Player Who Lost Eye in Suicide Attempt Returns to Baseball

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Drew Robinson is back in baseball a year after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. On Wednesday, Drew made the 25-man roster of the Sacramento River Cats, the San Francisco Giants Triple-A affiliate.

Drew Robinson, who lost his right eye in a suicide attempt last year, made the Opening Day roster for the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate 🙏 @BRWalkoff pic.twitter.com/vksGpjy081

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 5, 2021

He spoke candidly about the incident last November with ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

“I need an ambulance,” he said on the call, per Passan. “I tried to commit suicide last night, and I made it through. I think I detached my eye maybe. I can’t open my right eye and I have a huge hole in my head and I’m in a lot of pain.”

Luckily for him, his injuries weren’t life threatening.

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He posted about his accomplishment on Twitter:

“I’m officially a one-eyed professional baseball player,” Robinson wrote. “I’m lucky enough to say that I’ve made the Giants Triple-A roster for the Sacramento Rivercats. … I really can’t believe it and have a hard time putting it into words how much this means to me, my family, my circle of people, all the doctors that put me back together and the doctors that worked with me on a weekly basis. …

“This is so much bigger than me. I’m excited, nervous, empowered and more importantly, ready for a magical experience.”

Too meaningful of a post to keep within twitter’s character limit haha. So here’s a screenshot of my real caption. 🎉❤️ #BiggerThanMe #BiggerThanSports pic.twitter.com/WyGfNYDX0R

— Drew Robinson (@Drewrobbb) May 5, 2021

This is a pretty cool story. Wishing Drew the best of luck on his baseball journey, and journey in life.

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