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Luke Jackson Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

By Steve Adams | April 13, 2022 at 1:00pm CDT

The Braves announced Wednesday that right-hander Luke Jackson underwent Tommy John surgery this morning. It was a widely expected move after Atlanta’s prior announcement that their longtime reliever had been diagnosed with a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. The Braves had already placed Jackson on the 60-day injured list, but today’s surgery formally closes the book on his 2022 season and, potentially, on his time with the organization. Jackson will be a free agent at season’s end.

Jackson’s loss is a notable one for the Braves, as the 30-year-old righty bounced back from a career-worst campaign in 2020 to post a career-best season in 2021. In 63 2/3 frames out of Brian Snitker’s bullpen last season, Jackson logged a a career-low 1.98 ERA with a 26.8% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate. He yielded just six home runs on the season and racked up 31 holds on the year — second-most in all of Major League Baseball (behind Los Angeles’ Blake Treinen).

Notably, the Braves and Jackson haven’t even agreed on the right-hander’s salary for the 2022 season. A strange wrinkle from the 99-day lockout this offseason, there are still a handful of players throughout the league who exchanged figures with the team but have not yet settled on a deal. Jackson is among them, filing for a $4MM salary against the Braves’ filing of a $3.6MM sum. Arbitration salaries are based entirely on prior performance — they’re typically sorted in the offseason — and a potential arbitration hearing would only factor in Jackson’s prior performance rather than his current injury status.

Of course, one might wonder whether the Braves would try to now reengage on the possibility of a multi-year deal aimed at keeping Jackson at a lower price point in 2023 (and perhaps into 2024) than he’d have otherwise commanded. That’s purely speculative, but the Braves did put together a similarly structured deal for veteran reliever Kirby Yates this past winter.

If Jackson indeed simply reaches free agency as scheduled, he’d hit the open market at a time when teams know he could very well miss a month or two of the 2023 season. That doesn’t necessarily stop a Tommy John pitcher from securing a solid contract (as Yates and many others have proved), but it’d be an obvious dampener on what could’ve been some notable earning power for Jackson.

Even without Jackson, the Braves still ought to have a strong bullpen. Newcomers Kenley Jansen and Collin McHugh will join holdovers Will Smith, Tyler Matzek and A.J. Minter as experienced late-inning options. The aforementioned Yates is expected to rejoin the club at some point this summer, adding another All-Star-caliber arm to the mix. That’s not to diminish the importance Jackson held, but the Atlanta front office is surely glad to have bolstered the relief corps over the winter now that last year’s top setup option is done for the year.

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17 Comments

  1. 48-team MLB

    3 years ago

    The Night Shift is officially hiring.

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    • bravesfan

      3 years ago

      Clever, but they are stacked full of great arms. Doesn’t help to lose him, but the impact is minimal is a year like this

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    • You Can Put It In The Books

      3 years ago

      Fried will be joining him on the IL… just got drilled by a Nelson Cruz comebacker. Out for the year – book it.

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      • 48-team MLB

        3 years ago

        You obviously don’t remember the World Series…

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        3 years ago

        Funny how they call this relief pitching, it’s no relief Jackson is out. A big contributor in 2021, AA however has stacked the BPen .Braves batters are starting to heat up. Elder looks promising. It’s easy to repeat if you’re a male sitting on the couch, not so easy in BB.

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      • dadofdonnydownvote

        3 years ago

        Mark Bowman reports Fried says he’s ok. Sorry to disappoint you books.

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  2. Tacoshells

    3 years ago

    Goodbye my friend

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  3. locotrouble

    3 years ago

    He will be back on a 1-2 year deal with the Braves. He will be the setup man when he returns

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    • Milwaukee-2208

      3 years ago

      I’ll let the Braves staff know to hold his spot as the guaranteed 8th inning man upon his return.

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      Reply
  4. whyhayzee

    3 years ago

    A byproduct of the modern game. Throw your arm out until you throw your arm out.

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    • boastrogot

      3 years ago

      if you havent thrown your arm out its about time to throw your arm out otherwise youre not really throwing your arm out

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        3 years ago

        I’m going to throw a fit until I can throw a fit again

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  5. 48-team MLB

    3 years ago

    Luke may return for a Braves/Tigers World Series one day.

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  6. You Can Put It In The Books

    3 years ago

    Ooooof… lost Fried and the game today. That’s rough.

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    • RunDMC

      3 years ago

      Winning gold gloves hurts. He should make his next start.

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  7. Mike Mangan

    3 years ago

    DH DICKERSON?A Joke Do we not have anyone Better at Pearl or Gwinette?

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    • 48-team MLB

      3 years ago

      Ynoa

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