Indians’ Gomes put on DL, will miss 6-8 weeks

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Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes has been diagnosed with an acromioclavicular joint separation of his right shoulder and will be out approximately six to eight weeks, the team announced.

The team officially placed Gomes on the disabled list Monday but said that surgery, at this point, is not required.

“I don’t know if we really expected anything,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “It’s an [AC] shoulder separation, probably six to eight weeks. The good news is it doesn’t look like he needs surgery, but it’s going to have to heal.

“His knee was intact and everything is OK there, so that is good. I think that is what [trainer] James [Quinlan] thought, but you’ve got to have the doctors look at it.”

The Indians’ Yan Gomes injured his right shoulder Sunday when he landed awkwardly while running to first base. Hannah Foslien/Getty …

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