The Miami Marlins have gotten off to a tough start this season, and things are only getting worse.
The team announced on Thursday that starting pitcher Eury Pérez will be undergoing Tommy John surgery in the future, ending his 2024 season before it even got started.
Right-hander Eury Perez, one of the best pitching prospects in recent years, will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the 2024 season, per the Marlins. In a year of awful pitching injuries, this is among the worst: a 20-year-old handled with immense care still gets hurt.
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Pérez had a fingernail injury in mid-March that was only supposed to slow him down for a few days, but during that break the team discovered that Pérez had been dealing with elbow inflammation.