Great! So the injuries happen early! Do they slide like that in Japan because it looked like Nishioka wasn’t prepared for that?
via AaronGleeman.com by aarongleeman on 4/7/11
Tsuyoshi Nishioka‘s rough first week with the Twins got considerably worse this afternoon, as he suffered a fractured fibula when Nick Swisher slid hard into second base to break up a potential double play. No details yet on a return timetable or roster replacement, but Nishioka will be out for at least a month and Luke Hughes seems like the obvious fill-in as the Twins’ already thin infield depth gets even thinner.
