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The Giants remain committed to giving top catching prospect Joey Bart the time he needs to develop at Triple-A Sacramento, a notion that was reinforced after the club placed Curt Casali on the 10-day injured list with a left wrist sprain on Tuesday. To replace Casali on the roster, the
USA TODAY Just a little more than a year since a suicide attempt, Drew Robinson added a major hallmark to his baseball comeback story on Tuesday by hitting his first home run since returning to the pros. Robinson lost his right eye in an April, 2020 suicide attempt in which he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Robinson remarkably survived and 20 hours later woke up – realizing he wanted to live. The 29-year-old now has a prosthetic eye in his right socket and lost parts of his sense of taste and smell. Robinson recently signed with the San Francisco Giants' Class AAA team,...
Comments Rich Schultz/Getty Images One year after losing his right eye in a suicide attempt, Drew Robinson is back in professional baseball after making the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A roster. The Sacramento River Cats announced on Tuesday that Robinson was one of 25 players on their Opening Day roster. Three months ago, Robinson told ESPN's Jeff Passan about his attempt to commit suicide on April 16, 2020, via a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after struggling with mental health issues for years. Robinson spent 20 hours alone in his home after his attempt before he called 911...