Padres All-Megastar 3rd baseman Manny Machado used to be relegated to designated hitter for the whole thing of September because of an shock to his proper (throwing) elbow and now he’s had surgical procedure to handle the condition. The Padres introduced on Tuesday that he had a process to fix the extensor tendon. The Padres have stated that the fix timeline is 4 to 6 months, which places his Opening Moment availability up within the wind. 

The condition overdue within the season, in step with the workforce, used to be lateral epicondylitis, extra usually referred to as “tennis elbow.”  Actually, Machado and the Padres informed newshounds in September that he’d been coping with the problem for the terminating two seasons. With the surgical procedure, the hope is that Machado might be 100% for all or maximum of upcoming season. 4 months from at the moment would put us at Feb. 3 (so simply the beginning of spring coaching), however six months is April 3 and that’s a while into the season (plus, the Padres get started with a two-game sequence in opposition to the Dodgers in South Korea on March 20-21). 

Machado, 31, adopted up a 6.8 WAR season by which he completed 2d in NL MVP vote casting with a 2.9 WAR season in 2023. In his 138 video games, he collision .258/.319/.462 (115 OPS+) with 21 doubles, 30 homers, 91 RBI and 75 runs. 

The Padres had been, after all, one of the crucial disappointing groups in baseball. They adopted up their run to the 2022 NLCS by way of going 82-80 and lacking the playoffs. 

Machado is signed via 2033, making over $39 million in step with month each and every of the overall seven years of that offer. He’s eager to manufacture a slightly over $17 million upcoming season, as his pledge extension is front-loaded.