ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay ace left-hander Shane McClanahan is scheduled to have Tommy John surgery Monday, and Rays outfielder Manuel Margot will undergo a procedure to remove bone chips from his right elbow, the team announced.
The 26-year-old McClanahan went on the 60-day injured list with tightness in his pitching forearm and last pitched Aug. 2 at the New York Yankees. He was 11-2 with a 3.29 ERA over 21 starts and 115 innings in his third big-league season after posting double-digit wins each of his previous two years.
He will miss the rest of the season and is expected to be out for the entire 2024 season.
“Tough loss, no doubt,” manager Kevin Cash said.
Margot will have surgery Wednesday and is set to miss up to a month. Cash said Margot, who was hitting .249 with a .654 on-base plus slugging percentage, had been bothered by the injury for about a month and an injection to ease the pain did not resolve it.
It will mark the second time that McClanahan has had Tommy John surgery. He also missed his first season at USF after undergoing the operation.
He is the second Rays pitcher to have Tommy John surgery this season. Jeffrey Springs underwent the procedure in April.