William Contreras, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers and younger brother to St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras, recently spoke to the media regarding a controversial injury. On Tuesday, May 7 Willson Contreras suffered an arm fracture as his glove hand was struck by a baseball bat. New York Mets hitter J.D. Martinez was at the plate and hit him while swinging for a pitch.
Watch St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras suffer an injury as J.D. Martinez hit his arm during a swing.
During the second inning Willson Contreras got hit in the arm while J.D. Martinez was swinging. Contreras was called for catchers interference on the play and subsequently removed due to the injury. The St. Louis Cardinals announced later that game that he sustained a fracture in his arm.
Willson Contreras left tonight’s game after a catcher’s interference play pic.twitter.com/yerZDCetnr
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 8, 2024
Controversy surrounding the Willson Contreras injury.
There is controversy surrounding this injury. Several reporters indicated that Willson Contreras has intentionally been playing closer to hitters in order to steal strikes on pitches lower in the zone. On the other hand pictures surfaced that J.D. Martinez had his back foot well outside of the batters box.
This is where JD Martinez was standing before getting Willson Contreras with his swing. https://t.co/ITgKz6SWKy pic.twitter.com/QBOGoiUcn5
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) May 8, 2024
Willson Contreras completely changed how he sets up his glove when he went from the Cubs to the Cardinals pic.twitter.com/WxZhIS6wbb
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 8, 2024
Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras speaks out on his brothers injury.
Todd Rosiak, Brewers reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, spoke with William Contreras after his brothers injury. He indicated that this is tough on him and his family while also acknowledging that J.D. Martinez hit him twice in the same game last year.
Contreras also noted that it was JD Martinez who twice hit him with backswings last season in LA.
“That happened last year at Dodger Stadium. Same guy hit me two times in the same game,” he said. “I’m sorry for my brother.”
— Todd Rosiak (@Todd_Rosiak) May 8, 2024
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