Giants Suspend Bader's Pay After Scooter Crash
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- San Francisco Giants suspended pay to outfielder Harrison Bader after he aggravated his plantar fasciitis in a 2 a.m. scooter crash Sunday in San Francisco's Marina District.
- Buster Posey, the Giants' president of baseball operations, said the team is still investigating and will withhold payment until Bader resumes performing on-field services for the club.
- Harrison Bader is owed $1.42 million for the remainder of the season under his $4.5 million 2025 base salary on the two-year, $20.5 million deal he signed before this season.
- Bader was batting .170 with five homers, 14 RBIs, and a .557 OPS across 30 games before landing on the injured list in late May with plantar fasciitis.
- Bader was suspended at the University of Florida in 2014 after crashing a motorized scooter into a truck — he was found unresponsive and smelled of alcohol, according to the Gainesville Sun.
- The San Francisco Chronicle reported Bader was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries from Sunday's vehicle collision.
Why it matters: The Giants are withholding the roughly $1.42 million Bader is still owed on his 2025 base salary — an unusual pay denial against an injured-list player, hinging on whether the scooter crash worsened an existing condition. With the investigation still open and Bader's return now delayed further, the dispute sets up a potential grievance over how an off-field incident can override injury-related compensation under an active contract.
