Brandon McCarthy injury update: A's RHP had surgery for skull fracture
Well, so much for the initial report that Oakland A's righthander Brandon McCarthy was "doing well." The team announced Thursday evening that McCarthy underwent surgery on Wednesday night after he had been struck on the right side of his head by a line drive off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar.
Here's the latest from several baseball writers:
https://twitter.com/DKnobler/status/243846343796330496
https://twitter.com/DKnobler/status/243846495412043777
https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/243847226227576833
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/243847209664262144
https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/243849032022253570
Here's video from MLB.com of the incident: