Things are going from atrocious to worse for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After a 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful a Paul Skenes commencement connected Sunday, they learned that a antithetic pitcher volition astir apt request Tommy John surgery.
Pittsburgh Baseball Now bushed writer John Perrotto reported that 2 of his sources person informed him that 23-year aged right-hander Jared Jones volition request that reconstructive country connected his throwing elbow.
"The sources said connected Sunday that doctors told Jones helium volition request the process and 'it’s each but a done deal' that it volition beryllium performed soon," Perrotto writes. "Jones, 23, volition miss the remainder of this play and apt each adjacent play if helium has surgery."
Jones hasn't pitched yet this season.
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He went connected the Injured List aft 12 innings successful outpouring training. At the time, the wounded was termed an ulnar collateral strain.
Turns out, the UCL is wounded worse than a strain, and it needs Tommy John.
Jones' archetypal MLB play was 2024. He had a 6-8 grounds with a 4.14 ERA.
He's an incredibly hard thrower, and seemingly his elbow didn't clasp up.
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