Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Jordan Montgomery can have Tommy John surgical procedure for the second time and can miss the 2025 season.
Montgomery informed reporters Tuesday he can be present process the elbow process. Montgomery stated he felt sore after his final Cactus League look and had imaging.
“We thought it was simply type of like a joint factor, (I) would get a shot in there to scrub it up and I’d be good,” Montgomery stated. “It simply wasn’t the case.”
Montgomery had a 15.00 ERA over three innings in two spring coaching appearances, permitting 5 hits and three walks.
The 32-year-old went 8-7 with a 6.23 ERA final season whereas making 21 begins and 4 aid appearances after signing as a free agent in a deal that value the Diamondbacks $47.5 million over two seasons. He had a $25 million wage final yr and exercised a $22.5 million participant possibility — it might have been $25 million if he had made 23 or extra begins.
Diamondbacks managing normal associate Ken Kendrick took duty for Montgomery’s signing throughout a radio interview with Arizona Sports activities 98.7 FM after the season.
“Wanting again, in hindsight, a horrible choice to speculate that cash in a man who carried out as poorly as he did,” Kendrick stated. “It’s our greatest mistake this season from a expertise standpoint. And I’m the perpetrator of that.”
Montgomery had Tommy John surgical procedure with head workforce doctor Dr. Christopher Ahmad whereas with the New York Yankees on June 7, 2018. He began a minor league rehabilitation task on Aug. 25, 2019, and returned to an enormous league mound that Sept. 15.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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