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Cards put Diaz on DL with fractured thumb
- Updated: August 2, 2016
CINCINNATI — Just as the Cardinals were poised to clear their disabled list of three starting position players, they’re now forced to put another on it.
Follow-up X-rays on Aledmys Diaz’s right hand Monday revealed a hairline fracture in his right thumb, which has been placed in a splint. Diaz, headed to the disabled list, will be out for an undefined period of time. General manager John Mozeliak, hesitant to put a timeframe on the recovery, said only that it’ll “likely be longer” than the minimum 15 days.
“I think what we’ll do is put him on [the DL] and then just re-evaluate him as we go,” Mozeliak said. “He’s been put in a splint today, and once the swelling goes down, he’ll be put in a cast. At some point, we’ll re-evaluate. Obviously, we’re hopeful that it will be shorter rather than longer.”
Diaz sustained the fracture on Sunday when he took a 95-mph fastball from Marlins right-hander Andrew Cashner off his hand. He had trouble flexing his thumb immediately afterward and was removed from the game. Following the game, however, the Cardinals were …
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