Miami Marlins prospect Stone Garrett was placed on the disabled list Saturday after he was cut on the hand by Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers teammate Josh Naylor during a prank involving a knife.
Garrett, the Marlins’ Minor League Player of the Year in 2015, received three stitches to his right hand, and the team is flying him to Miami to have the injury evaluated by a hand specialist, president of baseball operations Michael Hill told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
“Naylor has a reputation of being a bit of a prankster, but this one obviously went a little too far,” Hill said Sunday. “Obviously, he’s torn up about it. This is a good friend, his roommate. They came into pro ball together, so they’re good friends.”
Naylor, 18, was the 12th overall pick in 2015 by the Marlins. Garrett, 20, was drafted in the eighth round in 2014.
Garrett’s agent, Larry Reynolds said his client was “not a willing participant” in the prank initiated by Naylor. Reynolds also said that Naylor and Garrett are not roommates, as previously reported.
Whenever a prank involves a sharp object, things are going to turn out bad. Aside from the couple of stitches, Naylor is lucky he seriously didn’t injure Garrett.
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