[情報] Cory Luebke may need 2nd TJ surgery...
Luebke out for '14, may need second elbow surgery
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簡單說Luebke去年季末的shut down可能就有損傷 但是他休息幾個月後覺得手沒問題
但最近照的MRI發現re-tear UCL................
教士的ACE.........
SAN DIEGO -- Padres left-hander Cory Luebke will miss his second consecutive
season after it was determined that he'll likely need a second reconstructive
surgery on his left elbow.
Luebke, 28, had an MRI on Friday that showed a tear in the ulnar collateral
ligament in his elbow. He missed all of last season while rehabilitating his
elbow from his first Tommy John surgery on May 23, 2012.
"I feel bad for him … from 2011 through the first part of 2012, he was
certainly on his way," said Padres general manager Josh Byrnes. "This is a
real setback. There's been a lot of missed time. Hopefully in a year or so,
he can get back to being Cory Luebke.
"This whole thing has been a mystery."
It appeared Luebke, despite some stops and starts during a rehabilitation
program that typically runs 12 to 18 months for pitchers, was set to make a
push for a spot on the pitching staff during Spring Training.
In September, after his rehabilitation was halted because of pain, Luebke
visited orthopedic surgeon Dr. Timothy Kremchek in Cincinnati. But three
months later, he advanced to the point where he could throw from a mound, an
encouraging sign not only for him but also for the Padres.
In late December, Byrnes indicated that Luebke might be a candidate to begin
the season in the bullpen, at the very least to build his arm strength for a
potential return to the rotation.
Luebke is 10-12 with a 3.25 ERA in his first 55 big league games, including
25 starts. He was 3-1 and had a 2.61 ERA in five starts in 2012 before going
on the disabled list, a prelude to surgery.
The Padres thought so highly of Luebke's work in 2011 -- when he was 6-10
with a 3.29 ERA in 46 games -- that they signed him to a three-year, $12
million deal in Spring Training of 2012. The deal also included club options
for 2016-17.
Luebke will make $3 million this season and $5.25 million in 2015.
"The size, his athletic ability, his intellect," Padres pitching coach Darren
Balsley said in Spring Training 2012. "When he puts it together -- and I'm
not going to say if -- he's going to be one of the more dominant lefties in
the National League."
Luebke last appeared in a game on April 27, 2012, when he won his third
consecutive start, limiting the Giants to two runs over six innings. He left
that start after throwing 100 pitches. His rehabilitation path last year
never reached the point of any Minor League rehab starts.
There's no way to know for sure the long-term prognosis for Luebke, though
pitchers have come back from having this type of surgery twice.
Former Padres reliever Doug Brocail had surgeries that caused him to miss the
'02 and '03 seasons. But Brocail returned to pitch the next six seasons in
the big leagues, including a second stint with the Padres in '06-'07.
More recently, D-backs pitcher Daniel Hudson had his first surgery in '12 and
then just weeks before he was set to return last season, he reinjured his
elbow during a Minor League rehab start and had to have a second surgery.
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