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Pirates deliver surgery bombshell on promising hitter during injury rehab

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher and first baseman Endy Rodriguez is officially done for the season after undergoing ulnar nerve transposition surgery, per Alex Stumpf of MLB.com.

Rodríguez had just returned to the Pirates this season for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery during the 2023-24 offseason. He missed the majority of the 2024 campaign while recovering until he appeared in a handful of minor-league games at the end of the season. He had hits in four of his last six games that season, including five hits in his last two.

In 18 games with the Pirates this season, Rodríguez hit .