Indians' Yan Gomes: Carted off field with apparent leg, arm injuries
Gomes was carted off the field in the fifth inning of Sunday's game against the Twins after he violently tripped while running out a groundball, suffering an apparent right arm injury in the process, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
After breaking a 0-for-27 slump in the third inning with a double, it didn't take long for Gomes' tremendously disappointing season to take another turn for the worse. While it looks like Gomes may have avoided a serious lower-body injury since he was able to stand and walk with assistance to the cart, team trainers immediately placed the catcher's right arm in a sling. An official timetable for Gomes' injury won't be known until the Indians' medical staff is able to conduct tests, but this certainly looked like the sort of injury that would require a DL stint. If that ends up being the case, Chris Gimenez would be next in line to take over as the Tribe's primary catcher.
