The best reliever in baseball, last year's platinum glove winner, will be going under the knife for two broken bones in his left hand. As a result, Kevin Kiermaier will miss at least two months, possibly up to ten weeks as he recovers.
Kiermaier sustained the injury over the weekend running in on a fly ball dropping into shallow center field.
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In his place, Mikie Mahtook has been promoted from Triple-A Durham, and will share an outfield rotation with Brandon Guyer and Desmond Jennings for center field time.
The Rays previously lost their offensive star and team MVP Logan Forsythe to a hairline fracture in his shoulder blade after a hit by pitch last week.