Red Sox fans held their breath in the eighth inning of Sunday's win over the Nationals when J.D. Martinez took a 95 mph fastball off his left hand.
The slugger was taken out of the game, despite his request to play through it, and was replaced by Tzu-Wei Lin.
But it looks like the injury isn't too serious.
“They took X-rays on it and he’s fine,” manager Ron Roenicke said in his postgame Zoom conference. “It’ll be day-to-day, just to see how much pain he has. It got him right on the bone, though, in the back of the hand. It’s in a spot I’m sure would be pretty sore.”
Though his hand is not broken, it's unclear if this will impact Martinez's status Monday against the Atlanta Braves.
