The Red Sox announced to reporters that right-hander Wyatt Mills underwent a successful reconstruction of the right ulnar collateral ligament, the procedure also known as Tommy John surgery.
Mills, now 28, came over to the Red Sox from the Royals in an offseason trade. However, he was shut down in the spring with elbow inflammation and has spent the entire season on the injured list. It will now go down as an entirely lost season for the righty and he’s likely to lose much of the 2024 campaign as well, given that the procedure typically requires a recovery period of 14 to 18 months.
Originally a draft pick of the Mariners, Mills worked his way up to the big leagues with that club and made his debut in 2021. He posted a 9.95 ERA in a small sample of 12 2/3 innings that year. He had better results in the first half of 2022, with a 4.15 ERA in 8 2/3 innings at the major league level along with a 1.83 ERA in 19 2/3 innings at Triple-A.
The Royals then acquired him as part of the deal where they flipped Carlos Santana to the Mariners. After that deal, Mills registered a 4.79 ERA in 20 2/3 innings in the bigs and a 2.57 mark in 14 Triple-A frames. He finished the year with a 29.9% strikeout rate in the minors while getting grounders on around half the balls he allowed in play. He walked 12.7% of Triple-A hitters and 10.2% in the bigs, but there was clearly a strikeout-grounder combination that intrigued the Red Sox.
Mills lost his roster spot when the Royals signed left-hander Ryan Yarbrough in December, getting designated for assignment. Boston was willing to give him a shot and flipped minor leaguer Jacob Wallace to the Royals to facilitate a deal, also designating first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment to get Mills onto their roster. The fact that Mills still had an option remaining and less than one year of service time was surely a part of the appeal.
Unfortunately for both Mills and the Sox, the elbow issue has prevented him from making his club debut thus far. He’ll earn a full year of service time here in 2023 while spending the entire campaign on the IL. He’s already on the 60-day IL and isn’t taking up a roster spot but he’ll have to be added back in the winter since there’s no injured list in the offseason. The Sox could put him back on the 60-day IL once Spring Training begins, though he will have to hang onto his 40-man roster spot all winter long.
Another Tommy John Surgery lol!
And another lame acquisition by Bloom County.
Chaim Bloom should just hold a sign “Cripple? Come to the Red Sox!”
*angrily exhales*
Best wishes in recovery but who the f is this guy? I’m a Sox fan like really I’m over this season
We traded for him this past offseason for minor leaguer Jacob Wallace. Bloom was hoping he could be the next John Schreiber. Same arm slot. Hasn’t played all year.
> I’m a Sox fan
I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
If you read the column it tells you who he is.
It wasn’t there yet when I posted that
Bummer again
Just a question. What does the TR next to your picture mean?
It identifies him as a paid member of Trade Rumors
Ok Thanks
You are welcome. For more info:
mlbtraderumors.com/membership
Fenway – It stands for Totally Right.
Haha
Also, this surgery better have been months ago. He’s had this injury for the whole year with never a chance of returning. They should have given him Tommy John at the beginning of the season. Its as if the Red Sox medical staff are trying to sabotage the team. They made Sale wait an extra year for tommy john and should’ve given it to Story right when they acquired him so he wouldn’t miss time. They already knew they needed it.
Tommy John should have signed proprietary rights for using his name for the surgery. After the last 3 years he’d be a billionaire!
Agreed, I was thinking the… Wait a minute.
> brooklyn62
> July 5, 2023
> Call me a psychic. Rendon headed to the IL.
> Had to consult the tea leaves, tarot cards
> and the bones to accurately predict this one.
A psychic!!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD
How many is That ? I had over under 60. I think this has to be at least close to 30 by mid season.
Do you get a cookie or something for winning your bet?
Between Mills, Mondesi and the Benintendi fleece job, I don’t think the Sox will want to be trading with the Royals quite as often
Josh Taylor has an 8 ERA and will also miss the season.
Yean, Benintendi has one home run in 302 at bats and just got a 75M contract. Sure wish we still had him. right?
MLB teams should start hiring surgeons as pitching coaches. Throw in a hot nurse as a bullpen coach.
They could write that Tommy john surgery is almost inevitable anymore.Get it written in to the contract that the player would have to play another year for the same pay as he didn’t do anything to earm more money.
TB – They should have more John Lackey clauses in contracts.
If significant time is missed due to specific injury, an additional year at league minimum gets tacked on.
But then you might have some players hiding injuries.