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When the San Diego Padres pulled off the trade for 2020 NL Cy Young runner-up Yu Darvish, the fact that backup catcher Victor Caratini also came over from the Cubs probably ranked pretty low on most fans’ radar.
That changed over the weekend with the news of Austin Nola’s fractured finger. The club hasn’t put any kind of timeline on it, waiting instead to see how the injury responds to treatment. Of course, we’re talking about an insanely tough guy. Remember, he played through a fractured foot most of last season.