The Indianapolis Indians announced that infielder Nick Gonzales has been placed on the 7-day Injured List. The move was made retroactive to Tuesday.
Gonzales is hitting .250/.341/.431 this year in 20 games, with three doubles, two triples and two homers. Despite having a league average OPS, contact has been an issue so far for the 23-year-old in his first chance at Triple-A. He has 31 strikeouts in 85 plate appearances.
No word on the injury or how long he could be out yet, but he did miss a short time last week with what appeared to be a shoulder injury. He also played after that injury, so it could be unrelated.
UPDATE: Pirates said it was related to the previous shoulder injury and it’s minor, but they wanted him to rest for a few days.
The Indians also announced the news we mentioned here yesterday. Catcher Dylan Shockley has been called up to Indianapolis to fill in for Tyler Heineman, who was designated for assignment yesterday. Shockley is a strong defensive catcher, who has seen very little action over the 2020-23 seasons, though he made up some time in Australia this last off-season.
From yesterday, pitcher Wilber Dotel was placed on the 7-day IL by Bradenton. He had a 6.43 ERA, a 1.71 WHIP and five strikeouts over seven innings in his first two starts of the season.
If anything else pops up today on the minor league side, we will add it here.
