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Washington Nationals place Seth Romero on 10-Day IL with broken right hand, recall Ben Braymer...

Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told reporters earlier this afternoon that they had received unfortunate news on 24-year-old reliever Seth Romero, who made his MLB debut earlier this month, but fell down stairs the other night and broke his right (non-pitching hand).

“Seth the other day, slipped on the steps — and not to put his pitching hand down to brace himself, he decided to just put his right hand down and came in the next day with his hand completely swollen,” Martinez explained.

“He didn’t think much of it, but it was broken.