The Detroit Tigers Get Another Horrible Injury Just as They Are Starting to Feel Better

Matthew Boyd will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season with the Detroit Tigers.

This season, the Detroit Tigers are suffering greatly from injuries, especially to their starting rotation.

This season, the team has already seen Matt Manning, Alex Faedo, Eduardo Rodriguez, Tarik Skubal, and Spencer Turnbull miss time due to injury. Now, they can add lefty Matthew Boyd to that list.

Boyd was forced to leave his start early on Monday due to elbow problems, and it is said that he will require Tommy John surgery. He won’t be able to do it for the remainder of this year and most of next year.

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The Rotowire fantasy baseball portal has the following update:

Boyd was placed by the Tigers on the 60-day disabled list on Tuesday.additionally, according to Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic, he will need Tommy John surgery on his left elbow.

Examening
Boyd will now have to miss the majority of 2024 as well as the remainder of the season after being forced to leave his start against Texas on Monday due to left elbow soreness. After 71 innings, he has a 73:25 K:BB ratio, a 5.45 ERA, and a 1.32 WHIP for the season. A matching promotion went to Anthony Misiewicz.

Since he only signed a one-year contract this past offseason, this injury also significantly reduced his earning potential going forward. He might negotiate a two-year contract with a team, or he might spend the entire 2025 season as a free agent and try to sign with one.

agreement and allows him to recover for the entire first year.

He has a 4.94 ERA and a 44-67 record in his career. He has played for the Mariners and Tigers, starting 160 games in his career.

The reason this news is especially depressing is because the Tigers were just learning positive news about the health of the rest of their pitching staff when the negative news started to surface.

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