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Harrison Bader’s season has gone from bad to worse.
The San Francisco Giants outfielder was limited to just 30 games due to injury, and when he was on the field, it wasn’t pleasant.
Bader is hitting just .170 with a .198 on-base percentage and .358 slugging percentage as he suffers from plantar fasciitis for the second time in his MLB career.
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San Francisco Giants outfielder Harrison Bader walks to the dugout after hitting a grand slam against the Chicago White Sox on May 23, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (Larry Placido/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
But this week, the Giants announced that Bader had a “scooter accident” “Saturday night/early Sunday morning” that further injured his foot.
Bader is now set to have an MRI for the new injury.
Oddly, this isn’t the first time Bader has had trouble with a scooter. While playing for the University of Florida in 2014, he was suspended for 19 games for drunkenly crashing a scooter into a parked truck.
Harrison Bader of the San Francisco Giants is on deck during an MLB game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on May 19, 2026. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 5-3. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Bader is in the first year of a two-year pact with the Giants worth more than $20 million. The Giants are his seventh team.
The 2021 Gold Glove Award winner spent nearly six full seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals before being traded to the New York Yankees in 2022. He then had a brief stint with the Cincinnati Reds before spending time with the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies.
Harrison Bader #9 of the San Francisco Giants prepares for a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco on May 25, 2026. (Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images)
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The Giants, meanwhile, are tied for second-worst records in the National League and plan to trade just about everyone they can before next week’s deadline.
