The St. Louis Cardinals are having a nightmare season, and it just got even worse. Their catcher, Willson Contreras, needs surgery and will be out for 6-8 weeks after sustaining a left forearm fracture during Tuesday night's game against the New York Mets.
The way the fracture happened was a freak accident. In the top of the second inning, his arm was hit by J.D. Martinez's bat as it was swinging at a pitch. As soon as the bat hit his body, it was clear something was wrong. Contreras immediately fell over onto the ground, shouting and writhing in pain, and left the game shortly after.