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Yankees top prospect Florial suffers broken wrist

TAMPA, Fla. -- Estevan Florial, the New York Yankees' top prospect who was in the middle of a stellar spring training, broke his right wrist late in Saturday afternoon's 17-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

According to the Yankees, Florial suffered a nondisplaced wrist fracture while chasing down a deep fly ball in the eighth inning. The team did not disclose a possible timetable for his return but indicated that further evaluation on the wrist would be coming Monday.

About a half-hour before the team announced the injury, manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Florial would be getting X-rays on the wrist out of "precaution.