{"id":45600,"date":"2025-08-04T22:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45600\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:31:04","slug":"grayson-rodriguez-to-undergo-season-ending-elbow-debridement-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45600\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayson Rodriguez To Undergo Season-Ending Elbow Debridement Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orioles right-hander Grayson Rodriguez<\/a> is done for the year. Manager Tony Mansolino informed reporters today, including Jake Rill of MLB.com<\/a>, that the righty will undergo an elbow debridement surgery and will miss the remainder of the season. General manager Mike Elias mentioned a few days ago<\/a> that this was a possible outcome, which is now confirmed. It\u2019s possible Rodriguez will be ready for the start of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

In the short term, the impact for the Orioles is minimal. 2025 is already going to be a lost season for the club. They are 51-61, putting them 8.5 games back of a playoff spot. The front office made a number of sell-side moves ahead of the deadline, flipping out several veterans for prospects.<\/p>\n

For the long-term picture, it\u2019s certainly worrisome. While everything is apparently fine with Rodriguez\u2019s ulnar collateral ligament, his recent injury history keeps mounting. In 2023, between the majors and the minors, he tossed 163 1\/3 innings. Last year, shoulder problems limited him to 116 2\/3 innings. This year, elbow and shoulder problems have wiped out his entire campaign. He started the season on the IL due to elbow inflammation. While on the IL, he suffered a lat strain. By July, the shoulder was fine but the elbow soreness shut him down again. Now he\u2019s going under the knife.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a notable situation for the O\u2019s to monitor. They had hoped for a pairing of Rodriguez and Zach Eflin<\/a> to be a strong one-two punch atop their rotation this year but that didn\u2019t happen. In addition to the aforementioned injuries for Rodriguez, Eflin also missed time and has a 5.93 earned run average on the year.<\/p>\n

Going into next year, Eflin is an impending free agent. That\u2019s also true of Tomoyuki Sugano<\/a>. The O\u2019s flipped out another impending free agent when they traded Charlie Morton<\/a> to the Tigers<\/a>. Going into 2026, the ideal outcome would be for Rodriguez and Kyle Bradish<\/a> to be at the front of the group. However, Bradish is still recovering from last June\u2019s Tommy John surgery. He has begun a rehab assignment but hasn\u2019t gotten back on a big league mound yet.<\/p>\n

Though the O\u2019s will be hoping for comebacks from those two, they are surely aware they can\u2019t rely on those. Bradish only pitched 39 1\/3 innings last year. He might be able to come off the IL and make a few more starts down the stretch but won\u2019t be able to shoulder a huge workload. Rodriguez will be coming off a completely lost season. Guys like Trevor Rogers<\/a>, Dean Kremer<\/a> and Cade Povich<\/a> will also be in the mix but aren\u2019t front-of-the-rotation type guys.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the front office will be motivated to be more aggressive in addressing the rotation this coming winter. A year ago, with new ownership in place, many wondered if the O\u2019s would get aggressive in bolstering their rotation ahead of 2025. Instead, they gave one-year deals to Sugano and Morton, neither of which worked out especially well.<\/p>\n

Going into 2026, the club will be looking to put this nightmare season in the rear-view mirror. Doing so with their current rotation mix will be a challenge. That\u2019s especially true with greater uncertainty now surrounding Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

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