It was definitely a clean play by Swisher. Touch break for the Twins, pun intended. A return of Luis Castillo is always a possibility. Can't really think of anymore available second basemen.Tsuyoshi Nishioka has been diagnosed with a fractured fibula.
The Japanese infielder suffered the unfortunate injury on Thursday when Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher upended him on a takeout slide that successfully broke up an attempted double play. Nishioka was surely warned about the physicality of major league takeout slides this spring but could do nothing to avoid Swisher in what looked to be a clean play. The Twins, now desperately short on middle infielders, will place Nishioka on the disabled list for at least a month.