Eugenio Suarez fractures right thumb, headed to disabled list

Baseball is dumb.

Just when you think the 2018 Cincinnati Reds season couldn’t start off any worse, this happens:

One day after tying his career-high with five RBI and blasting a game-winning three-run home run at PNC Park, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suárez took a pitch off his right hand in the fourth inning Sunday and suffered a fracture to his right thumb.

This just weeks after Suarez signed a 7-year, $66 million contract. It’s just awful.

Plenty of speculation about whether this means Nick Senzel is due to arrive in Cincinnati. If Suarez is out for an extended period, the answer will be: “Yes, but not right now.” The Reds are going to wait until they’ve secured that extra year of…