The possibility of having pitcher Tyler Glasnow back for the postseason run appears to have disappeared fo the Tampa Bay Rays.
Jeff Passan of ESPN was the first to report that Glasnow’s first bullpen session, which took place Friday evening in Dallas, Texas under the watch of Dr. Keith Meister did not go as expected, and that he is likely to undergo Tommy John Surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery next week, sources tell ESPN. While there remains a small chance doctors will see a path toward him rehabbing his partially torn UCL, the expectation is that Glasnow needs an elbow procedure.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2021
The procedure would not only end Glasnow’s 2021 season, but would put all of 2022 in jeopardy as well.
Glasnow suffered the injury June 14 in Chicago, leaving after the fourth inning of a 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.
The 27-year-old is 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 14 starts this year.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
