Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to be out for 12 weeks because of a ruptured tendon in his middle right finger.
"I thought maybe my knuckle cracked," he said Saturday. "I went to a curveball and I couldn't even grip the ball. I threw another fastball and it popped again, and a sharp pain ran through my finger. I called down and said, 'I need a trainer quick.'"
12 weeks of being Zumaya-less? Given that everything goes according to plan, that puts him back at the end of July. Awful, awful news for the bullpen, but the important thing now is that Joel gets healthy as fully as possible. It would be absolutely awful to see this be a turning point in his career (knock on wood).
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