{"id":422856,"date":"2023-04-14T18:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=422856"},"modified":"2023-04-14T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:31:08","slug":"the-fast-ball-that-realigned-kyle-farmers-teeth-has-now-put-him-on-a-soup-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/the-fast-ball-that-realigned-kyle-farmers-teeth-has-now-put-him-on-a-soup-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fast Ball That Realigned Kyle Farmer&#8217;s Teeth Has Now Put Him On A Soup Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Lucas Giolito of the Chicago White Sox delivered a 92 mph pitch that struck Minnesota Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer in the face. Farmer sustained a jaw injury after being slammed to the ground by the hit in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n<h2>The Fast Ball That Realigned Kyle Farmer&#8217;s Teeth Has Now Put Him On A Soup Diet<\/h2>\n<p>Giolito looked at the hit and hid his face in despair. Along with Minnesota&#8217;s training staff, the Twins manager, Rocco Baldelli, hurried out to Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>After lying face down for a while as the Twins attended to him, Kyle Farmer carefully stood up and made his way to the dugout with his head down and a towel pushed over his face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Farmer just got hit in the face by a fast ball, hope he&#39;s okay \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KVE7g6lEZw\">pic.twitter.com\/KVE7g6lEZw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Votto De La Cruz (@EvilJoeyVotto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvilJoeyVotto\/status\/1646221635039395842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reporters were informed by Twins manager Rocco Baldelli that Kyle Farmer will require dental surgery in order to straighten his four bottom teeth and close the wounds on his lower lip. He did not, however, sustain any fractures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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&#8217;t appear that there&#8217;s actually a fracture or fractures, which is probably some sort of miracle, if that&#8217;s the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely terrifying moment. Kyle Farmer takes a pitch directly off his face. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GI0k2wIH7F\">pic.twitter.com\/GI0k2wIH7F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Puckett&#39;s Pond (@PuckettsPond) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuckettsPond\/status\/1646216451219673088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Until further notice, Farmer will only consume liquids and &#8220;no solid food,&#8221; according to Twins manager Rocco Baldelli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t anticipate there being a timeline any time soon,\u201d<strong> Baldelli<\/strong> told reporters. \u201cWe may have a general rough idea and then there\u2019s the build back once he heals up. He\u2019s not going to be eating solid food for at least a little while, things like that that we\u2019re going to have to work through.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Farmer had successful surgery on his lower lip &amp; bottom 4 teeth at Regions Hospital with Dr. Dave Hamlar. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hamlar was able to suture the lacerations to his lower lip &amp; reset his bottom teeth w\/ minimal hardware necessary to maintain the integrity of the teeth. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MNTwins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Morse (@morsecode) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morsecode\/status\/1646323038726635523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Farmer didn&#8217;t break any bones, but the high and in fastball forced him to have jaw surgery to straighten his teeth. The scar will probably still be visible because it is important, concluded Baldelli. &#8220;His bottom four teeth were pushed in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zP-htD8DsmE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tigers Bench Javier B\u00e1ez After Repeated Baserunning Mistakes\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tigers-bench-javier-baez-after-repeated-baserunning-mistakes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tigers Bench Javier B\u00e1ez After Repeated Baserunning Mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Lucas Giolito of the Chicago White Sox delivered a 92 mph pitch that struck Minnesota Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer in the face. Farmer sustained a jaw injury after being slammed to the ground by the hit in the fourth inning. 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