MLB: Granderson shelved by broken finger, will miss at least two weeks

As Roto-bud, The Bernal Factor, just told me…“That’s why they put erasers on the end of my ####!”

What was hoped to be a simple bruise to Curtis Granderson’s hand has turned out to be a stint on the disabled list. The Tigers will place their star center fielder and leadoff hitter on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 23, with a non-displaced fracture of the metacarpal at the base of his right middle finger.

The injury occurred in the fourth and final inning of Saturday’s rained-out game against the Phillies. Granderson was leading off the inning when a fastball from left-hander Travis Blackley ran inside and struck him in the hand. Granderson took his place at first base and remained in the game before heavy rain halted the contest two batters later.

“I was hoping [Granderson] was OK,” president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said Sunday morning, “but I also saw that he was shaking his hand.”