Last week at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field, A's starting pitcher took a 100-mph line drive off the bat of outfielder to the face. .Fortunately, Ba sitt didn't take any damage to the eye area, but he did suffer a facial fracture. He was kept Houston Astros Jersey in Chicago while the doctors waited for the swelling to go down before performing surgery. Fortunately, that transpired Tuesday.The A's released the following statement:"Chris Ba sitt had succe sful facial surgery today in Chicago with Dr. Peter Revenaugh at the Rush Medical Center. Dr. Revenaugh was able to stabilize and Houston Astros Custom Jersey plate the tripod fracture with good fixation and debride other small fractured bones from the incident. Chris is stable and resting comfortably and will have follow-up appointments upon his arrival to Alex Bregman Jersey Oakland. The A's anticipate Ba sitt will return to the Bay Area later this week."Under the circumstances, that has to qualify as good news.In terms of on-field matters, there's still no set timetable for Ba sitt's return to the mound J.R. Richard Jersey . The smart money would be on 2022 instead of some time this season, though.Ba sitt, 32, was in the midst of a career year. The first-time All-Star is 12-4 with a 3.22 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 154 strikeouts against 34 unintentional walks in 151 innings. He was also widely considered one of the A's clubhouse leaders. The A's head into afternoon action Tuesday having lost seven of their last nine games Hector Rondon Jersey . The trail the by 3 1/2 games in the AL West and the by one game for the second AL wild card spot