Instead of traveling south down to Houston with his new teammates on Friday morning, Yankees’ rookie Dustin Fowler spent time in a hospital bed at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, recovering from a devestating season-ending knee injury he suffered on Thursday night in his major league debut against the White Sox.
In the moment, the collision was alarming. Fowler’s feeble attempt to put weight on his leg and walk under his own power was distressing, and led to all stomachs being tied in knots.
But just hours following Fowler’s hellish encounter, the 22-year-old is in high spirits, and expressed his feelings and emotions with Kevin Kernan of the New York Post:
“This is a journey I’ve gone through my whole life.