Overview
- Kuroda-Grauer fouled a pitch into his groin in the fifth inning of Monday's game, stayed in long enough to single and then was removed for evaluation.
- After imaging at a Phoenix hospital doctors found a ruptured testicle and he underwent emergency surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital and is reported to be resting comfortably.
- The Athletics placed the 23-year-old on the 10-day injured list and recalled infielder Max Muncy and right-hander Hayden Juenger while putting Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day IL.
- The injury abruptly halts a hot start — Kuroda-Grauer had hit his first major-league home run earlier in the game and was batting roughly .417 in his first 16 big-league games.
- Ruptured testicles are rare but serious in baseball and past cases show recovery can range from a few weeks to several months, so the team has given no firm timetable for his return.