Davey Martinez announced at the start of Sunday’s pregame press conference that an MRI on Joe Ross’s right elbow revealed a partial tear of the UCL, though he cautioned that it is not a guarantee that he’ll need a second Tommy John surgery after undergoing a first one back in 2017.
“I just want you guys to be clear,” Martinez told reporters, “that this is — we don’t know the end result, he’s going to go see Dr. [Keith] Meister, this doesn’t mean right now that he’s going to have Tommy John surgery. We wanted to make sure that he goes to see the doctor that did his first surgery, then get the results, and then after that we’ll determine what kind of treatment or prognosis will happen.