Jarrod Parker of the A's to receive a 2nd Tommy John Surgery

[Fountain City Blues]

A's took a big hit today.

Jarrod Parker faces second Tommy John surgery, joins short list of double recipients | The Strike Zone - SI.com

 

[HammerDown]

Devastating. Went from Opening Day pitcher to gone for the year. Sorry, A's.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Big, big impact potentially on the playoffs on the AL side of things.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Pomeranz looks like he is going to make the rotation now probably.


1. Kazmir
2. Gray
3. Griffin
4. Straily
5. Pomeranz


Parker the past two years

2012 fWAR: 3.5
2013 fWAR: 1.3


Pomeranz the past two years:


2012 fWAR: 1.0
2013 fWAR: -0.2

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Here is the MLBTR Write up on it:


Jarrod Parker To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

By Steve Adams [March 17 at 2:49pm CST]
2:49pm: Athletics assistant GM David Forst tells reporters, including MLB.com's Jane Lee, that Kazmir's injury is very minor, and he could have pitched today ([ame="[MEDIA=twitter]445646769087451136[/MEDIA]"]Twitter link[/ame]). Slusser [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]445647484530868224[/MEDIA]"]tweets[/ame] that Kazmir may even start tomorrow.
Forst also adds that the team has no plans to look outside the organization to acquire additional pitching depth (Joe Stiglich of Comcast SportsNet reporting [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]445646789945733120[/MEDIA]"]via Twitter[/ame]).
2:38pm: The Athletics have announced, [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]445643748085481472[/MEDIA]"]via Twitter[/ame], that right-hander Jarrod Parker will undergo Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career next week.
It's a big blow for the defending AL West champions, and though the team has more pitching depth than most clubs, they also shut right-hander A.J. Griffin down for three weeks over the weekend and will likely be without him for at least the first month of the season, per the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser ([ame="[MEDIA=twitter]444868209401819136[/MEDIA]"]on Twitter[/ame]). Beyond that, offseason signee Scott Kazmir was scratched from today's Spring Training start due to triceps stiffness.
With Parker and Griffin on the shelf, the A's would figure to open the season with Kazmir (if his triceps injury is minor), Sonny Gray, Dan Straily, Tommy Milone and one of Drew Pomeranz, Jesse Chavez or Josh Lindblom in the rotation (Slusser earlier [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]445602908789170176[/MEDIA]"]tweeted[/ame] that it would likely be Chavez). Obviously, that's a considerably weaker group than it would be with a healthy Parker and Griffin in the mix, and it's fair to wonder if the A's will pursue a trade to add further depth -- perhaps an out-of-options starter from another club.
Parker, 25, has given the A's 378 1/3 innings of 3.73 ERA ball with 6.5 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9 over the past two seasons, helping the club to a pair of AL West division titles. Oakland originally acquired him from the Diamondbacks along with Ryan Cook and Collin Cowgill in the trade that sent Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow to Arizona. His first Tommy John surgery came back in October 2009 when he was still in the Diamondbacks organization.
The news is the latest in a slew of Tommy John surgeries, as Kris Medlen is all but certain to require Tommy John, while Brandon Beachy also faces that possibility and Patrick Corbin will seemingly suffer that same fate as well. Beyond that, Padres right-hander Joe Wieland is undergoing an MRI today that could reveal UCL damage and lead to his second Tommy John operation.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Cory Luebke of the Padres needed another one too. It sucks, but he's not the only pitcher or team who has to deal with it.

 

[romeo212000]

Bout fucking time they had to deal with done injuries.

 

[redseat]

This sucks. I picked him (before injury) to be my sleeper

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Really good pitcher, this sucks