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The Indians' breakthrough rookie Carlos Santana seriously injured his left leg in a home plate collision with Ryan Kalish, and will miss the rest of the season following surgery.
This, of course, comes as no surprise to anyone who saw last night's home plate collision, but Indians catcher Carlos Santana is going on the DL:
Indians placed C Carlos Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left knee.
That sprain is still an initial diagnosis, as the results of his MRI are not yet known. What's important is that (1) Santana will get at least a bit of a break, and (2) it seems, by some miracle, he managed to avoid a severe injury.
According to Paul Hoynes, Carlos Santana is scheduled for an MRI examination on Tuesday, presumably after swelling goes down a little bit. But there is good news:
Indians Carlos Santana will get MRI on left knee Tuesday in Cleveland. Initial test on knee by trainers was encouraging.
This comes an hour after Hoynes tweeted the following:
Indians Carlos Santana is still in locker room, joking with Fausto Carmona and Andy Marte in the trainer's room.
The Cleveland trainers don't believe there to be any significant, major damage, and Santana's initial diagnosis is that he has a 'twisted knee'. Which, of course, would be absolutely wonderful news, given the circumstances. However, we won't know for sure until his MRI in the morning.
I'd warn you that this is a little bit graphic and upsetting, but your eyes have probably already drifted away from the text.
Still no update on Santana's condition.
In the bottom of the seventh inning of a game between the Indians and the Red Sox, Boston outfielder Daniel Nava hit a single, sending runner Ryan Kalish around third base on a course for home. It was there that he met and collided with big-time Indians prospect Carlos Santana, who was attempting to block the plate with his left leg. Kalish ran into the leg, bending it backwards and sending Santana into a heap.
I'll allow Gordon Edes' Twitter account to do the rest of the storytelling:
Horrific home plate collision Indians C Carlos Santana appears to have suffered a serious knee/leg injury Kalish, the base-runner, out.
All the Indians players on the field gathered around Santana
Cart driving onto field to take Santana away
Santana helped to his feet, placed gently on the cart
Santana gives small wave to Sox dugout, where players are applauding him, as cart drives past
Will Carroll believes that the leg is probably broken at the very least, and while we don't have any word on the extent of the injury just yet, it's safe to say that Santana's breakthrough 2010 season has probably come to a premature close. If that's the case, he will finish with a .260 average and an OPS close to .900.
Santana was replaced in the game by Chris Gimenez.
Stay tuned to this StoryStream, along with Let's Go Tribe, for more on the story.
Carlos Santana To Have Knee Surgery, Miss Rest Of Season
A few days ago, we got the following update on Carlos Santana's condition:
And now we find out the plan will indeed be an operation.
Santana did manage to avoid the significant damage it was feared he suffered in the immediate aftermath, but he did still come away pretty badly hurt, hence this procedure. The standard recovery time is between four and six months, and if all goes well, Santana should have little trouble being in shape and ready to compete well in advance of next year's spring training.
Aug 05 7:06p by Jeff Sullivan - 0 comments