It wasn’t a cramp or a muscle pull that Braden Bishop was feeling when he was forced out of Tuesday night’s game. No, the young outfielder was feeling the effects of a much more serious injury that he sustained a few days prior.
After meeting with doctors again on Wednesday morning and undergoing more tests, Bishop was placed on the 10-day injured list with a lacerated spleen.
It’s not a common injury for a baseball player. It occurred when Bishop was hit by a 97-mph fastball in the rib cage while playing with Class AAA Tacoma on Friday in El Paso.