New York Mets closer Billy Wagner needs elbow surgery that likely will sideline him through the 2009 season. The five-time All-Star has been out since Aug. 3 and the Mets said Monday that he has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left elbow and a torn flexor pronator, which is a muscle in the forearm. The 37-year-old left-hander will have surgery later this week.
"The tear is now big enough that the doctors are recommending so-called Tommy John surgery," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said.
When the Mets first put Wagner on the disabled list on Aug. 5, they announced his injury as a strained left forearm. Minaya said Monday that an MRI that …
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