Seager to have Tommy John surgery, miss rest of season

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ difficult April got a lot worse Monday with news that twotime All-Star shortstop and 2016 NL Rookie of the Year Corey Seager will undergo seasonending Tommy John surgery.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the operation will be performed Friday in Los Angeles to repair a right ulnar collateral ligament sprain. “It’s a big blow,” Roberts said. The 24-year-old infielder had been bothered by a sore elbow since the middle of last season but had tried to deal with the problem with rest and rehabilitation rather than surgery.

Seager spoke to reporters in the dugout before the Dodgers played NL West rival Arizona on Monday night. He said he felt pain and numbness after a couple of throws in the recently completed series against the Giants in San Francisco.

“I had a few bad throws over the weekend and went and got an MRI this morning and it was necessary to have surgery,” he said.

There was no doubt surgery was needed, Seager said, calling it “cut and dried.”

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