Cedric Mullins accidentally hit his teammate, Jorge Mateo, in the head with his bat during the Baltimore Orioles' showdown with the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
The bottom of the fourth inning hadn't even started yet, and the Baltimore Orioles still fell victim to some brutal injury luck.
Center fielder Cedric Mullins and second baseman Jorge Mateo were both warming up, sharing the on-deck circle prior to the bottom half of the frame. Mullins, looking out into the field, lifted his bat up behind his back and dropped it back down. Just then, Mateo was bending over to get an extra weight to put on his bat. Mullins' bat hit Mateo in the back of the helmet, and the infielder immediately keeled over in pain.Mateo was 1-for-1 before getting his bell rung. He is now batting .246 with a .741 OPS and 1.4 WAR through 42 games this season.
The 28-year-old has primarily played second base in 2024 after serving as the Orioles' starting shortstop for most of 2022 and 2023. Since arriving in Baltimore at the 2021 trade deadline via theIt remains to be seen if Mateo will miss any additional time with this head injury, or if he will need to hit the 7-day concussion list. The Orioles have Urías on the bench to take over in the meantime, as well as top prospect Jackson Holliday biding his time in Triple-A.starting Monday.
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