while repairing one of his drones.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) October 14, 2016
The good news is that the Bauer should be able to return from the drone-related injury to start Game 3 of the series:
Source says Trevor Bauer believes he’s fine for Game 3 and he could’ve pitched Game 2, despite the pinky laceration. #Indians #ALCS — Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) October 14, 2016
While it’s disappointing for the Indians to have Bauer (4.26 ERA, 3.99 FIP in 190 innings this season) pushed back a game, manager Terry Francona had a great sense of humor about it in a press conference Friday:
Terry Francona on what happened with Trevor Bauer: “It’s pretty self-explanatory. We’ve all, at some point, had a drone-related problem.”
— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) October 14, 2016
When asked about Bauer’s drone related injury, Francona joked: “What? It’s never happened to you guys?”
— T.J. Zuppe (@TJZuppe) October 14, 2016
Francona on Bauer: “You could’ve given me a lot of guesses and I couldn’t have come up with this one.” — Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) October 14, 2016
Francona on Bauer drone: “I don’t care. I’d rather him do that than get in trouble. Everybody’s different. People are different. That’s ok” — Keith Britton (@KeithBritton86) October 14, 2016
The ALCS gets underway tonight as the Indians take on the Blue Jays at 8 PM ET at Progressive Field.
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