{"id":661292,"date":"2026-05-11T01:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661292\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:38:30","slug":"skubal-could-return-sooner-than-most-from-elbow-surg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661292\/","title":{"rendered":"Skubal could return sooner than most from elbow surg\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal could recover from arthroscopic elbow surgery much quicker than the usual timeline for the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think that&#8217;s going to be a much shorter period (of rehabilitation),&#8221; Skubal&#8217;s agent, Scott Boras, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48736119\/scott-boras-tigers-ace-tarik-skubal-short-rehab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buster Olney of ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;And he&#8217;ll be able to return to performance at just a much, much earlier stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boras added that Skubal, who underwent a procedure to remove a loose elbow particle last Wednesday, won&#8217;t need a full rebuild of his arm strength because Dr. Neal ElAttrache used a less-invasive NanoScope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is really almost like receiving a shot,&#8221; Boras said, labelling the instrument used as &#8220;a Skubal scope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers are optimistic the two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner could return at some point in early June, according to Olney.<\/p>\n<p>The typical timetable for the surgery is two-to-three months. Los Angeles Dodgers closer Edwin D\u00edaz had loose bodies removed from his right elbow in late April. He&#8217;s aiming for a return after the All-Star break in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>Skubal owns a 2.70 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 45 strikeouts over 43 1\/3 innings (seven starts) this year.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old left-hander is slated to hit free agency after this season. He&#8217;s expected to command the biggest contract for a pitcher in MLB history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal could recover from arthroscopic elbow surgery much quicker than the usual timeline for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-661292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}