Miami Marlins high prospect Max Meyer to have Tommy John surgical procedure

Proper-hander Max Meyer, the Miami Marlins‘ high prospect, will bear Tommy John surgical procedure, the group introduced Thursday.

Meyer underwent an MRI on Monday that exposed the harm, and the choice to have the surgical procedure was made after he consulted with a number of docs.

The surgical procedure will probably be carried out by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on a date that has not but been decided.

Meyer is without doubt one of the high prospects in baseball and was ranked No. 33 total earlier than the season by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel.

Meyer confronted three batters and threw solely 10 pitches earlier than being eliminated within the first inning of his begin Saturday in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Marlins had positioned him on the 15-day injured record Sunday.

The third total decide within the 2020 draft, the 23-year-old Meyer made two begins this season earlier than the harm and finishes with an 0-1 report and a 7.50 ERA in six innings pitched throughout which he allowed 5 runs, seven hits — together with two house runs — struck out six and walked two.