Twins catcher Christian Vázquez was hospitalized for an infection in his left shoulder the Twins believe stemmed from a cut on his elbow. It was first brought to their attention on Tuesday night in Detroit and by Wednesday, Vázquez was having trouble raising his arm.

“It’s obviously serious in nature,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “When you deal with an infection that has now basically gotten his shoulder pretty swelled up and uncomfortable, you need to get it taken care of.”

Baldelli said Vázquez had gotten his shoulder drained and was going to get it “washed out.”

The catcher was placed on the injured list before the Twins’ game against the Kansas City Royals on Friday night with the Twins calling up Jhonny Pereda, whom they claimed off of waivers from the Athletics last month, to tak

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