Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu will miss the rest of the 2022 season and could miss the whole of 2023 after Tommy John surgery, the team announced Saturday.
On Tuesday, the team announced Ryu will miss the rest of 2022, but said a procedure would determine if the injury was serious enough to require Tommy John surgery. Now that he has had UCL reconstruction and flexor tendon repair, the recovery time for Ryu is estimated at 12-18 months.
Even with a quick recovery, Ryu will likely miss a significant amount of the 2023 season, which is expected to be the final season of the four-year, $80 million contract he signed with the team. in December 2019.
Ryu, 35, made his MLB debut in 2013 with the Los Angeles Dodgers after a very successful stint in the Korea Baseball Organization. He placed fourth in the NL Rookie of the Year poll and won the All-Star six years later in 2019. Ryu placed second in the Cy Young vote that season and third in the poll. Cy Young in 2020 in his first season with the Blue Jays.
After scoring a 2.69 ERA in the 2020 season, Ryu had a 4.37 ERA in his second season with Toronto. In 2022, he has an ERA of 5.67 across six starts.
