The Oakland A’s took another tough blow this week as they try to build a new rotation for the 2022 season.
Pitcher Brent Honeywell has been shut down due to an elbow injury, reported Matt Kawahara of the S.F. Chronicle on Monday.
The right-hander “had an MRI/CT scan on his elbow that showed an olecranon stress reaction (bone in back of elbow)” and “will be shut down from throwing indefinitely,” explains Kawahara.
This is just the latest setback for Honeywell in a career that’s been full of them. Once a national Top 20 prospect in the Rays system, he missed three entire seasons from 2018-20 due to four operations on his elbow, before returning to action last summer and making his MLB debut for Tampa Bay.