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Tampa Bay Rays Former First-Round Pick Hit in Face with Foul Ball

Tampa Bay Rays 2015 first-round draft pick, Garrett Whitley was struck by an errant foul ball that found its way through the entrance to the dugout and smashed into the right side of the prospect’s face.

The Orioles’ Renato Nunez yanked a foul ball skidding into the Rays dugout. The ball was a rocket and Whitley barely had time to look, let alone react. Whitley was escorted by the training staff out of the dugout for medical attention.

Whitley was sent to a local Sarasota hospital where he underwent further evaluations.