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Mets’ Franklyn Kilome Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

By Steve Adams | October 25, 2018 at 1:31pm CDT

Mets pitching prospect Franklyn Kilome will miss the entire 2019 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, tweets MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. The right-hander was acquired in a straight-up swap that sent Asdrubal Cabrera to the division-rival Phillies back in July, and he ranked fifth among Mets prospects on MLB.com’s latest rankings.

Kilome, 23, dramatically improved his K/BB numbers upon being traded from Philadelphia to New York, pitching to a 4.03 ERA with 9.9 K/9, 2.4 BB/9 and 0.71 HR/9 with a 39.8 percent grounder rate in 38 frames with the Mets’ Double-A affiliate. He’s previously been ranked among the game’s Top 100 prospects by Baseball Prospectus and garnered praise from MLB.com’s Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo for his upper 90s heater, a potentially plus curveball and his general makeup and intelligence on the mound.

Given Kilome’s 140 innings at the Double-A level in 2018, it’s not a reach to think he could’ve been a factor on the Mets’ staff at some point in mid-to-late 2019 had he remained healthy. Instead, the Mets won’t get a look at him until at least the 2020 season, though at the very least, he’ll be nearly 18 months removed from Tommy John surgery when Spring Training ’20 rolls around. That’s minimal consolation for a Mets club that’ll lose a full season of development for one of its most promising and most MLB-ready arms, though.

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  1. eileenyankees9

    7 years ago

    Who??

    1
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    • Blue Baron

      7 years ago

      If you have to ask, you’re not much of a baseball fan. There are, you know, other teams besides the Yankees.

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      • Steve Adams

        7 years ago

        I wouldn’t really make the leap that “If you don’t know Franklyn KIlome, you’re not much of a baseball fan.” There are probably plenty of Mets fans who don’t even know of him.

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        • eileenyankees9

          7 years ago

          Hi Steve. I appreciate your post, and I love it as a matter of fact, and by now at times when I expect these remarks, I have learned to defend myself against the kind of boys that post them.
          Thanks again Steve

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        • Jockstrapper

          7 years ago

          Man, you are one sad human being. Get a life.

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        • MetsYankeesRedSox

          7 years ago

          POST OF THE DAY!!

          1
          Reply
        • Blue Baron

          7 years ago

          Anybody who looks at MLB.com’s top prospects and/or knows that the Mets traded Asdrubal Cabrera should at least have heard the name.

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        • #Fantasygeekland

          7 years ago

          Not everyone who looks at mlb.com’s prospect lists. He’s not a top 100 prospect, so don’t expect all baseball fans to know who the 5th best prospect in a weak farm is

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        • eileenyankees9

          7 years ago

          Baseballnet, lolol,
          good one!! Perfectly
          Expressed

          1
          Reply
      • DarkSide830

        7 years ago

        eh, just a Yankees troll

        4
        Reply
      • Tom84

        7 years ago

        Your point isn’t valid but at least I can respect you fo hating on the Yankees lol

        1
        Reply
        • Blue Baron

          7 years ago

          Even though I don’t hate them.

          2
          Reply
    • metseventually 2

      7 years ago

      Did you not read anything Steve Adams just wrote?

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      Reply
    • bastros88

      7 years ago

      if you don’t know how to read, then this app probably isn’t for you

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      Reply
  2. DarkSide830

    7 years ago

    Guess we won the Asdrubal trade then…for now at least.

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    • metseventually 2

      7 years ago

      Mets still win this trade. TJS is pretty common now and a good portion of players come back stronger too.

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      • Blue Baron

        7 years ago

        Especially since Cabrera was a free agent anyway.

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        • qazer

          7 years ago

          Especially since Cabrera was terrible for Philly.

          Hell, Cabrera had a negative WAR there … if Kilome never makes the majors, the Mets still won the trade.

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          Reply
      • Cat Mando

        7 years ago

        “and a good portion of players come back stronger too.’ is a misnomer. If successful TJS simply restores the elbow to it’s original stability, nothing more.

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        • phenomenalajs

          7 years ago

          It actually isn’t a misnomer because it’s very likely the player was playing for quite a while with an elbow that was not at its original stability.

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        • Cat Mando

          7 years ago

          The American Journal of Sports Medicine did a study a few years ago..they studied 147 TJS pitchers…..
          20% never returned
          13% returned to pitch fewer than 10 games
          67% managed to pitch 10 games in a season after TJS
          50% ended up on the DL with arm/shoulder troubles
          Average ERA before 4.23….after…4.67 – BAA before .249…..and after .257 – WHIP before… 1.368 and after…. 1.432 – % of pitches in the strike zone….51.9 – and after…. 49.6…. Innings pitched before 94.3…. and after…. 77.3 – % of fastball thrown before 63.9 and after 59 – Avg. fastball velocity before 91.2…and after 90.8

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        • metseventually 2

          7 years ago

          Thanks for the facts! Is there one on pitchers who had yet to reach the majors?

