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Josh Harrison and Jameson Taillon Both Undergo Surgery Today

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that both Jameson Taillon and Josh Harrison had surgery today. The news hasn’t changed for Taillon, but Harrison is out a little longer than first expected.

Harrison had a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb. The typical recovery time from such surgery is seven weeks, which would put Harrison out until the last week in August. He is hitting .279/.313/.384 in 75 games this season, but he had a .760 OPS over his last 25 games after a slow start. On a side note, today is his 28th birthday, so it wasn’t exactly the best way to celebrate.

Taillon had surgery to repair an inguinal hernia and his recovery time will be about eight weeks. That basically puts him out until the end of the minor league season. Taillon last pitched on June 18th, going five innings. He was set to make his debut in the GCL on June 23rd prior to the injury, but now this setback will require him to build his pitch count back up before returning.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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