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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Texas Rangers pitching prospect Kumar Rocker, a top-10 pick in each of the past two MLB drafts, has a torn ligament in his right elbow and will need Tommy John surgery.
Rangers general manager Chris Young said Tuesday that Rocker had an MRI after his start last week at Single-A Hickory. The surgery probably will be later this week
Rocker was the third overall pick by the Rangers last summer, when the right-hander was drafted again a year after concerns over a physical led to the former Vanderbilt standout going unsigned by the New York Mets as the 10th overall pick.
“This was an acute injury; it was completely different than what we saw in our post-draft exams and MRI,” Young said. “This was an injury sustained pitching for us in his last start.”
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1. Starring Bradley Scotchman as RMc Posted: May 17, 2023 at 02:08 PM (#6128683)Seriously, tho...is there a database somewhere that shows how many of these surgeries have been performed, and how many of them were "successful"? How do these (now ex-)athletes deal after their careers are over?
this one has a bunch of other related info tht makes it fun to dig through.
The surgeries are always successful, it's the rehab that fails, according to the surgeons, anyway.
heh.
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