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        • Cat Mando

          7 years ago

          With that much specificity? Not that I have seen but I will look.
          Here is a good glimpse at how prevalent TJS is from HS to the majors.
          docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gQujXQQGOVNaiuwSN6…

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        • padam

          7 years ago

          You are so right.

          – Jacob deGrom

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        • Cat Mando

          7 years ago

          “”And according to Jon Roegele, a sabermetrician who runs the database Tommy John Surgery List, one out of every two major league pitchers who has UCL reconstruction will throw fewer than 100 innings the rest of his career.”
          si.com/vault/2016/02/11/tommy-john-casualties
          For every deGrom there are plenty who never fully make it back if at all but then again I am sure you know more than those at The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

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        • davidcoonce74

          7 years ago

          Wait a minute – 147? How did they determine that sample size and why is it so low?

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        • Cat Mando

          7 years ago

          As I said the study was a few years ago…published 2014. You can’t study pitchers who have not returned or barely returned over the course of a multiyear study. Studies of this nature take into account complete data only which means studying data from previous years.
          That particular study can be seen here. in full researchgate.net/publication/261408877_Performance…
          A summary of that article and others can be found here at the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24705898
          Another good look at that study and others is here…. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12648769/what-missed-tommy…
          The latest study by the AJSM is titled “Avoiding Tommy John Surgery: What Are the Alternatives?”

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  3. bucketbrew35

    7 years ago

    Get well soon Franklyn!

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  4. greatdaysport

    7 years ago

    He sounds like an Angel right now.

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    • padam

      7 years ago

      I know the Angels have had their share, but the Mets excel at TJS. It’s almost a prerequisite.

      Reply
  5. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    That;s a shame. He still has a considerable amount of potential and always looked like a high leverage reliever to me. I’m curious as to how the Mets will handle this situation whether it be attempting to slip him through waivers, as the Tigers attempted to do with Lewicki or keep him on the roster and then just place him on the disabled list . I could, conceivably see them taking the method of waiting until the season and then releasing and re-signing him, but that’s just me.

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    • metseventually 2

      7 years ago

      Why would they do any of that? Is he eligible for Rule 5 already?

      Reply
  6. justreading

    7 years ago

    the mets really need to hire a general manager ASAP so they can start
    conducting business and laying the groundwork for the
    future of this organization! I may be wrong but hiring the agent
    from CAA that represents cespedes and I think degrom doesn’t
    sound like a mets move, so they will probably continue the raid on
    the tampa bay organization (if they haven’t already done so).

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  7. justreading

    7 years ago

    oh yea – Eileen, stick to your guns!
    that was an -sshole thing to say by
    stu and certainly uncalled for. I follow
    baseball pretty closely along with my
    friends and none of us knew who
    F. Kilome is. Like I said that was just an
    -sshole move to call you out on something
    like that. get a life stu, this is a chat room,
    not a critics room where you have to show
    people how smart you may be, remember
    that works both ways

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    • eileenyankees9

      7 years ago

      Hello again JustReading,
      I guess we can expect that from jealous Mets Fans lol Great post, from a normal
      gentleman!!
      I have to stick to my guns on here because I have never seen so many posts from low lives. I just have to feel sorry for them and their female counterparts who they probably treat like dirt while verbally abusing them
      Thanks again JR⚾️

      1
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      • metseventually 2

        7 years ago

        You clearly came to this post to ruffle Mets fans feathers and be a troll, yet immediately go on the defensive and assume that they all berate women?

        Get a life.

        1
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        • eileenyankees9

          7 years ago

          Well I am glad I did, it worked
          well, as 2 can play that game. I will never back away from you bullies!
          Oh um let me see, I made the first post, then everyone else started the trouble! Oh how come there were many posts
          that defended me on what remarked, so my question to you is. I DON’T SEE ONE REPLY BACK TO A MALE, LOL, UMM WHY IS THAT?
          Guess I was right again about all you all berating women! You are all so scared to be fresh and harass a guy, oh well, look who’s the troll now!
          I betcha if you picked another team you would be much happier, think about it

          1
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        • metseventually 2

          7 years ago

          You made a post with the intent to troll. YOU were the one who brought up male and female in your second post.

          As the Yankee fan, YOU are the bully. Stop being defensive and go back to making awkward posts on Yankee forums.

          Reply
        • Snack Attack

          7 years ago

          Literally read the second sentence Obvious Eileen – your troll is showing

          Reply
        • metseventually 2

          7 years ago

          Just utter stupidity from this and every post that this person makes. Every time.

          Reply

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