In all of the excitement of the trade deadline yesterday, one piece of news went unnoticed; Edinson Volquez suffered a setback during his rehab. The expected follow up to that news was announced by the Reds Saturday; Volquez will undergo an unspecified elbow surgery on Monday. Whatever the procedure is, it seems likely that Volquez, who’s only thrown one inning since May 16, is done for the season, especially with the Reds dropping out of contention after losing 10 of their last 11.
The big question that remains is what sort of surgery Volquez will require and how much time he’ll miss next year. If he does need Tommy John surgery (which has been mentioned as a possibility), he’ll be out …
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