The Cleveland Indians are beginning to resemble the cast of a violent television drama in its final few episodes. One by one, core characters are picked off at various points, each departure increasingly more emblematic of the somber mood hanging over the series.
Jason Kipnis is the latest Tribe casualty, though his injury is a familiar one. Kipnis fractured the hamate bone in his right wrist less than a month after Jose Ramirez suffered a similar injury to the same hand.
Kipnis will undergo surgery with a recovery timetable of 4-6 weeks. He is all but finished playing baseball in 2019.