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Martin Perez Undergoes Surgery For Break To Non-Throwing Elbow

By Jeff Todd | December 19, 2017 at 12:47pm CDT

Rangers left-hander Martin Perez is set to miss approximately four months after undergoing surgery for a fracture to the radial head in his right arm, the club announced. He is said to have incurred the injury at his ranch in his home country of Venezuela.

Perez, 26, is expected to hold down a starting spot for the Rangers in 2018. Odds are, though, that he’ll miss a bit of time to open the season, perhaps increasing the organization’s need for rotation depth. Four months from today puts the potential return in mid-April, but perhaps it’s wise to build in a bit of extra padding to expectations.

Though Perez limped to a 4.82 ERA in 2017, he enjoyed a second consecutive healthy campaign and has thrown 383 2/3 innings since the start of 2016. Texas decided to pick up a $6MM option to retain him in hopes that he’d again fill up some frames and might also improve his results.

While there’s not much to love about Perez’s peripherals of late, he has long generated good rates of grounders and has been effective in the past when he suppresses home runs sufficiently. He also still delivers a 93 to 94 mph fastball, though his swinging-strike rates are stuck below eight percent.

[RELATED: Updated Rangers Depth Chart]

In any event, the Rangers now have more reason than ever to seek an additional rotation-capable arm. The team has already added Mike Minor, Matt Moore, and Doug Fister to a unit fronted by Cole Hamels, but the organization is short of established options beyond that.

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  1. bringinthereliefpitcher

    5 years ago

    Such a weird injury to sustain wonder how it happened.

    On a side note saw this in the news today. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cole-hamels-texas-rangers-pitcher-donating-mansion-to-charity/

    Cole Hamels and his wife donating their mansion on a lake to a camp/organization that deals making dreams come true for individuals with special needs and chronic illnesses.

    idk if mlbtraderumors post stories like this but thought hamels should get some recognition for such a feat.

    Reply
    • tycobb016

      5 years ago

      nice post. God bless the Hamels family.

      Reply
    • card collector18

      5 years ago

      Bless

      Reply
  2. radiohead801

    5 years ago

    Idiot.

    Reply
    • madmanTX

      5 years ago

      Yes, you are.

      Reply
    • teddy

      5 years ago

      Drop some fries and get back on that mop rockhead801

      Reply
  3. dirtbagfreitas

    5 years ago

    Oh YU didn’t know?

    Reply
    • Tha Dilla

      5 years ago

      Your ass better call somebody!!!!!

      Reply
  4. Steven St Croix

    5 years ago

    There goes third place

    Reply
  5. Kingman#26

    5 years ago

    Thank goodness for Matt Moore Comeback Player of the Year 2018.

    Reply
  6. Bravos fan

    5 years ago

    Looks like he ran into a bull on ranch ….bull won and broken his arm…

    Reply
  7. GarryHarris

    5 years ago

    Rangers already running into injuries.

    Reply
  8. Bart

    5 years ago

    Never bury bulls in your local Pet Sematary. They never come back ‘normal’.

    Reply
  9. CursedRangers

    5 years ago

    Didn’t Perez break his thumb by getting it stuck in a hotel door 6 months or so ago? And now he breaks his arm from being scared by a bull? What are the chances….

    Reminds me on when Holland got hurt by tripping over his dog.

    No pitching depth and this happens. Fitting for what this season will be likely be like.

    Reply
  10. Rob Black

    5 years ago

    Seems to me that Rangers need to bring in someone who can better tap into Perez’s skills and get better results. Greg Maddux, Nolan Ryan? Sometimes the smallest adjustments bring huge returns.

    Reply
  11. TNE

    5 years ago

    The headline should be changed to: “Martin Perez Undergoes Surgery For Break To One of His Non-Throwing Elbows”. I think that’s a more accurate description.

    Reply
  12. tsc32

    5 years ago

    Add Darvish and move Perez to the bullpen. He’s not good enough for the rotation.

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