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Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet to have Tommy John surgery
Turns out, Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet will not be back by May. Probably not even next May.
No surgery for Andrus; timetable 6-8 weeks
The Rangers will be without shortstop Elvis Andrus for 6-8 weeks with an olecranon fracture in his right elbow. Andrus will not require surgery, according to Rangers team physician Keith Meister.
Rangers’ Andrus breaks elbow after getting hit vs Angels
Dr. Keith Meister, the team’s physician, did initial X-rays and an examination at the stadium, and the team said after the 7-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels that those tests indicated the probability of a fracture.
Mariners have a ‘secret weapon’ – a former All-Star pitcher with a no-hitter on his résumé
Seattle Mariners pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre says the Mariners have what other teams aren’t going to be able to find in the middle of the season – a starting pitcher like they say they have who can be a difference maker.
Athletics' Cotton has Tommy John surgery
Oakland right-hander Jharel Cotton has had Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament his pitching elbow.
Jharel Cotton to have Tommy John surgery, miss 2018 season
A’s pitcher Jharel Cotton’s promising spring has come to an abrupt end.
A’s Bruce Maxwell trying to shed extra pounds he put on this winter
The primary reason the A’s went out and signed free-agent catcher Jonathan Lucroy was to provide a veteran to work with the team’s young pitchers.
Spring training notebook (March 15): Martin Perez to start this weekend, other pitching injury updates
Texas Rangers team medical director Dr. Keith Meister arrived in camp Thursday and assessed several injured pitchers.
Texas Rangers add another outfielder-pitcher project
The Rangers have signed Brett Eibner to a minor-league deal. Eibner has appeared in 87 major-league games as an outfielder. That includes 17 games last season during four stays with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Medical City Healthcare Partnering With the Dallas Stars
Under the terms of the new partnership, Medical City Frisco will manage the orthopedic healthcare needs of the Stars players, both on and off the ice. The prevention, evaluation, and treatment of injuries will be conducted by doctors at the Frisco hospital. One of them, Dr. William Robertson, a physician on the medical staff at Medical City Frisco, will continue in his role as the Stars’ head team physician. Robertson, a former Ivy League football player at Brown University, has served as head team physician with the Stars since the 2012-2013 NHL season.