ATLANTA — When Hunter Greene’s 98-mph fastball struck Orlando Arcia’s left wrist, Arcia immediately hopped around the batter’s box, clearly in a ton of pain.
“Any time you get hit in the hands and all that by a kid throwing that hard, immediately you think the worst,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “Hopefully it isn’t.”
The early outlook might be positive: X-rays on Arcia’s wrist were negative. There’s no fracture. It might simply be bruised. It was swollen after Wednesday’s 5-4 win over the Reds.
