{"id":77318,"date":"2024-06-19T21:03:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T01:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77318"},"modified":"2024-06-19T21:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T01:03:33","slug":"orioles-kyle-bradish-tommy-john-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/19\/orioles-kyle-bradish-tommy-john-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Lose Ace to Season-Ending Elbow Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three is the magic number for the Baltimore Orioles, who announced on Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bradiky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Bradish<\/a> underwent season-ending elbow surgery. Bradish is the third Orioles starter in the past 17 days to undergo a procedure on their ulnar collateral ligament. It continues a string of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy John<\/a> surgeries on Orioles pitchers, going back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bautife01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F\u00e9lix Bautista<\/a> last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bradish left his June 14th start after the fifth inning with soreness in his right elbow. He was placed on the 15-day injured list with a right UCL sprain for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/15\/orioles-kyle-bradish-injured-list\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second time on Saturday.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The 27-year-old right-hander <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/02\/15\/orioles-bradish-means-injuries\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">began the season on the injured list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after spraining his right UCL in January. Bradish made eight starts and recorded a 2.75 ERA with 53 strikeouts through 39 \u2153 innings pitched this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bradiky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Bradish<\/a> underwent Tommy John surgery and will miss the remainder of the 2024 season, Mike Elias announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vl8SJootye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vl8SJootye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masnOrioles\/status\/1803537605751087408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General manager Mike Elias announced on Wednesday that the right-hander underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery, the latest hit suffered by the injury-plagued Orioles rotation. Baltimore had already lost left-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/meansjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Means<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tommy John surgery) and right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=wellsty01,wells-004tyl,wells-006tyl&amp;search=Tyler+Wells&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Wells<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UCL repair surgery with internal brace).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bradish had an internal brace installed to support his UCL in a hybrid procedure performed by Dr. Keith Meister. Baltimore\u2019s young ace is unlikely to return until the second half of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKyle, enormous talent, enormous part of the team. This is a huge blow. This guy is really a tough hombre,\u201d Elias said. \u201cHe gave us everything he had, and we\u2019re going to miss him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Orioles Pitching Staff Loses Kyle Bradish and Danny Coulombe to Elbow Surgery<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elias also announced that the Orioles bullpen will be without their top left-hander <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/couloda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny Coulombe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until at least September. Coulombe had surgery on Tuesday with Dr. Neal ElAttrache to remove bone chips in his left elbow.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Danny Coulombe underwent a surgery to have bone chips removed from his left elbow yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Orioles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Orioles<\/a> GM Mike Elias is hopeful Coulombe could return in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeDRill\/status\/1803532942003888493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 34-year-old went on the 15-day injured list on June 11th after feeling soreness in his elbow playing catch. He has pitched to a 2.42 ERA with 28 strikeouts and a 0.62 WHIP over 26 innings. Coulombe has been one of Baltimore\u2019s best relievers this season and the Orioles are optimistic he could return in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Orioles (47-25) have the second-best record in the American League behind the Yankees (51-24). Baltimore is currently in the midst of a three-game series against their divisional rival in the Bronx.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the state of the Orioles pitching staff, Baltimore has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/15\/orioles-trade-pitching-upgrades\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">linked to several pitchers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ahead of the trade deadline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking at the whole picture when it comes to this trade deadline,\u201d Elias said. But we have, what I think, is a really good, hard-working front office, and we\u2019re going to do our job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kremede01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dean Kremer<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should return from the injured list later this month after suffering a right triceps strain in late May. Baltimore\u2019s No. 8 prospect <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mcderm000cha&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chayce McDermott<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could get the call from Triple-A Norfolk at some point this summer. Without Coulombe, more relievers will need to cover high-leverage spots alongside <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/canoye01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yennier Cano<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perezci01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-19_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cionel P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three is the magic number for the Baltimore Orioles, who announced on Wednesday that Kyle Bradish underwent season-ending elbow surgery. Bradish is the third Orioles starter in the past 17 days to undergo a procedure on their ulnar collateral ligament. It continues a string of Tommy John surgeries on Orioles pitchers, going back to F\u00e9lix [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":77323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[3,1071,35],"tags":[2527,28331,28330,2057,5662,2544,3251,5554,5864],"class_list":["post-77318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orioles","category-mlb","category-news","tag-brandon-hyde","tag-cionel-perez","tag-danny-coulombe","tag-dean-kremer","tag-felix-bautista","tag-john-means","tag-kyle-bradish","tag-tyler-wells","tag-yennier-cano"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77318","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\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}