Overview
- Lasko collided with teammate Devin Taylor while diving for a fly ball on Tuesday and remained motionless before trainers and paramedics stretchered him off the field.
- Surgeons at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano performed spinal decompression and stabilization to repair a fractured C6–C7 vertebra and officials say he is in stable condition.
- Postoperative swelling has left Lasko without feeling in his lower half, and doctors say there is hope sensation may return but the timing and extent of neurological recovery are uncertain.
- The Athletics sent player-development director Ed Sprague to be with Lasko, offered counseling to teammates, praised on-field trainers, and asked for family privacy while pledging further medical updates.
- Lasko, a 24-year-old second-round pick from Rutgers and a ranked A’s prospect, described himself on social media as ‘on the road to recovery’ but warned the process will be lengthy, putting his playing future on hold.