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Yankees' Jonathan Loaisiga to have season-ending UCL surgery

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New York Yankees reliever Jonathan Loaisiga will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn UCL, he announced on Saturday.

The expected recovery time is 10-12 months.

Pain in Loaisiga's arm surfaced at the end of his perfect ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday and he underwent an MRI on Thursday.

"It was a couple pitches before he finished his outing the other day," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Friday. "He, at the time, didn't really think it was that big a deal.