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Dodgers’ Kyle Hurt To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

By Steve Adams | July 24, 2024 at 4:46pm CDT

The Dodgers’ litany of pitching injuries continues to mount. Right-hander Kyle Hurt is slated to undergo Tommy John surgery, reports Doug McKain of Dodgers Nation. Tommy John surgery typically comes with a recovery timeline of 12 to 16 months, so Hurt will be sidelined until late in the 2025 season at least — and possibly into the 2026 campaign.

Hurt, 26, came to the Dodgers from the Marlins alongside lefty Alex Vesia in a trade sending righty Dylan Floro to Miami. The 2020 fifth-rounder quickly climbed the organization’s prospect rankings, entering the ’24 campaign as L.A.’s No. 11 prospect at Baseball America and No. 7 over at FanGraphs.

Though he pitched in the majors last season and briefly earlier in 2024, Hurt has totaled only 8 2/3 innings at the MLB level. He’s yielded only one run with a 6-to-1 K/BB ratio in that time. Hurt has spent the rest of the 2024 season in Triple-A Oklahoma City — mostly on the minor league injured list. He missed two months early this season due to inflammation in his shoulder, came back as a reliever in early June, and was placed back on the injured list a month later. This latest trip to the IL, it seems, will last quite a bit longer.

Hurt has spent time on the injured list both in 2022 and now in 2024. He’s a clearly talented arm but has also yet to reach 100 innings in a professional season. The right-hander tossed 92 frames of 3.91 ERA ball between Double-A and Triple-A last season (plus two shutout MLB innings), and as Baseball America points out, he led all minor leaguers (min. 90 innings) with a colossal 39.2% strikeout rate. Hurt’s heater sits mid-90s and touches the upper 90s, and his changeup draws plus grades on the 20-80 scale — with FanGr.aphs going so far as to grade it as a true 80 offering.

BA’s scouting report on Hurt cited durability as a concern even before the current season. FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen w0rote in March that Hurt comes with “a lot of relief risk” but had a chance to work as a five-inning starter. Even if that’s not the case, Hurt profiles as a potential high-end reliever given his velocity — which would presumably tick up in one-inning stints — the quality of his changeup and the ease with which he misses bats.

All of that will be put on hold for the time being, but Hurt will have multiple option years remaining beyond the current season. He’ll turn 27 next May, so he’ll be on the older side for a “prospect” by the time he returns in late 2025 or early 2026, but the quality of his arsenal is tantalizing enough that the Dodgers (or perhaps another club) will keep carrying him on the 40-man roster with an eye toward the benefit that can be reaped in the future.

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  1. Canuckleball

    12 months ago

    Sadly living up to his name…

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  2. Mojo37

    12 months ago

    Did you have to think long before coming up with that?

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    • Canuckleball

      12 months ago

      no, not really

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  3. BlueSkies_LA

    12 months ago

    Another one rides the bus.

    Reply
  4. I Believe We Can Win

    12 months ago

    Last name checks out sadly. Unfortunate irony.

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    • Bucket Number Six

      12 months ago

      No, Alanis. If his last name was Healthy, that would be ironic.

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      • Candlestoked

        12 months ago

        @Bucket Or if his first name were Knot.

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      • FartCop

        12 months ago

        Maybe his doctor will perform the surgery with 10,000 spoons.

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  5. Billg7987

    12 months ago

    I mean, they really should have seen this coming. What did they expect? Just like the Yankees should have seen it coming with Tommy John and the Mets with Alexander Thoracic-Outlet. Don’t sign players with names like this!

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    • Non Roster Invitee

      12 months ago

      Yup. They should sign Johnny Hallofamer and Tripp L. Crown.

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    • Bucket Number Six

      12 months ago

      I heard Jim Palmer was jealous of Tommy John.

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    • differentbears

      12 months ago

      They just signed Dez Ignatedforassignment to take his roster spot.

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      Reply
  6. mp9

    12 months ago

    I guess Kyle was “Hurt”

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    • Denunzio

      12 months ago

      We saw The Dodger TV pregame guys like Hairston Jr caught up with Kyle earlier in the clubhouse, as they talked with him at the Hurt Locker.

      Reply
  7. Blackpink in the area

    12 months ago

    Not a fan of predicting injuries but you had to see this one coming.

    Reply
  8. THEY LIVE!!!

    12 months ago

    “I’m hurt by all the insensitivity” said James Outman who was outrighted to AAA.

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  9. MPrck

    12 months ago

    Skubal, Baez, for some good guys, call Detroit.

    Reply
  10. Steve E.

    12 months ago

    They count pitches, limit innings, and pitch once a week as starters in the minors. Yet they still shred their arms. He has less than 100 professional innings logged and he’s 27. Why bother? Take them off the leash.

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  11. eddiemurraysafro

    12 months ago

    Another one? Wow. The Dodgers are a mash unit

    Reply
  12. prov356

    12 months ago

    That’s gotta Hurt.

    Reply
  13. Shawn W.

    12 months ago

    See you in 2026

    Reply
  14. Citizen1

    12 months ago

    Prior – Kyle is hurt
    Roberts – Which Kyle?
    Prior – the hurt one.

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  15. Rays in the Bay

    12 months ago

    The most surprising thing to me is that everyone EXCEPT Tyler Glasnow is getting hurt. As a Rays fan I’m happy he’s performing well (just hate that he’s on the Dodgers). But anything to embarrass the Rays helps my case that a teardown needs to happen sooner than later.

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    • Citizen1

      12 months ago

      Glasnow isn’t hurt because he just came off the IL.

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