Dodgers prospect Alex Guerrero loses part of ear in dugout scuffle, may miss 5 weeks

The most bizarre story of teammates fighting to come along in a long time may end up having long-term repercussions for one of the combatants. 

Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Albuquerque Isotopes teammates Alex Guerrero and Miguel Olivo got into a scuffle on Tuesday night, leaving Guerrero reportedly missing part of his ear. 

Salt Lake Bees blog Sting 'Em Bees broke down the build up to the altercation. 

It goes like this…….The Isotopes defense had their struggles against our base runners. If I were managing my Comp team I would call it laziness…. The Bees advanced runners multiple times because after plays were seemingly over, Isotopes players would wander away from their base and our Bees runners would advance with very little opposition. 

A couple times the runners advanced with the ball in C Miguel Olivo’s hand. I got the feeling he was upset that no one was talking to let him know there was a runner, and when they DID scream “runner!”, no one was at the bag to cover a play. …. That is certainly a cluster of plays that got under the skin of Olivo. 

After the tussle, Guerrero can be seen holding a towel to the side of his head. 

[Courtesy: Sting 'Em Bees]

Prior to the bench brawl, Guerrero and Olivo had to be separated by teammates during a mound meeting. 

[Courtesy: Cork Gaines]

Messing with Olivo is a famously dangerous decision, as former teammate Brian Bannister attested to on twitter. 

Guerrero's agent, Scott Boras, claimed that Guerrero walked away from the mix-up without part of his ear, and immediately underwent plastic surgery in an attempt to repair the damage. 

He could miss five weeks due to the injury, according to ESPN. 

Both players were removed from the game, and could reportedly be facing further discipline from the team. 

Dodgers GM Ned Colletti wasn't ready to say what caused the event, but made it clear it was unacceptable. 

"We don't condone it, and we don't think it's constructive," Colletti said to reporters at Citi Field. "People can have disagreements. When it gets beyond that level, it's over the limit."

[h/t Deadspin]