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Matt Bush To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

By Steve Adams | July 3, 2019 at 2:54pm CDT

Rangers right-hander Matt Bush has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and will undergo Tommy John surgery, the team announced to reporters (Twitter link via Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram).

Bush, 33, had been pitching in Double-A while rehabbing a prior operation to repair damage to his right UCL. The issue was initially discovered late last September, at which point Bush underwent a non-Tommy-John surgical procedure in an effort to remedy the injury. Given the timing of that injury, he’d have missed the entire 2019 season anyhow, but it now looks likely that Bush will be sidelined for much of the 2020 season as well.

Recent indications fro the organization indicated that Bush was close to rejoining the Rangers’ bullpen. He’d pitched 8 2/3 innings in Frisco and allowed just one run on three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Texas has already been said to be on the lookout for bullpen help, and the loss of what the team believed to be a near-term option will surely make that need felt all the more acutely. Bush struggled in 2018 but notched a 3.08 ERA and a 119-to-33 K/BB ratio through 114 innings in the two prior seasons.

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  1. dvmin98

    4 years ago

    But he’s Matt F’ing Bush!!!

    Reply
  2. commentinggenius

    4 years ago

    Matt Bush is a terrible person and we all hope he never throws another pitch again

    Reply
    • ncbrave

      4 years ago

      At one point in his life he was. I’m sure that you don’t know him personally so you really don’t know what type of person he is now. He was immature and got a big chunk of money early in life. I’d say that’s not a good mixture. He may have turned over a new leaf during this stage in his life. Failure tends to humble people.

      Reply
    • g-dub777

      4 years ago

      Commentinggenius….. it must be special to be able to pass judgement on a person! Sure glad I’m just a regular old guy who you don’t know!! Good luck continuing your perfection!!

      Reply
    • madmanTX

      4 years ago

      There’s a lot of terrible people who’ve played the game and still do. Bush paid his debt with the legal system. Don’t like it? Too bad, so sad.

      Reply
  3. SecsSeksSecks

    4 years ago

    Ehhh. Maybe he changed as a person? Who knows. Michael Vick seemed to change after he went to prison. I will say that his Tommy John surgery is going to require him to ingest prescribed narcotics and who knows how that will effect him long term. He probably had to take them his last surgery too though and it didn’t seem to effect him too bad.

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    • jorge78

      4 years ago

      His problem was excessive drinking. Prison seems to have waken him up. I pray he will be fine. I guess commentinggenius is the rare person who never did anything stupid as a young man. Of course he probably never left his Mom’s basement. I so dislike judgemental people but I forgive him as JESUS teaches…..

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      • commentinggenius

        4 years ago

        lol thanks for forgiving me Jorge

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      • SecsSeksSecks

        4 years ago

        Yeah, sorry. I just read him up on wikipedia. I was thinking it was more like a Josh Hamilton/Ryan Leaf kind of situation. If he has gotten better I can forgive him for most of the things he did. The only thing that is hard to let go of is the fact that at the age of 24 he went to a high school and assaulted at least one high schooler with a golf club all while yelling “I’m Matt freaking Bush!” Needless to say freaking is not the word he used. Apparently this was all caught on video in front of third party witnesses. As a parent it is very hard to forgive an adult (who was the #1 overall MLB draft pick a few years prior to that) using a golf club as a weapon to assault kids at their own school. He supposedly took one of the kids and threw him into another kid as well. That being said I am sure he.would have never acted like that if he weren’t under the influence and I am sure he would never do anything like that again. Alcohol can make otherwise good people say and do stupid things that they would never do if they weren’t inebriated.

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  4. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    well that’s a shame (i cant wait to be lectured about its wrong of me to have any sympathy for the guy now)

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    • jorge78

      4 years ago

      It’s not wrong at all!

      Reply
    • g-dub777

      4 years ago

      Not wrong…..it’s compassionate

      Reply
  5. martras

    4 years ago

    Sounds like a career ender. At least he’ll have good medical treatment for his procedure and recovery.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      4 years ago

      it was at least an interesting one (if not for the best reasons)

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