Tampa Bay Rays Starter Jeff Niemann Out At Least 4-6 Weeks With Broken Fibula

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"When Jeff Niemann stayed in the game to face, and retire, another batter Monday after being hit on the right leg by a batted ball in the first inning Monday, the Rays figured the big right-hander was fine.

But watching how he walked out and warmed up for the second inning, they sensed all was not well, and X-rays confirmed it.

Niemann sustained a small fracture in the fibula, just above his ankle, and will be lost for at least four to six weeks and potentially several months.

"It's a tough break, literally," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "It's not easy to lose a pitcher of his caliber." "

Source: St. Petersburg Times