Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt Faces Career Crossroads with Unexpected Second Tommy John Surgery
Well, here we are again with the Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt — that resilient right-hander — facing the daunting road of a second Tommy John surgery, which will bench him for the rest of this season and stretch deep into the next. It’s a bitter pill for any athlete, no doubt, and Manager Aaron Boone didn’t sugarcoat it when he broke the news Thursday. Set for Friday, the operation’s slated to be performed by Dr. Keith Meister down in Dallas. Schmidt, just 29, joins an unfortunate club alongside fellow Yankee Gerrit Cole, who underwent the same surgery earlier this year after clinching the 2023 AL Cy Young Award — talk about tough luck in pinstripes.
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