Janish returns to Orioles with Hardy on disabled list (O's down 11-0)

The Orioles selected infielder Paul Janish's contract from Triple-A Norfolk today and placed shortstop J.J. Hardy on the 10-day disabled list with a right wrist fracture.

The 40-man roster is full.

Janish accepted his outright assignment after the Orioles designated him on June 6 to create a spot for infielder Rubén Tejada.

Hardy showed up at Camden Yards today carrying a plastic brace and a roll of cloth medical tape. His right wrist and forearm were wrapped as the clubhouse opened to the media.

Hardy was hit yesterday by a Lance Lynn pitch. A CT scan confirmed the findings in yesterday's X-ray.

"They say four to six weeks for the bone to heal and then get back in baseball activities and swinging and everything," Hardy said.

Hardy could be fitted for a cast. What he wore today may be temporary.

"Probably not this one," he said. "I think there's going to be a hand specialist coming in tomorrow and then we'll see what he wants to do, if he wants to put me in something else."

Hardy missed about seven weeks last year with a fractured bone in his left foot.

"It's just frustrating," he said. "I never broke a bone in my life until last year, and now this. It's just frustrating, very frustrating."

Manager Buck Showalter seems inclined to keep Manny Machado at third base and take an extended look at Tejada, who's started 402 major league games at shortstop. Machado started 43 games at short last season and six in 2015.

"Not at this point," Showalter said. "I'd rather in a perfect world kind of leave everybody where we are and not disrupt everything. We learned some things last year, none of them bad. Just that ... I think we'll probably proceed down the road with Ruben. We've got a short look at him. So far so good.

"It was pretty taxing, I think, on Manny moving back and forth, especially this time of year with the number of games he has under his belt, so I want to be careful with that. But he and Jon (Schoop) both could go over there. I think a lot of people miss that about Jon, too. But I'd rather right now go down the path with Rubén and see how that works."

Tejada moved to shortstop yesterday after Hardy left the game. He was acquired from the Yankees to be a utility infielder, but he's currently got a starting job.

Asked what he's learned about Tejada, Showalter replied, "We're going to learn."

"So far so good," Showalter said. "Anything I say, I'm sure he'll have an issue with it, but I'm hoping not. I was talking to (Mets manager) Terry Collins and some people. At one time, Terry thought this guy was really going to be ... and he kind of got into some of the reasons why it kind of went a little in the other direction.

"It looks like he's got a strong, accurate arm. I really like how he moves his feet and gets in position to throw. Bobby (Dickerson) and he have spent a lot of time on some things he needed to clean up, trying to take some of the unnecessary movement and some of the inefficient moves.

"I think it's been great having him here and seeing how Manny and Jon and J.J. go about their business getting ready for a game and plying their trade every day. It's been really good for him. His peers have really kind of reaffirmed what Bobby's saying to him every day, so I'm looking forward to seeing whether he can get back to that guy. He's put some good at-bats together, too."

Hardy sustained a non-displaced fracture in the wrist, so surgery isn't a consideration at the moment.

"It should be four to six weeks if everything goes well," Showalter said. "Displaced, you have to go in and repair it, so that's the good part of it. Dr. (Kenneth) Means is going to monitor it and we'll see what happens. Four at a minimum and six at the most if we don't have any complications.

"I think four to six weeks before we start thinking about him as a player, whatever that entails. I just think we have the potential to have him back with us in a four-to-six week range. That's the way I'm looking at it."

Hardy was limited to 115 games last season and has played in 64 of 68 this year. He's in the final guaranteed year of his contract, which includes a $14 million option for 2018.

The Orioles will miss their infield leader.

"I think it's just the stabilization," Showalter said. "Guys seem to be in the right place. He's always separating offense from defense and always coverages on stolen bases, hit-and-runs, relays. He's kind of like the quarterback in the infield, so to speak.

"There are a lot of things people miss that he brings. Just a real calmness with everybody. He kind of makes everything click a little bit better. Timing, the clock, everybody knows where everybody's going to be and how they're going to receive the ball on feeds.

"He's driven in some big runs for us. I know it hasn't been offensively what he wants it to be or what he's capable of, but he still has some big hits through that. A lot of things you miss with him that you can't quantify."

Hardy has dealt with shoulder, back and oblique discomfort in the past, but the last two seasons have brought freakish injuries on a foul ball and hit by pitch.

"These are things that, if anybody gets hit in those places with that type of ...," Showalter said. "It's angle. People have different batting stances where when they do get it ... It's nothing to do with some other possible extenuations. It's just things that happen. Every day, you don't hold you're breath, but you know it's just part of it."

I wrote earlier that infielder Ryan Flaherty felt discomfort in his right shoulder today while trying to extend his throwing beyond 60 feet.

"He went a little bit more today and felt it somewhat, so that was discouraging a little bit for him and us," Showalter said. "So, we'll see. Go back to 60 feet and see what we've got."

The tarp remains on the field at Camden Yards, though the rain has let up. The grounds crew did a water dump a few minutes ago.

Update: The Indians collected four doubles off Dylan Bundy in the top of the fourth inning and took a 4-0 lead. Bundy threw 36 pitches to run his count to 88.

José Ramírez, Edwin Encarnacion and Lonnie Chisenhall strung together one-out doubles and Austin Jackson lined a two-run double into the left field corner with two outs.

Update II: Jason Kipnis led off the fifth inning with a long home run to right field to give the Indians a 5-0 lead.

Bundy turned in his shortest start of the season, coming out after 4 1/3 innings.

Update III: The Indians sent nine batters to the plate for the second consecutive inning and took an 8-0 lead. Six runs were charged to Bundy. Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer off Vidal Nuño.

Nuño allowed two of the three runs. He's surrendered a home run in all three outings since the Orioles recalled him.

Update IV: The Indians took an 11-0 lead in the sixth. Nuño was charged with five runs and six hits with two walks in two-thirds of an inning. Gabriel Ynoa let two inherited runners score.

The Orioles have two baserunners against Corey Kluber. Adam Jones singled with two outs in the first and Seth Smith singled with two outs in the sixth.