The Cleveland Guardians placed perennial All-Star third baseman Jose Ramirez on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left hamate fracture.
Ramirez exited Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers in the fifth inning after popping out to catcher Dillon Dingler.
“He had a similar injury, I think, to his right hand a few years ago,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “He tried to go back out. He knew the position we were in, grabbed his glove and said, ‘Maybe I can still play defense.’ But he couldn’t squeeze his glove. (He) wanted to get back out there to help us win that game, he just couldn’t.”
Ramirez sustained a right hamate fracture in 2019 and underwent surgery on Aug. 26. He returned in just under a month with the Guardians competing for a playoff spot.
Ramirez, 33, has earned an All-Star nod in seven of the last nine seasons, including each of the last five. This season has been below expectation with a .239 bating average that is his worst since 2015. He has 10 home runs and 33 RBIs in 72 games.
A career .278 hitter, Ramirez has 295 home runs and 982 RBIs in 1,681 regular-season games with Cleveland over the last 14 seasons.
Also Sunday, infielder Gabriel Arias was activated off the 60-day injured list and outfielder George Valera was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.
Arias, 26, sustained a left hamstring injury after a double in the fifth inning of a 4-2 home loss to the Kansas City Royals on April 6.
He is batting .200 (6-for-30) with two home runs and four RBIs through 10 games this season. He is a career .215 hitter with 27 homers, 104 RBIs and 51 doubles in 330 games with Cleveland since 2022.
–Field Level Media
