Sawyer Gipson-Long To Undergo Internal Brace Surger

The Tigers informed reporters that depth starter will undergo an internal brace surgery on Monday to repair his UCL ( via Evan Woodbery of MLive). Hell mi s the entire 2024 season. Its an unfortunate but not especially surprising revelation. Gipson-Long had gone for various evaluations after feeling forearm tightne s a couple weeks ago. The 64 righty was already on the 15-day injured list because of a groin strain, yet this obviously represents a much more serious setback. While an internal brace procedure comes with a shorter recovery timeline than the standard Tommy John UCL reconstruction, its likely hell begin the 25 campaign on the IL as well. Gipson-Long is a former sixth-round draftee of the Twins. Detroit acquired him at the 2022 deadline Brian Halums Jersey for reliever . The Tigers called him to the majors for the first time last September. Gipson-Long had an excellent showing, working to a 2.70 ERA with a near-32% strikeout rate in 20 innings. He didnt face the toughest competition his starts were against the White Sox, Angels, As and Royals but it was about as impre sive a debut as Detroit couldve reasonably expected. Detroit wasnt likely to give Gipson-Long an Opening Day rotation spot even if he were healthy. Between , , , and offseason signees and , they have a fair amount of rotation talent. Gipson-Long would likely have been seventh on the depth chart. Even if he started the year on optional a signment to Triple-A Toledo, its likely hed have been tabbed for some starts throughout the course of a 162-game schedule. Instead, hell spend the entire season on the IL. The small silver lining is that hell be paid at the MLB minimum rate and collect a full year of service time. Detroit can transfer him to the 60-day injured list whenever they need a 40-man roster spot. Theres no IL during the offseason, so the Tigers will need to reinstate or waive Gipson-Long shortly after the conclusion of the World Series. A suming they keep him on the roster, hell be controllable for at least another five seasons. Joshua Rogers Jersey