PLAYING TIME: Cabrera suffers orbital fracture
Mar 21 2012
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cabrera suffers orbital fracture
After taking a bad hop ground ball off of his face, Miguel Cabrera (1B/3B, DET) received eight stitches and was diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the orbital floor in his right eye. He will not take part in any baseball activities for a week, at which point he will be re-evaluated. He is currently expected to be ready for Opening Day, but it is certainly a situation worth monitoring, and may complicate things a bit for those with drafts in the next few days.
Should Cabrera end up missing any time, Don Kelly (3B, DET) and Brandon Inge (3B, DET) would be the likely playing time beneficiaries. Kelly doesn’t strike out often and consistently displays above average speed. ...
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