The Yankee bullpen suffered a crushing blow by losing Michael King to an elbow fracture last week, but according to Jon Heyman, the righty reliever may have avoided the worst.
Per Heyman, King’s UCL is said to look “pretty good for a pitcher,” meaning Tommy John surgery won’t be necessary, and that King will only need surgery to repair the elbow fracture. So, instead of King being out the rest of this season and likely all of next season, there is now hope that King could be ready as soon as spring training next year.
King ends his season ranking third in WAR among qualified relievers in the American League, per FanGraphs. He suffered the injury after throwing a pitch in the eighth inning against the Orioles on Friday night after Aroldis Chapman surrendered a three-run home run.
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