This news is a few days old, but I missed it.
Mets’ outfield prospect Sean Ratliff, who was hit in the eye with a pitch while standing in the batter’s box back in late March, will need to miss the entire season because of the eye surgeries.
After being struck by the ball Ratliff suffered six broken bones in his face and a fully torn retina.
The doctors decided to let the facial fractures heal on their own, but have already performed two surgeries to try and fix the vision in his eye. According to Ratliff his vision currently sits at 20-60, but that is an improvement from where it had been.
While things are looking good for Ratliff he is still not out of the woods. There is the chance that his vision is never fully restored and he will need to retire. This type of injury is especially disheartening for Ratliff who was coming off a breakout season in 2010.
Hopefully he has a safe and full recovery.
I had ranked Ratliff as the Mets’ 15th best prospect in pre-season.
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