Thumb’s down for Washington Nationals setup man Drew Storen, literally… He will miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken thumb in a fit of anger after the New York Mets swept them earlier this week.
Storen hurt himself by slamming his locker in frustration after serving up the go-ahead homer to Yoenis Cespedes in the eighth inning on Wednesday.
When the right-hander was unable to throw Friday in Miami, he told the team what had happened, and the injury was diagnosed, manager Matt Williams told reporters.
Storen also walked three batters Tuesday when the Nationals blew a six-run lead against the Mets and has been a disaster ever since he was displaced from the closer role by Jonathan Papelbon.
Oh the pain, the pain…
