SEE IT: Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman shares picture of the staples in his head …

Aroldis Chapman had surgery today to insert a metal plate into his face after suffering multiple fractures from a line drive to the face Wednesday night. The Reds' closer is expected to make a full recovery from the injury, though 

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Reds closer Aroldis Chapman is scheduled to have surgery on Thursday afternoon to repair a fracture above his left eye, one day after being hit on the face by a line drive Wednesday night from the bat of Royals catcher Salvador Perez.

Aroldis Chapman, the flame-throwing Cuban reliever who was hit in the face on Wednesday by a line drive in a spring training game, had successful surgery to fix a broken bone above his left eye on Thursday night. And to prove he had a procedure done, 

The big news this week was Aroldis Chapman being hit in the face by a line drive on Wednesday. Chapman will miss two months recovering from a fracture above his left eye. Reds' catcher Brayan Pena saw the entire thing from behind the plate. Still in

The Cincinnati Reds' spring training game against the Kansas City Royals came to an abrupt end in the sixth inning Wednesday when Aroldis Chapman was struck in the head with a line drive. UPDATE: Latest news of Chapman's injury, recovery | Fantasy