Athletics prime prospect Ryan Lasko was hospitalized after a scary collision within the outfield together with his teammate Devin Taylor.
Lasko, who performed middle discipline for Double-A Midland Tuesday, collided with Taylor after each gamers tried to dive for a ball hit within the hole. Lasko was down for about 10 minutes earlier than he was carted off the sphere and transported to Texas Well being Presbyterian Hospital Plano.
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Lasko is in secure situation after present process spinal decompression and stabilization surgical procedure, which resulted from a C6-C7 vertebra fracture. He presently has no feeling within the decrease half of his physique.
“The optimistic within the assertion from the physician is that there’s not a definitive assertion saying he’s not going to regain feeling in his decrease half,” Athletics supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned, who supplied the remark forward of the staff’s sequence finale in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday.
“We ship prayers to him, to his household, to his teammate and the staff, actually. This can be a making an attempt and emotional time for them. We should be there to help them, and I do know we’re. [A’s director of player development] Ed Sprague flew down [to Texas] this morning. Lasko’s household was with him there. All of the teammates are going to go go to him sooner or later and present help.”
The 24-year-old was a second-round choose within the 2023 MLB Draft out of Rutgers College. Lasko hung out with the large league staff in camp this spring, the place Kotsay and the A’s teaching employees have been impressed by the outfielder’s protection.
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