Chase Whitley Injury: Updates on Yankees SP's Elbow and Recovery

The New York Yankees pitching staff has taken another hit with right-hander Chase Whitley going on the disabled list and undergoing Tommy John surgery. 

Continue for updates. 

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Whitley to Undergo Tommy John Surgery

Monday, May 18

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported that Whitley will have Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. Team physician Chris Ahmad will perform the procedure.   

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports noted on May 15 that the Yankees had placed Whitley on the disabled list with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.

Tommy John surgery has become an epidemic over the last two years, with the Yankees getting hit particularly hard since 2014. Ivan Nova is on the 60-day disabled list still recovering from elbow reconstruction surgery last April.  

Masahiro Tanaka was diagnosed with a partially torn UCL last July and only made two starts in the second half of 2014. He also made four starts in 2015 before the team placed him on the disabled list with a forearm strain in late April. 

Whitley, 25, made four starts this season with a 4.19 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 19.1 innings, His last start came on Thursday against Tampa Bay in which he lasted just 1.2 innings before being pulled.