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A.J. Griffin Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

By Tim Dierkes | April 30, 2014 at 5:17pm CDT

WEDNESDAY: Griffin’s surgery took place today, according to the Athletics’ official Twitter feed.

TUESDAY: Griffin will, in fact, have Tommy John surgery, CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman tweets.

FRIDAY 7:12pm: “No decision on the next course of treatment will be finalized” until Dr. Mehlhoff sees Griffin on Tuesday, A’s assistant GM David Forst tells Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link).

6:28pm: Athletics righty A.J. Griffin will undergo Tommy John surgery next week, a source tells Joe Stiglich of CSNBayArea.com.  An elbow issue first cropped up for the 26-year-old pitcher in March, and word came from A’s manager Bob Melvin this week that Griffin would visit Houston-area specialist Dr. Thomas Mehlhoff on Tuesday for a second opinion.

Griffin provided 200 innings of 3.83 ball as a member of the A’s rotation last year.  The A’s had already lost Jarrod Parker to Tommy John in March.  The A’s seemed to have a surplus of starting pitching when they reached an agreement with Scott Kazmir in December, but attrition has taken its toll.  Nonetheless, Oakland’s 2.74 rotation ERA ranks first in the American League this year.  The group is comprised of Kazmir, Sonny Gray, Dan Straily, Tommy Milone, and the surprising Jesse Chavez.  The A’s may still be compelled to add to their starting pitching depth as the summer wears on.

In an ESPN article today, Jayson Stark addressed this year’s Tommy John epidemic, of which Griffin appears to be the 17th victim.

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Comments

  1. Ellis Mitchell

    9 years ago

    Give me a break!

    Reply
    • JoshReddicksWalkupSong

      9 years ago

      Careful what you ask for. You might be next.

      Reply
      • $3513744

        9 years ago

        or he might get a kit kat bar.

        Reply
  2. Snoochies8

    9 years ago

    Well that sucks. Not a huge loss, but sucks.

    Reply
  3. Jesse Rodriguez

    9 years ago

    Call me crazy but the A’s should give Zito a call

    Reply
    • Snoochies8

      9 years ago

      Yeahhhhh that’s crazy. Someone who’ll be DFA’d soon is a better option than Zito.

      Reply
    • disadvantage 2

      9 years ago

      Blanton already fills the role as former Athletics pitcher looking to find new life after starting a promising career with Oakland, only to hit rock bottom elsewhere.

      Reply
      • JoshReddicksWalkupSong

        9 years ago

        He left the team the same week he signed.

        Reply
    • BananaMonster

      9 years ago

      Crazy

      Reply
  4. Frittoman626

    9 years ago

    2012 was the year of Torn ACL’s (Basketball, Baseball, Football), 2014 is now the year of Tommy John smh.

    Reply
  5. JordanMantor

    9 years ago

    Can we finally say that this has officially jumped from “freak anomaly” to “something that needs to be officially addressed” by baseball?

    Seventeen TJ surgeries in a four-month span suggests that something’s clearly rotten in Denmark.

    Reply
    • $3513744

      9 years ago

      what’s baseball supposed to do? i think bionic arms is the only logical answer.

      Reply
      • JordanMantor

        9 years ago

        At this point, it might be a venture worth undertaking. LOL

        Reply
  6. cej

    9 years ago

    Whenever I hear “x has elbow tightness and will rest for the next two weeks” it basically means he will have TJ surgery.

    Has there ever been an example of a pitcher who has had an elbow soreness/tightness problem keep him out two weeks and it _not_been Tommy John?

    Reply
    • Jaysfan724

      9 years ago

      Not a big name but I would say the closest thing I could think of would be the Ramon Ortiz incident last year.

      Reply
    • Hills of Glenallen

      9 years ago

      C.J. Edwards turned out okay.

      Reply
    • Scott Berlin

      9 years ago

      Chris Sale?

      Reply
  7. liberalconservative

    9 years ago

    How are they still in first with loses their top 3 starters from last year? Beane GM of the year again?

    Reply
  8. UK Tiger

    9 years ago

    Yet they’ll still win the West, so deep is their trough of arms.

    Reply
  9. Yettyskill

    9 years ago

    I love that we’re referring to these guys as victims now

    Reply
  10. Manfrenjensen

    9 years ago

    Where’s the MLBTR “Tommy John Tracker” when you need it??

    Reply
  11. Pei Kang

    9 years ago

    get well soon, AJ

    Reply

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