Guardians place slugging 1B Josh Naylor on 10-day injured listing with indirect pressure

CLEVELAND — Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor has been positioned on the 10-day injured listing with an indirect pressure, leaving Cleveland with out one in every of its prime energy hitters in the intervening time.

Naylor sat out the workforce’s previous two video games in Houston with the harm, which had been bothering him for longer.

The Guardians, who enter the weekend 2 1/2 video games behind first-place Minnesota within the AL Central, made the transfer with Naylor – retroactive to Tuesday – on Friday earlier than opening a three-game sequence in opposition to the Chicago White Sox.

Naylor has been Cleveland’s best middle-of-the-lineup hitter. He’s batting .306 with 15 homers and a team-high 79 RBIs.

Earlier this week, the Guardians traded slugger Josh Bell to Miami.

The Guardians additionally positioned infielder Tyler Freeman on the injured listing with a strained proper shoulder.

Needing some speedy assist, Cleveland acquired outfielder Kole Calhoun in a commerce from the Los Angeles Dodgers for money and recalled infielder José Tena from Triple-A Columbus.