St. Petersburg, Fla. — The 2021 season has come to an end for two players who greatly impacted the Tigers turnaround this season.
Gregory Soto and Derek Hill were both placed on the injured list Sunday.
Soto, the Tigers’ representative in the All-Star game this season, was hit in the left hand by a line drive, a ball that left Rays’ Manuel Margot’s bat at 99.9 mph, on Friday. Initial X-rays on his hand were negative, but subsequent tests revealed a fracture at the tip of his left ring finger.
“Originally we looked at his hand, where he said he got hit,” manager AJ Hinch explained before the game Sunday.