detroit tigers center fielder parker meadows Placed on 10-day injured list with broken arm and concussion after violent collision with teammate riley green.
The two collided with each other while attempting to field a shallow fly to left center off the bat minnesota‘S josh bell Thursday’s 3-1 loss at Detroit.
Meadows appeared to attempt to slow down before coming into contact with Green, who made the catch. Meadows remained on the ground with blood on his face, which manager AJ Hinch attributed to cutting the inside of the outfielder’s cheek during the accident.
Meadows received five stitches for a cut on his cheek, but it is not yet clear whether he will require surgery for a fracture of the radius bone in his left hand.
“A tough blow for them, a tough blow for us,” Hinch said Friday.
The 26-year-old Meadows, a second-round draft pick by the Tigers in 2018, is slated to make his major league debut in 2023. This season, the left-handed hitter has started 11 of Detroit’s 13 games and is batting .250 with two extra-base hits.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
