No!!!! Shane Bieber to undergo Tommy John surgery!

[True Dough]

He was off to such a fantastic start this season. Sorry, Auggie!

Guardians ace Shane Bieber will soon be undergoing a Tommy John surgery after experiencing elbow pain in each of his last two starts, the team announced. Bieber will miss the rest of the 2024 season and roughly half of the 2025 season, as per the usual recovery timeline for TJ procedures.

The devastating news comes on the heels of an injury-shortened 2023 campaign for the right-hander, as Bieber was limited to 128 innings while missing about two and a half months due to elbow inflammation. He returned from the 60-day injured list to make two starts in late September, which seemingly indicated that the problem was behind him, and that Bieber could now look forward to a more normal offseason and ramp-up routine. However, as the Guardians’ statement indicates, Bieber had some discomfort in his elbow following his first start this year, and the problem continued through his next outing.

Certainly nothing appeared to be amiss in terms of results, given that Bieber looked completely dominant in tossing 12 shutout innings and recording 20 strikeouts (against just one walk and 10 hits allowed) over his two starts. This will now unfortunately mark the last we’ll see of Bieber on a big league mound for the next 13-15 months, and we might have already seen his final outing in a Cleveland uniform since he is a free agent this winter.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/shane-bieber-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery.html

[we can do it]

1. OMG. W.T.F?

[Auggie]

2. Ah yes, time for "The Curse of Rocky Colavito" again

The Curse of Rocky Colavito is a phenomenon that supposedly prevents the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB) from winning, be it the World Series, the American League (AL) pennant, reaching postseason play, or even getting into a pennant race. Its origin is traced back to the unpopular trade of right fielder Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn in 1960. It was not claimed that Colavito placed the curse, and he has denied doing so. It is one of several curses believed to have stricken the city of Cleveland's major sports franchises for decades.

The Guardians, then known as the Cleveland Indians, played in the World Series in 1995, 1997, and 2016, but lost all three to the Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins, and Chicago Cubs, respectively. Cleveland has not won a World Series since 1948.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Rocky_Colavito

Huge loss in so many ways. Bieber was destined for a very large payday in free agency.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. We Guardians fans just can't catch a break.

[Auggie]

4. Yes

Staff was already strained -- starting and relief. Getting Williams back from IR well help. There's good offerings in the minors for a trade but it's unlikely they'll part with DeLauter or Manzardo.