Rays Prospect Brent Honeywell Suffers Broken Elbow Injury in Tommy John Rehab

Tampa Bay Rays prospect Brent Honeywell is out for the season after suffering a fractured bone in his elbow while throwing a bullpen session on Saturday, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

Topkin noted the right-hander will undergo surgery on Monday. A timetable will not be known until after surgery, per MLB.com's Juan Toribio.

Honeywell—the Rays' No. 3 prospect, according to MLB.com—was in the process of working his way back from Tommy John surgery, which he underwent in February 2018.

This marks just the latest setback in his more than 15 months of recovery.

Honeywell experienced elbow discomfort in mid-April and was shut down last month due to nerve irritation in his upper arm. At that time, Topkin reported the Rays were not "overly concerned" with the setbacks, as they were not related to the surgically repaired elbow.

Drafted in 2014, the 24-year-old had been progressively working his way through the minors prior to Tommy John surgery. He appeared to be knocking on the door of the majors following a strong 2017 campaign that saw him go 13-9 with a 3.49 ERA in 26 starts between Double-A and Triple-A.

He went 12-8 with a 3.64 ERA in 24 starts at Triple-A that season, striking out 152 batters while walking 31 in 123.2 innings.

"The hardest part is starting to creep up on me now because I'm so close, I can see it,’’ Honeywell said in February, per Topkin, writing for Baseball America. "I can taste it. I can do everything (except) do it right now."

Unfortunately for him, it's back to square one as he starts the recovery process once again.