Brandon Nimmo thought a disabled-list stay was off the table regarding his left index finger. He was struck by a pitch while grounding out Thursday. There was pain. But no break. So he thought no DL. Wrong.
Nimmo went on the 10-day disabled list Monday, retroactive to Friday. The outfielder will take the DL stay in a heartbeat.
“We really dodged a bullet and that’s what I’ve been told by two doctors,” Nimmo said. “Not sure how, but it’s not broken and that’s great, so that would have been season-ending pretty much.
“Now, it just might be 10 days.