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Eovaldi needs two surgeries; likely out until 2018
- Updated: August 16, 2016
NEW YORK — Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi will need to undergo Tommy John surgery for the second time.
Eovaldi, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday after he left in the first inning of his start against Boston two days earlier, announced Tuesday that he has torn the flexor tendon off the bone and damaged the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.
The injury will require two surgeries — one to repair the flexor tendon and the other a replacement of his UCL with a tendon from elsewhere in his body.
The estimated rehab time for the flexor tendon surgery is between three and six months. However, being that this is Eovaldi’s second Tommy John surgery — he had his first such surgery nine years ago as a 17-year-old high school pitcher — the rehab process is likely to be a bit longer than usual, possibly up to 18 months.
“It’s a huge blow,” Eovaldi said. “It’s my second one, so it’s a big deal. Hopefully everything goes well with the surgery and I work hard to get back.”
Eovaldi said there had been …
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