{"id":40645,"date":"2020-11-17T10:22:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=40645"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:22:19","slug":"mike-clevinger-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-inks-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/11\/17\/mike-clevinger-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-inks-two-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Clevinger To Undergo Tommy John Surgery; Inks Two-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/san-diego-padres\/\" target=\"_self\">San Diego Padres<\/a><\/strong> have announced that right-handed pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clevimi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Clevinger<\/a><\/strong> will undergo<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy John<\/a> <\/strong>surgery next week and that they have signed him to a two-year contract extension through his arbitration years. Clevinger will be an unrestricted free agent in 2023. After being traded from the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/cleveland-indians\/\" target=\"_self\"> <strong>Cleveland Indians<\/strong><\/a>, Clevinger started four games for the Padres. He pitched 19 innings with a 2.84 ERA. However, Clevinger left his start against the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-angels\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a><\/strong> with bicep tightness and also his NLDS start in the second inning. Given past timetables with Tommy John surgeries, Clevinger will most likely miss the 2021 season. But he should be back for Spring Training in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Padres?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Padres<\/a> have signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a two-year contract through the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>Clevinger will also undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGMY4oAyFu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/pGMY4oAyFu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAc5bsX9JD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uAc5bsX9JD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Padres\/status\/1328472990644719616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Clevinger&#8217;s Tenure in San Diego\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Padres acquired Clevinger from the Indians as part of a nine-player blockbuster trade that sent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/naylojo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Naylor<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quantca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cal Quantrill<\/a><\/strong>, and others to Cleveland, while the Padres also received <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AlleGr21.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greg Allen<\/a><\/strong> and a PTBNL. From 2015-2019, Clevinger posted a 3.20 ERA for the Tribe in 84 starts. Clevinger also averaged 10 strikeouts per nine innings. When the Padres traded for Clevinger, they hoped to form a lethal top two starters with Danielson Lamet. Both pitchers missed most of the postseason (Lamet didn\u2019t pitch and Clevinger pitched one inning).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his last start before injury, Clevinger was dominant against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/san-francisco-giants\/\" target=\"_self\">San Francisco Giants<\/a>, as he fanned seven in a seven-inning complete-game shutout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Pitching Depth for the Padres<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of\u00a0 Mike Clevinger, the Padres still have a solid top three in the rotation as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davieza02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Davies<\/a><\/strong> was excellent in 2020 with a 2.73 ERA and Lamet was fourth in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngcy01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cy Young<\/a> <\/strong>voting. San Diego hopes that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paddach01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Paddack<\/a><\/strong> reverts to his 2019 self, as he struggled in 2020 with a 4.73 ERA and a 5.01 FIP. The backend of the rotation could be a competition between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/patinlu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Luis Pati\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lucchjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joey Lucchesi<\/a><\/strong>, the highly-touted <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=gore--000mac&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacKenzie Gore<\/a><\/strong>, and others. They could also look towards free agency for a starter, such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walketa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taijuan Walker<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanchan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anibal Sanchez<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Image<br \/>\n<a id=\"AntT00ypR79-CLmh7TslEA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1228675281\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AntT00ypR79-CLmh7TslEA',sig:'hZS0Ddfqgkl_xqdm3L8ToYZt5mmuZS2_qcps05AfdKs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1228675281',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres have announced that Mike Clevinger will undergo Tommy John surgery and that he has signed a two-year extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3369,"featured_media":40664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,35,30],"tags":[86,4095,352,837,2908,4144,664,701,1233],"class_list":["post-40645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-news","category-padres","tag-anibal-sanchez","tag-cal-quantrill","tag-cleveland-indians","tag-contract-extensions","tag-greg-allen","tag-josh-naylor","tag-mike-clevinger","tag-taijuan-walker","tag-tommy-john-surgery"],"modified_by":"Jared Cantatore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}