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Injured Kiermaier trying not to sweat time off
- Updated: May 27, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — For the next five days, Kevin Kiermaier has to make sure he doesn’t sweat. The Gold Glover with a fractured left hand isn’t a fan of all the planned downtime that he has lying in wait for the next two months, but he doesn’t have much of a choice.
Because his surgical cut is still somewhat exposed, Kiermaier can’t jog or throw — or anything that will risk his body perspiring and the cut being infected. So for the next five days, Tampa Bay’s center fielder is limited to hand exercises and core rotations.
“I definitely don’t want to get out of shape,” Kiermaier said. “I’m trying to eat some salads. I’m not trying to let my metabolism take over. I’m not trying to gain weight.”
Kiermaier fractured his left hand on Saturday when going after a fly ball in Detroit. He had surgery on Tuesday and …
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