Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt is recovering after facial surgery on Tuesday, one week after he was struck on his right cheek by a line drive.
He underwent a procedure with Dr. Peter Revenaugh at Chicago’s Rush Medical Center “to stabilize and plate the tripod fracture with good fixation and debride other small fractured bones from the incident,” according to a team release.
A first-time All-Star this year, the 32-year-old Bassitt was hit by a line drive off the bat of Brian Goodwin in the second inning of an Aug. 17 start against the host Chicago White Sox.
“Chris is stable and resting comfortably and will have follow-up appointments upon his arrival to Oakland,” the team said. “The A’s anticipate Bassitt will return to the Bay Area later this week.”
Bassitt is 12-4 with a 3.22 ERA in 25 starts this season. He owns a 31-25 record with a 3.49 ERA in 104 career appearances (91 starts) with the White Sox (2014) and Athletics.
–Field Level Media