CLEVELAND — In the fifth inning Wednesday afternoon at Progressive Field, all the conversation swirling around the Cardinals about whether they should make a move at the trade deadline and could make a move away from .500 in the standings paused because of a welt forming on their third baseman’s throwing arm.
Drilled near his right elbow in the fifth inning, Nolan Arenado had to leave the game and was initially diagnosed with a bruised forearm. A Cardinals official said the team is currently classifying him as day to day.
Arenado’s injury added an absence to a game quickly lost.