The New York Mets announced that left-hander Steven Matz underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove what was labeled a “massive” bone spur from his pitching elbow. Matz also had a platelet-rich-plasma injection in his sore left shoulder.
Matz was diagnosed with the bone spur during the summer, but continued pitching through it.
Matz was finally shelved after reporting pain in his left shoulder following his last start on August 14. He was then diagnosed with a shoulder impingement that was irritating the rotator cuff.
Despite an attempt to return this season, Matz was ultimately shut down for the year after tossing a bullpen and having continued shoulder pain.
Team physician Dr. Altchek performed the surgery on Matz and he is expected to fully recover by spring training as are Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Jacob deGrom the team reports.
