Mets’ Zack Wheeler Will Undergo Tommy John Surgery
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Scott Cunningham/Getty Images(PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.) — New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler will undergo Tommy John surgery and is expected to miss at least 14 months of baseball action.
Wheeler fully tore his ulnar collateral ligament during a spring training game last week. He is set to have surgery next week.
“Of course I’m nervous about it, but you’ve got to do it and have that mindset when you’re coming back that you’re going to be 100 percent and better than you were before,” Wheeler said. “… I knew it probably eventually was going to happen. You aren’t meant to throw overhand and throw hard.”
Wheeler has been throwing hard his entire career and saw this injury coming.
“Honestly, I’ve had pain in that spot in my elbow since I got drafted — since before I got drafted,” Wheeler said. “It just happened to really flare up and be a little more painful last year, but not enough to where I was actually like, ‘Oh my gosh.'”
Wheeler was 11-11 with a 3.54 ERA with 187 strike outs last year.
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