The Oakland Athletics placed left fielder Chad Pinder on the 10-day disabled list with a left elbow laceration, the team announced Sunday.
The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reported Pinder was involved in a car accident in Denver on Saturday and suffered a gruesome arm injury:
Susan SlusserPinder sustained elbow injury in a car accident yesterday. Can’t say much more about it but he and everyone else involved are all ok.
Susan SlusserPinder needed three stitches on elbow, some butterfly stitches on his arm and he won’t be allowed to swing for awhile.