On Sept. 4, 2025, Rio Foster won Northwest League Player of the Month. Less than 24 hours later, he lay face down in a pool of blood in the middle of the road in Richland, Wash.
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Once a hot, rising professional baseball prospect, Foster is now wheelchair-bound and fighting for the chance to live a normal life. It’s par for the course for a young man who has been the underdog his whole life.
“Foster, a 22-year-old outfield prospect, was drafted in the 16th round by the Los Angeles Angels in 2023,” The Athletic reports. “He should be preparing for a new season, continuing to build on a professional career defined by its underdog status. He comes from football-crazed Athens, Georgia, needed
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