For every step that the Tampa Bay Rays take forward with players coming off the disabled list, they seem to take two steps backwards. The latest injuries land Kevin Kiermaier and Rickie Weeks Jr. on the 10-day DL and a move to the 60-day DL for Matt Duffy.
Just when things were beginning to turn around for Kevin Kiermaier, an awkward slide into first base against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night netted two results on one play. The first of course was Kiermaier getting called out, so that he would not to barrel into White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu and the second resulted Kiermaier sustaining a hairline fracture of the right hip.