{"id":29883,"date":"2025-08-30T17:59:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/randy-rodriguez-giants-tommy-john-surgery-after-injury-analysis-and-future\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:59:28","slug":"randy-rodriguez-giants-tommy-john-surgery-after-injury-analysis-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/randy-rodriguez-giants-tommy-john-surgery-after-injury-analysis-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Rodr\u00edguez, Giants: Tommy John surgery after injury? Analysis and future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randy Rodr\u00edguez: Season at Risk Due to Elbow Injury<\/h2>\n\nThe 2026 season of the Dominican closer for the San Francisco Giants, Randy Rodr\u00edguez, is in serious trouble. The pitcher was placed on the 15-day injured list due to a sprain in his right elbow, and after medical evaluations, he was recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery.\n\nDr. Ken Akizuki, the team’s lead orthopedist, reviewed the MRI and suggested surgical intervention, an opinion supported by Dr. Keith Meister.\n\nThis news took manager Bob Melvin by surprise, who had shown optimism about the possibility of Rodr\u00edguez returning to the bullpen this very week. The panorama, however, changed drastically.\n\n\n
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\u201cOne had a feeling, but we were hoping for the best. Now he must decide what to do, who will be the doctor and what the schedule will be,\u201d commented Melvin.<\/p>\n\nBob Melvin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Rodr\u00edguez expressed his disappointment, but stated that he will take the weekend to analyze his options with his agent. Although therapies with injections and prolonged rest have been considered, the doctors agree that surgery seems inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Dominican has been a key piece in the Giants’ bullpen, sharing closing duties with Ryan Walker and also acting as a setup man. In 50.2 innings, he recorded an ERA of 1.78, with four saves, solidifying himself as one of San Francisco’s most reliable arms.\n\nFor Melvin, Rodriguez’s absence is a hard blow:\n\n\n

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\u201cFor a while he had the most important role we had, facing the big outs. It’s disappointing for him and for us, but if he decides to have surgery, we trust that he will be able to return healthy and strong\u201d.<\/p>\n\nBob Melvin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nRodr\u00edguez had already faced problems in his right elbow, missing more than a month of the 2024 season due to inflammation. The pain intensified after his performance against the Padres on August 18, becoming “intolerable”, according to the pitcher himself.\n\nWhile Rodr\u00edguez defines his immediate future, the Giants will have to reconfigure their bullpen at a crucial moment in the campaign.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randy Rodr\u00edguez: Season at Risk Due to Elbow Injury The 2026 season of the Dominican closer for the San Francisco Giants, Randy Rodr\u00edguez, is in serious trouble. The pitcher was placed on the 15-day injured list due to a sprain in his right elbow, and after medical evaluations, he was recommended to undergo Tommy John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1048,290,8045,324],"class_list":{"0":"post-29883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-giants","9":"tag-injury","10":"tag-randy-rodriguez","11":"tag-tommy-john"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29883","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=29883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}