CINCINNATI (AP) — Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin is recovering from a bacterial infection that team president Chris Antonetti described as "life-threatening." 
 
 Martin is in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic. Antonetti provided an update on Martin's status when he addressed the team prior to Monday's series opener against the Reds. 
 
 Doctors determined Martin had a bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream and created toxins that damaged his internal organs, compromising their function. 
 
 "It was very serious," Antonetti said. "Thankfully he's made a lot of progress in the last 24 to 36 hours and he has regained a lot of the organ function. He's in a good path right now and we're hopeful he'll make a full recovery. But, he has a long way to go." 
 
 Martin played in Tuesday's game against the Twins, and then felt sick in the middle of the night. When he continued to feel sick the following morning, Martin was transported to the Cleveland Clinic and his condition quickly worsened. 
 
 "It progressed rapidly," Antonetti said. "It was life-threatening." 
 
 Martin, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Thursday, is batting .333 with two homers and four RBIs in six games since he was acquired from Detroit at the trade deadline. He is hitting .255 with 11 homers and 33 RBIs overall in 84 games. 
 
 Outfielder Greg Allen was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to replace Martin. The Indians have been dealing with injuries to outfielders all season and hoped adding Martin would provide stability. 
 
 Cleveland could bring in another outfielder before the Aug. 31 trade deadline for players who have cleared waivers. 
 
 "We'll continue to spend the month of August looking for opportunities to improve our team," Antonetti said last week. "What impact Martin's condition or illness has on that, we're not yet sure." 
 
 Antonetti expects outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall, who has played in only 29 games because of calf injures, to return this season. Outfielder Tyler Naquin had surgery on his right hip on Aug. 3 and could be back before the season ends. 
 
 Antonetti stressed that Martin's infection is not communicable and that doctors haven't defined the specific type of bacteria or how it entered Martin's system. 
 
 Antonetti would not speculate on whether Martin will play again this year. Martin's wife, father, and brother are now with him at the Cleveland Clinic, according to Antonetti. 
 
 "I really haven't thought about baseball yet," Antonetti said. "Leonys continues to get treatment and we're optimistic he'll have a full recovery. He is able to communicate. He was able to get up and sit in a chair for a few hours yesterday. He's in a much better spot than he was a couple of days ago." 
 
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 More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports ||||| Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin had a bacterial infection that attacked his organs and was life-threatening, but he is in stable condition and improving, Indians president Chris Antonetti said. 
 
 Antonetti addressed the team Monday and said that Martin, who has been hospitalized at Cleveland Clinic for nearly a week, is recovering and his outlook is good, but that "progress will be measured in weeks, not days." 
 
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 Antonetti said that Martin had a bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream and damaged his internal organs. Antonetti said the organs started to shut down, and it was "severe." 
 
 "Thankfully, he's made a lot of progress in the last 24 to 36 hours," Antonetti said. "He's regained a lot of the organ function. We're optimistic. He's on a good path right now, and we're hopeful that he'll have a full recovery. But he's got a long path to get back to full health in front of him. It's going to take some time." 
 
 Indians outfielder Leonys Martin has been hospitalized with a bacterial infection, but is now in stable condition. Brad Rempel/USA TODAY Sports 
 
 The Indians acquired Martin, 30, from the Tigers on July 31 just before the non-waiver deadline. He became ill last Tuesday night and did not play Wednesday. On Thursday, the Indians placed him on the 10-day disabled list. On Friday, some Indians players wrote Martin's name on their hats, and manager Terry Francona asked fans to pray for him. 
 
 "What I would say, if you believe in saying prayers and things like that, keep him in your thoughts," Francona said. 
 
 In six games with the Indians, Martin is hitting .333 (5-for-15) with two homers and four RBIs. 
 
 Antonetti said he did not know whether Martin would play again this season. 
 
 "I haven't even thought about baseball," Antonetti said. "He's got a long path to get to full health in front of him. It's going to take him some time, but we're in a much better spot today than we were 24 to 36 hours ago."
– It's going to take "weeks, not days" for an MLB player to recuperate from what's now being revealed as a dangerous bacterial infection that went after his organs—but Cleveland Indians President Chris Antonetti said the worst appears to be over for Leonys Martin. ESPN and the AP report that, per Antonetti, the 30-year-old outfielder is in stable condition and getting better at Cleveland Clinic, where he's been holed up for the better part of a week as he's battled the "life-threatening" but noncommunicable illness. Martin is said to have first taken ill on Aug. 7, and the next day team manager Terry Francona said Martin was having intestinal issues; by Friday, Francona was asking fans for prayers. "Leonys had a bacterial infection that entered his bloodstream, and when it entered his bloodstream it produced toxins," Antonetti told the team Monday, per the News-Herald. "Those toxins did damage to his internal organs and the functioning of those organs was compromised, and it was severe." Antonetti adds that a turnaround for Martin came over the past 24 to 36 hours, he's "on a good path right now" (with much of his organ functioning restored), and everyone is "optimistic" for his complete recovery.