Masataka Yoshida seemed to avoid a major injury after leaving Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays after a pitch hit him.
The outfielder’s X-rays on his right leg came back negative, manager Alex Cora told reporters. While the X-rays came back negative, that doesn’t mean that it didn’t hurt Yoshida.
“It’s sore,” Cora said of Yoshida. “So we took him out of the game and we’ll see tomorrow. But the guy is swinging the bat well. It was a pitch inside that hit him. It was, what, 102 so he’ll be sore for a little bit.”
Indeed, a 102 mph fastball from Blue Jays reliever Nate Pearson got Yoshida in the leg near his right ankle.