{"id":3007,"date":"2013-06-05T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T01:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2013-06-05T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T01:34:23","slug":"beckett-considering-season-ending-surgery-elbert-out-for-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/06\/05\/beckett-considering-season-ending-surgery-elbert-out-for-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckett considering season-ending surgery, Elbert out for year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3008\" alt=\"joshbeckett\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/06\/joshbeckett.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/06\/joshbeckett.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/06\/joshbeckett-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Josh Beckett has not pitched since May 13 and there does not appear to be a timetable for his return to the mound.<\/p>\n<p>Beckett has been dealing with a nerve issue in his pitching arm. The Dodgers will rest the right-hander for four weeks before he attempts another throwing session.<\/p>\n<p>With no guarantee that rest will fix the issue Beckett has already said he would have season ending surgery to correct the issue. Beckett <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dylanohernandez\/status\/342445377305329665\" target=\"_blank\">believes<\/a> he would be ready for the start of next season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Elbert to have Tommy John surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Dodgers reliever Scott Elbert will undergo Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. The reliever had not appeared in a game this season and the Dodgers are not confident that he will be ready to go next season.<\/p>\n<p>Elbert had been an integral part of the Dodgers bullpen the last two seasons appearing in 90 games and compiling a 2.32 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP during that span.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Beckett has not pitched since May 13 and there does not appear to be a timetable for his return to the mound. Beckett has been dealing with a nerve issue in his pitching arm. The Dodgers will rest the right-hander for four weeks before he attempts another throwing session. With no guarantee that rest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[359,135],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-3007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-josh-beckett","9":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}