Gruesome Alex Bregman injury revealed with playoff return stunningly in play

Alex Bregman is taking an NHL playoffs approach to the MLB postseason.The Cubs’ star third baseman is hoping to play in the playoffs after suffering multiple facial fractures Sunday when a foul ball hit him in the on-deck circle, according to ESPN.He reportedly is skipping surgery with the Cubs jockeying for position in the NL playoff race, entering Tuesday tied with the Padres for the top wild-card spot.Bregman suffered the freak injury during the fourth inning of the Cubs’ 9-1 win over the Reds on Sunday when lefty Michael Busch fouled off a pitch and the ball somehow hit Bregman.The veteran had been standing behind and to the left off the plate, and he ran toward the Cubs’ dugout down the third-base side before being given a towel to bury his head in while he bled.Bregman immediately exited down the stairs to go into the dugout.“You never want to see that on the ball field.You can’t control any of that.

It happened so fast,” Busch said, according to MLB.com.“Any time [the ball] hits the head area, it’s scary.… You focus on the game, but it’s tough.”Bregman reportedly went to a local hospital for X-rays and a CT scan, and he posted a photo Sunday to his Instagram Story that showed a shut black-and-blue eye, blood on his cheek and a nose plug.“Thanks for the messages yall,” he wrote.

“I’ll be back.”He posted another selfie to Instagram on Sunday with the caption “Back in Chicago” with a praying hands emoji, with his eye still visibly black and blue and the blood still on his cheek.Cubs manager Craig Counsell said he initially feared a broken nose.“He had a cut under his eye,” Counsell said Sunday, per MLB.com.“He was bleeding from his nose a little bit.

It’s pretty swollen.It was below the eye.

I honestly thought it hit him in the nose.I thought he had a broken nose, but I knew it hit him somewhere in the face.

It’s just an unfortunate accident.“I’m hoping and praying he is all right.”The Cubs enter the seaso...