{"id":108711,"date":"2026-02-17T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pablo-lopez-elbow-tear-and-possible-tommy-john-worries-the-twins\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:23:16","slug":"pablo-lopez-elbow-tear-and-possible-tommy-john-worries-the-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/pablo-lopez-elbow-tear-and-possible-tommy-john-worries-the-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo L\u00f3pez: Elbow tear and possible Tommy John, worries the Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Myers &#8211; Star Venezuelan pitcher Pablo L\u00f3pez, a key piece in the Minnesota Twins&#8217; starting rotation, faces a setback. The team announced this Tuesday that L\u00f3pez suffered a &#8220;significant tear&#8221; in the ulnar collateral ligament of his right elbow.<\/p>\n<p>The injury, which occurred during a live batting practice session on Monday, could require Tommy John-type reconstructive surgery. The pitcher felt discomfort in his arm and had to leave the session early.<\/p>\n<p>An MRI confirmed the severity of the injury. If surgery is necessary, this would be the second Tommy John surgery in L\u00f3pez&#8217;s career, a procedure that entails a long period of recovery and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated recovery time and the impact of this injury on the Twins&#8217; starting rotation are still unknown. The team is awaiting further medical evaluations to determine the next steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Myers &#8211; Star Venezuelan pitcher Pablo L\u00f3pez, a key piece in the Minnesota Twins&#8217; starting rotation, faces a setback. The team announced this Tuesday that L\u00f3pez suffered a &#8220;significant tear&#8221; in the ulnar collateral ligament of his right elbow. The injury, which occurred during a live batting practice session on Monday, could require Tommy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[290,3569,324,316],"class_list":{"0":"post-108711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-injury","9":"tag-pablo-lopez","10":"tag-tommy-john","11":"tag-twins"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}