Minnesota Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer needs to have his teeth realigned after taking a fastball to the face on Wednesday, and the scary part is the damage could have been even worse.
that Farmer would undergo a procedure the same day to realign his teeth and close a laceration in his lower jaw, but had avoided the more feared outcome of a fractured jaw:
"Thank god we got the news that was better than what we were expecting. It looks like he is going to have a procedure today to realign his teeth and to fix a major laceration of the lower jaw. It doesn't appear that there's actually a fracture or fractures, which is probably some sort of miracle, if that's the case.
"One of the more difficult days that you're going to have at a ballpark. You just can't stop thinking about him and what he's gone through and what he's about to go through."Farmer is in his first season with the Twins after being traded to the team from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitching prospect Casey Legumina last offseason. In 11 games, he has hit .226/.286/.355 with one homer and five RBI, plus a walk-off single last week.
The 32-year-old previously spent four seasons with the Reds and two with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Over the course of his seven-year career, he has evolved from a little-known catching prospect to a super-utility man who started the majority of the Reds' games at shortstop in 2021.
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