SAN DIEGO \u2014 The San Francisco Giants announced that the team will suspend salary payments to center fielder Harrison Bader, who was injured in a scooter collision in the predawn hours in San Francisco\u2019s Cow Hollow neighborhood on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The club released a statement Friday in which Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey said the team is continuing to investigate the incident and that Bader will not be paid until he returns to the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the weekend, Harrison Bader was involved in an accident that has delayed Harrison\u2019s prior treatment timeline for plantar fasciitis and, unfortunately, his return to the field,\u201d Posey said in the statement. \u201cWe are still investigating the circumstances of the accident, but will be suspending payment to Harrison until he is able to resume performing services for the Club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bader, 32, is in the first season of a two-year, $20.5 million contract he signed in January. He hasn\u2019t played since May 29 because of a left foot ailment that the team has described as plantar fasciitis. Although the Giants have not updated Bader\u2019s condition following the scooter accident, San Francisco Police confirmed that a person matching the timing and circumstances of the accident \u2014 Bader\u2019s scooter collided with a fire truck \u2014 was treated for injuries at the scene and transported to a hospital.<\/p>\n
Bader, who was seen drinking in bars in multiple neighborhoods before the crash,\u00a0was also involved in a scooter accident in 2014 when he was a sophomore at the University of Florida that led to a 19-game suspension.<\/p>\n
In a medical update the Giants released on Tuesday, the Giants announced that Bader saw a foot and ankle specialist in Indianapolis on Monday, a visit that had been scheduled prior to the accident, and that \u201cthe impact of that (collision-related) injury changed the nature of his evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n