Bryan Stow might be changing hospitals - MLB

Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was attacked and brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium on March 31, might be transferred to a hospital closer to his home in the Bay Area, reports Jon Paul Morosi over at Fox Sports.

Stow, who currently has stable vital signs but is comatose, has been treated at the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center since the attack.

The family wants him moved closer to home, and the doctors will likely approve the move next week.

Doctors likely will approve the transfer, as long as Stow doesn’t have any further seizure activity and maintains stable vital signs. He has had stable vital signs since Monday but remains comatose and in critical condition, Saca said.

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles advertising company is unveiling some 300 billboards around the area to help find Stow’s attackers, who are still on the loose. There is promised reward money of at least $120,000 for information leading to their arrest.

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins needs surgery for a torn ACL after injuring his left knee Thursday fielding a grounder in a spring training game and is expected to miss a significant amount of time.

The Phillies did not say when Hoskins would have the surgery or exactly how long the slugging first baseman might be sidelined.

Hoskins hit 30 homers with 79 RBIs last season for the reigning National League champions.

He was backing up to play a chopper on Thursday when the ball popped out of his glove. Sooner after, he fell to the ground and began clutching his left knee. Teammates gathered around him before he was taken off of the field.

Hoskins, a free agent at the end of the season who turned 30 last week, hit six homers in Philadelphia’s playoff run last season. The Phillies lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series.

The injury was another blow for the Phillies, who will be without top pitching prospect Andrew Painter for another few weeks because of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. And slugger Bryce Harper isn’t expected back until around the All-Star break after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November.