SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The season won’t begin for another 10 days, but the Giants bullpen is getting hit hard already.
Left-hander Will Smith has received two opinions recommending that he undergo Tommy John surgery and he is leaning toward having the reconstructive elbow procedure, manager Bruce Bochy said.
The surgery would end Smith’s season before it begun, and likely imperil the start of the 2018 season as well.
Smith wanted to speak to his agent before making a final determination. But both Giants orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki and Dr. Neal ElAttrache of the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles have recommended surgery over an attempt to rehab the partially torn ulnar collateral ligament.