9:38PM Thursday
March 7, 2013

The Cleveland Indians have announced that closer Chris Perez

has suffered a right shoulder strain, an injury that is expected to sideline

him for the next three to four weeks.

Chris Perez has a strain of the subscapularis muscle in his right shoulder.Won't throw for the next 7-10 days & will not pitch in the WBC

- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 1, 2013

Perez was scheduled to pitch yesterday during the Indians'

spring training matchup against the Chicago White Sox. Instead, manager Terry

Francona told reporters before the game that the closer would not appear. The

skipper gave off a strange vibe while doing so, according to Paul Hoynes of The

Plain Dealer, and he told reporters he'd have more information on Saturday.

Perez was then seen leaving the complex. All the closer would say as he was driving away was "I'm not saying anything." There was speculation that the right-hander was being traded before word of the injury

broke.

Perez wi...