As he slid into his seat for his postgame interview on Friday night with a broken right clavicle, Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson could still feel the bones near his shoulder rubbing against each other.
A few hours after breaking a part of his collarbone, Stephenson joked that he didn’t want to sneeze and reaggravate the injury. He knew he was going to be sleeping in a chair for a bit.
Following a third unlucky injury in an unfortunate season for one of the best young catchers in MLB, Stephenson was still confident that he didn’t want to change positions.