Junior Caminero Update After Rays Star Left All-Star Game Early

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Tampa Bay Rays Star Junior Caminero

If you're a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays, there's some real fear right now.

On Tuesday night, Rays superstar slugger Junior Caminero was forced to leave the All-Star Game early after being hit on the hand by a 98 miles per hour fastball in the third inning by St. Louis Cardinals closer Riley O'Brien.

Junior Caminero exits the MLB All-Star Game after taking a 98 fastball from Riley O'Brien on the hand.

"Everybody's worst nightmare in an exhibition is that anything like this happens." - Joe Davis on the Fox broadcast pic.twitter.com/6rCPVZaAYJ

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 15, 2026

Caminero came out of the contest and Matt Gelb of The Athletic reported that the slugger went get X-Rays at Citizens Bank Park with a Philadelphia Phillies doctor.

"Junior Caminero is headed to get X-rays at Citizens Bank Park with a Phillies doctor," Gelb wrote.

Junior Caminero is headed to get X-rays at Citizens Bank Park with a Phillies doctor.

— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) July 15, 2026

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At this moment, we know that Caminero was forced to exit and that X-Rays were unsurprisingly necessary. Fortunately, Fox's Tom Verducci said on the broadcast that the X-Rays came back negative.

X-rays were negative for Junior Caminero, per Fox's Tom Verducci https://t.co/lillL1oYAb

— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 15, 2026

Still, a scary situation for the Rays, to say the least.

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