Indians righty Cody Anderson has undergone surgery to repair an injury to his flexor tendon, manager Terry Francona told reporters including MLB.com’s Mandy Bell (via Twitter). It is not yet clear how long he’ll be sidelined.
It’s the latest bad news for Anderson, who has managed only 69 2/3 MLB innings since a promising debut showing back in 2015. He took a long road back from Tommy John surgery and finally seemed to be back at health this year.
Though he was able to get back to professional pitching, sitting at 95 mph with his fastball, Anderson had struggled prior to the renewed arm problems. He was tagged for nine earned runs in 8 2/3 MLB innings. In 23 2/3 frames over six Triple-A starts, he carried a 4.56 ERA with 8.0 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9.
Anderson is earning $641,500 on an arbitration deal, so it’s not a huge financial loss for the club. But it is another dent in the club’s rotation depth, which has already been tested quite a bit to this stage of the season.
Fortunately, some of the team’s stars are beginning to filter back. Mike Clevinger returned sooner than anticipated from the IL. And Corey Kluber is making progress in his own rehab, as Bell also tweets, though he’s still limited to strengthening exercises and remains a long ways off from the majors.
This guy can’t catch a break.. Seems like he put a ton of work in after a strong debut, then he needs TJ. He has had an especially long recovery and now another injury.
Hopefully he keeps at it and all the hard work will pay off for him
Kluber, Clevinger, Rodriguez being hurt and the ineffectiveness of Bauer and Carrasco pales in comparison to this loss…there goes the pennant
Who’s pitched more recently, Anderson or Salazar?
Anderson of course, but Plawecki pitched better… 😉
It seems like a long, long time ago since Cody Anderson was effective in the Tribe’s starting rotation. He was a good pitcher for Cleveland in 2015 with what appeared to be a bright future. I wish the very best for him, hoping that he will be able to help the Indians again some day.