For the second time this season, the Tampa Bay Rays had to place outfielder Kevin Kiermaier on the 10-day injured list, this time with a sprained left wrist.
Kiermaier was injured in the second inning of Saturday’s loss to the Oakland Athletics when his hand got caught under the knee of Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman while trying to steal second base.
To take his spot on the active roster, relief pitcher Louis Head was recalled from Triple-A Durham.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
