Add Carlos Correa to the Minnesota Twins’ growing list of players who are injured or ill.
Correa was pulled from Thursday’s game against Baltimore after being hit by a pitch on his right hand in the seventh inning. The 27-year-old star shortstop actually swung at a change-up from Orioles pitcher Bryan Baker and made contact with is hand, with the ball rolling into the infield for a groundout.
Two innings earlier Correa was hit by a pitch on his left wrist, but it was the hit-by-pitch in the seventh inning that may have broken the middle finger on his right hand.
The Twins announced that preliminary imagining revealed a possible non-displaced fracture of his middle finger. Correa will get a CT scan Friday to determine the severity of the injury, but the Twins say a non-displaced fracture would not require surgery.
If Correa winds up on the injured list, his absence could pave a path for Twins No. 1 prospect Royce Lewis to make his major league debut. Lewis is batting .310/.430/.563 with 3 homers, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 17 walks and 8 stolen bases in 24 games at Triple-A St. Paul this season.
Earlier Thursday, the Twins announced that manager Rocco Baldelli, infielder Luis Arraez and starting pitcher Dylan Bundy all tested positive for COVID-19. That news followed news of Miguel Sano needing knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
