SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco Giants center fielder Harrison Bader, who hasn\u2019t played since late May because of left foot discomfort, sustained additional injuries to the same foot when he was involved in a scooter crash over the weekend, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bader traveled to Indianapolis on Monday for an appointment with a foot specialist. Before he departed, though, he was involved in a crash that occurred \u201cSaturday night\/early Sunday morning,\u201d according to a news release from the Giants. The impact of his additional injuries \u201cchanged the nature of his evaluation,\u201d which was originally for a case of plantar fasciitis, the release stated.<\/p>\n
Bader returned to San Francisco and saw team orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki. He will undergo an MRI exam later Tuesday to determine the severity of the injuries sustained from the scooter crash.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old Bader has been a disappointment after signing a two-year, $20.5 million contract in January. He dealt with multiple injuries in spring training and hasn\u2019t made the two-way impact the team anticipated in center field. Bader, who has played for seven teams over parts of 10 major-league seasons, is hitting .170\/.198\/.358 in 30 games.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time the oft-injured veteran has been involved in a scooter-related incident. As a sophomore at the University of Florida in 2014, Bader was suspended from team activities following a late-night scooter crash in Gainesville, Fla., which police investigated<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was an odd coincidence that Bader\u2019s scooter crash happened the same weekend that former second baseman and 2000 National League MVP Jeff Kent was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n The lowlight of Kent\u2019s tenure with the Giants came in the spring of 2001, when he fell off his motorcycle while popping wheelies a mile or so from the team\u2019s camp in Scottsdale, Ariz., and sustained a fractured wrist that sidelined him for the start of the season. Kent initially told team officials and reporters that he sustained the injury while washing his truck<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Giants also provided two other injury-related updates that were far less bizarre but will have a greater immediate impact on the club.<\/p>\n Infielder Casey Schmitt\u2019s breakout season is likely over after an MRI exam determined he sustained a torn meniscus in his left knee while running the bases Monday night. Schmitt had been on pace for 32 home runs and 85 RBIs while playing all over the diamond. With second baseman Luis Arraez expected to be traded before the Aug. 3 deadline, Schmitt was poised to receive an extended chance to win a job next season as the club\u2019s everyday starter at the position.<\/p>\n The Giants also said right-hander Trevor McDonald will undergo Tommy John surgery to reconstruct a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Dr. Keith Meister will perform the surgery next week, and McDonald will almost certainly miss all of next season. The 25-year-old pitcher showed flashes of potential in an otherwise challenging season in which he posted a 5.12 ERA in 14 starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco Giants center fielder Harrison Bader, who hasn\u2019t played since late May because of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,4820,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-415961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}