NEW YORK (AP) _. The Mets pitching staff took a hit before spring training began when the team announced Saturday that Seth Lugo needs elbow surgery and will miss the start of the season.
An MRI scan revealed a bone spur on his right shoulder. Mets Medical Director David Altchek will operate on Lugo Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Lugo will not pitch for six weeks, then he will be evaluated and will go on to a rehab program. That timeline means that the earliest you’d start pitching would be opening day on April 1. It won’t be ready until well into the season.
The Mets said he broke a bone spur during Lugo’s normal workouts on his way to the spring fields. The inflammation did not subside and Lugo recently informed medical staff.
Last January, the player of Puerto Rican descent agreed to a one-year contract for $ 2,925,000 and it was projected that he would be back in the bullpen this season as a setter for closer Edwin Diaz.
PAXTON RETURNS TO SAILORS
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James Paxton returns to the club he made his major league debut with. The left-handed free agent agreed to a one-year, $ 8.5 million deal with the Mariners, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand Saturday night. The club has not confirmed the deal.
Paxton, 32, was selected by the Mariners in the fourth round of the 2010 draft and made his major league debut with Seattle in 2013. The left-hander, who pitched a no-hitter for the Mariners on May 8, 2018, Against his hometown Blue Jays, he was traded to the Yankees prior to the 2019 season. He has a 3.58 ERA in 136 major league starts.
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