Right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley had an outside shot of representing the Rockies at next month’s All-Star Game. Now, that dream is gone and his excellent season is very likely over.
Manager Bud Black said Wednesday that Kinley, 31, will undergo surgery to repair his damaged right elbow.
“Tyler is going to undergo a procedure soon,” Black said before the Rockies hosted Cleveland at Coors Field. “When that procedure takes place, we will know more.”
Black described the injury as an elbow sprain and flexor tendon tear. Tommy John surgery, in which the elbow is reconstructed, is not needed at this time, Black said.