By M.Bowman / Staff Contributor and Wire Reports
PITTSBURGH — The Cincinnati Reds placed shortstop Orlando Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. He suffered a strained left oblique during a ninth-inning swing on Monday.
“I don’t know,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said when asked how long Cabrera would be out. “It has to be 15 days. That I don’t know, I don’t think anybody can answer that. That’s a situation where I have seen guys come back in a period of time.
You just don’t want him to try to rush and you end up re-injuring that thing and re-injuring it and re-injuring it. Because everything you do is related to your core unit, whether it’s running, throwing, hitting, whatever.”
Paul Janish started at short and batted second Tuesday against the Pirates, and he will likely remain there for as long as Cabrera is out. Cincinnati did however recalled Juan Francisco from Triple-A Louisville to fill Cabrera’s roster spot.
Cabrera was hitting .260 with 37 RBIs and 51 runs scored. Francisco hit .286 with 16 home runs and 53 RBIs in 67 games at Louisville.
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