Mike Pelfrey is out of the season as MRI reveals the need for Tommy John Surgery - MLB News
Tightness in an elbow has turned lethal for the New York Mets’ starter Mike Pelfrey as an MRI unveils a broken ulnar collateral ligament. Tommy John Surgery is confirmed now and thus for him returning to the season now is nearly impossible. Along with this,
his time in the club has almost come to an end.
His performance in the game he began feeling elbow tightness was superb. Not just in that game, he has been having an amazing regular season with a 2.29 ERA in three starts.
In light of weak rotation with the Mets, it is a big blow to a team which is just about to enter in crucial stage of the season.
As part of rare home-grown pedigree at the Mets, Pelfrey holds peculiar distinction as a pitcher there. Mets endure a stigma of a team that draws their pitching talent from outside with hardly much available indigenously. In this respect, the Mets will look
to find out solid replacement from their Minor-League farms.
Reports suggest that Matt Harvey is being looked upon as a long-term substitute. Harvey is their Triple-A product and is projected as their next star in the making.
As per the manager Terry Collins, Pelfrey will meet Dr. James Andrews.
Expressing the certainty of surgery, Pelfrey said he will see the doctor just for the sake of formality.
"They brought up the PRP, which is an injection. They put it at like 10-20 percent that it works, and so there was an 80 percent chance I was still gonna have surgery. So I thought it was the best case for me that we just go ahead and do it. Obviously, I'm
still supposed to go down and visit Andrews personally and we'll go from there, but I think surgery is about 99 percent [that] it's gonna happen," Pelfrey said.
The Mets will like to find appropriate substitute for the games ahead. Chris Schwinden has been penciled in to fill the spot in the rotation.
It is pre-mature to believe that he will be just as effective as Pelfrey has been. The manager will be looking to Schwinden to put in a decent performance.
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