Indians place Brantley on DL with ankle injury

After leaving Tuesday night's game against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning, the Cleveland Indians' Michael Brantley was placed on the 10-day disabled list.

Indians manager Terry Francona had indicated Wednesday morning that moving Brantley to the disabled list wasn't in the immediate plans, instead electing to see how the 30-year-old outfielder responded to treatment.

In his place, the Indians promoted utility player Erik Gonzalez from Triple-A. In 39 games in the majors this season, the 25-year-old has posted a .263/.272/.400 slash line while playing second base, third base, shortstop, and left field.

Brantley, who sat out almost all of 2016 with a shoulder injury, has played 88 games with the Indians this season with an .802 OPS.