Diamondbacks right-hander Rubby De La Rosa will require Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, manager Torey Lovullo announced today. This will mark the second Tommy John procedure of De La Rosa’s career, as he had the same surgery back in 2011.
It’s obviously discouraging news for the 28-year-old De La Rosa, who battled elbow issues in 2016 and underwent stem cell therapy last September in an effort to avoid a second Tommy John procedure. Those elbow concerns led the D-backs to non-tender De La Rosa last winter, but he re-upped with the Snakes on a minor league deal shortly thereafter.
De La Rosa missed some time earlier this season, but he ultimately worked his way back to the Majors after tossing 24 1/3 strong innings of work in the minors as he ramped up. He’d appear in just nine games this season, though, totaling 7 2/3 innings with a 4.70 ERA before again landing on the disabled list. He’ll now be sidelined for the remainder of the 2017 season and could conceivably miss all of the 2018 campaign given the timing of the operation and the fact that this is his second time going through the procedure.
Breaks your heart seeing some guys just can’t catch a break concerning arm issues Who would otherwise be a decent arm to have in the pen
2nd time since 2011 he might want to consider another line of work
Not the first dback to double or even triple dip with tj here in recent years.
Either that or learn to master the knuckleball. He could pitch well into his 40s making that adjustment
I wonder what Jarrod Parker is up to these days.
I still think Johnny Venters holds the record with four times.
Ah man. Poor kid.
“the next Pedro Martinez”, the Dodgers happened to ruin his and Nathan Eovaldi’ career by calling them up, and treating them like they were legitimately ready WAY too soon, him and Eovaldi basically had nothing other than their fastball.
Is there any proof fastballs cause more injuries than say a curve? I’ve heard more offspeed increases likelihood.
Any pitch type has the potential to cause an injury, as the arm motion and force involved simply aren’t natural. That said, breaking pitches are particularly injurious.
I believe this is being debunked. It’s any pitch, supposedly. That said, pitchers often have some nasty mechanics on breaking balls that must put extraordinary stress on the elbow. The biggest problem seems to be that guys throw every pitch with max effort. That’s very different than what we saw prior to 2000(ish). Look at HOF pitchers like Maddox, Sutton, Glavine, and plenty of others. They threw at less than max effort, then dialed it up when needed. Freaks of nature like Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan aren’t good examples to mimic, IMHO.
Your delousional. The Dodgers traded them both early in their careers. Their current issues have nothing to do with the Dodgers
Then why wasn’t Pedro’s career ruined? The Dodgers called him up when he was just 20. De La Rosa was 22 and had spent 4 years in the minors. He was having a good rookie season before he got hurt. Getting called up had nothing to do with him getting hurt. You literally know nothing about baseball.
Pedro was ready, it doesn’t matter the age or how long they were in the minors, it’s different for everybody on when there ready
I wouldn’t compare perhaps the greatest pitcher who ever pitched to anyone. Pedro was a special once-in-a-generation talent. C unfair to compare him to anyone.
mendoza u don’t know what ur talking about, Dodgers are historically one of the best organizations for developing P’s, always put pitching n it’s developement at a premium, the whole reason the brain trust “got rid” of Pedro, Ramon’s lil bro, was because of how slight he was, 165 lbs my ass as pup, there so hard, didn’t think his body could sustain it, especially as starter, hated to part w/DeLaRosa
*threw so hard
But DeLaRosa was the prize Bosox wanted too make that mega play-off run deal happen for Dodgers, he did flame out, as far as ur boy Eovaldi, got rid of him because they are so good at developing quality pitching, Nat throws just as hard as any starter in MLB, avg fastball velo, look it up ! BUT that thing is straighter than a ruler ! Why does he always give up way more hits than innings pitched…? Why for being 1 of gms hardest throwers does his K totals look like slow tosser….? He is what he is…n now he’s hurt too. There’s a guy Dodgers took from high school, didn’t hurt him the way u say “they do
Who?
Glad u asked….from Texas, Clayton Kershaw. Sure he’s kind of a freak, they scouted em, they drafted em, they developed em, THEN they paid em. That’s 1 example, so yea brother, have an idea bout what ur postin n lose the signed life size Nathan Eovaldi poster….pot favor.