Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) – Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Alex Guerrero has been taken into surgery after part of his ear was bitten off by teammate Miguel Olivo during their Triple-A game on Tuesday, according to reports.<\/p>\n
According to Guerrero’s agent Scott Boras, who informed Fox Sports of the incident, Olivo first punched Guerrero during an altercation, then part of the ear was “displaced by a bite.”<\/p>\n
Boras also said that Guerrero was immediately taken to a plastic surgeon in an attempt to fix the ear.<\/p>\n
Guerrero, who signed a four-year contract worth $28 million with the Dodgers in the offseason after defecting from Cuba, is batting .376 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI for the Albuquerque Isotopes this season.<\/p>\n
The recovery timetable is uncertain at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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