Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt to undergo a 2nd Tommy John surgery on Friday
NEW YORK AP New York Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt will undergo a second Tommy John surgery that will sideline him for the rest of this season and much of next season manager Aaron Boone stated Thursday Schmidt will have the surgery Friday and the procedure will be performed by Dr Keith Meister in Dallas The -year-old right-hander will join Gerrit Cole as the second Yankee to undergo the surgery Cole the AL Cy Young Award winner was operated on in March Boone commented before Saturday s loss to the Mets that Schmidt was likely going to undergo the surgery after acknowledging he had an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Schmidt had an MRI last Friday was placed on the -day injured list because of right forearm soreness one day after his start in Toronto was cut short following three innings Schmidt was - with a ERA in starts this season before getting hurt He missed New York s first games recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis He s become a really really good starting pitcher in this league Boone disclosed last week So it s a tough blow Every organization has their share of these things that happen and we ve got to be able to absorb it and hopefully get chosen guys back in the mix soon and create another opportunity for somebody else to hopefully step in and pick up the slack Schmidt had Tommy John surgery in May a month before the Yankees selected him with the th overall pick in the amateur draft out of South Carolina Now in his sixth major league season Schmidt declared he was dealing with soreness in his arm since a June outing against Cleveland Schmidt left a June start versus Baltimore after a career-high pitches in seven hitless innings part of a streak of scoreless innings Cam Schlitter started for Schmidt on Wednesday struck out major league home run leader Cal Raleigh twice on fastballs and will get another start after the All-Star break Schlitter has pitched innings with an average fastball velocity of mph and he threw New York s seven fastest pitches this season AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source
