Smith-Shawver, 22, went 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in nine starts this season. He struck out 42 batters in 44 1/3 innings.

The Braves announced Monday that AJ Smith-Shawver underwent Tommy John surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. It was previously unknown if Smith-Shawver would need ...

The Atlanta Braves provided an update on injured starting pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver to begin this week. Atlanta announced on its official X account that Smith-Shawver underwent surgery Monday to repair ...

Atlanta Braves right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on Monday, the Braves announced via ...

Faced with a serious elbow injury, Steve Coponi invented a brace so he could keep throwing. Plus: 4 others with Shore ties ...

It used to be pitchers undergoing a second repair of their elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament faced something of a professional death sentence, that multiple Tommy John surgeries meant hanging on ...

It used to be pitchers undergoing a second repair of their elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament faced something of a professional death sentence, that multiple Tommy John surgeries meant hanging on, not ...

There have been 2,555 major league pitchers who had Tommy John surgery, according to a list compiled by baseball analyst Jon Roegele, beginning with the first elbow ligament replacement procedure ...

Fifty years ago, Tommy John, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had a career-saving experimental elbow surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) by Dr. Frank Jobe. As of 2024 ...

In 1974, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John was having a dream season, until he tore his ulnar collateral ligament, or UCL, the ligament that supports a pitcher's arm while throwing.