Former Tiger Thatcher Hurd Tommy John Surgery

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New York Yankees right-handed pitcher Thatcher Hurd will have Tommy John surgery next week, Baseball America's Geoff Pontes reported Friday afternoon.

Hurd will almost assuredly miss the entire 2025 season recovering from the procedure on the UCL in his right elbow. He will be the second Yankees pitching prospect to undergo the surgery this spring, as Chase Hampton went under the knife on Thursday

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The 22-year-old was the Yankees' third round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. He finished 2024 ranked as the No. 23 prospect and No. 13 pitcher in New York's farm system, per MLB Pipeline.

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The righty started a pair of games with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2024, going 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA and 0.724 WHIP.

The Yankees liked what they saw from Hurd, enough to give him an $836K signing bonus last summer.

Hurd did not make his professional debut in 2024, and he is now highly unlikely to do so in 2025, either. He has just 141.1 innings of organized baseball under his belt since graduating high school.

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