Phillies pitching prospect Matt Imhof said his right eye was "crushed like a grape" in an accident while exercisinglast week.
After multiple tests and surgeries, his doctors were forced to remove Imhof's right eye as a result of the damage https://www.justdocardinals.com/zach-allen-jerseys .
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"It was decided that the best chance I had to live a normal life was to have my right eye removed and have a prosthetic one put in," he wrote in a . "This decision was not an easy one to make but to me it seemed like the right one so on https://www.justdocardinals.com/arizona-cardinals-hoodies-sweatshirts Tuesday afternoon I went forward with the surgery."
Here's how the injury happened, :
Imhof was injured during a postgame exercise routine at Brevard Countys Space Coast Stadium, a Phillies official said. He was struck in the face while using a rubber resistance band anchored to a wall. The mounted base broke off the wall https://www.justdocardinals.com/justin-murray-jerseys , a source said, and damaged Imhofs right eye.
Imhof saidthis has been the hardest weekof his lifeand he is grateful he still has vision in his left eye.
The 22-year-old was a second-round pick by the franchise in2014.
A photo posted by Matt https://www.justdocardinals.com/david-wells-jerseys Imhof (@matt_imhof48) on Jun 30, 2016 at 9:44am PDT