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Travis MacGregor has Tommy John Surgery

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Pirates Prospects has learned that right-handed pitcher Travis MacGregor had Tommy John surgery last week to repair a torn UCL. The injury will keep him out for the entire 2019 season.

MacGregor had a breakout performance this season, showing cleaner mechanics, better control and more velocity. That led to terrific overall results, though he was limited due to a deltoid spasm in May and the forearm injury in August. MacGregor posted a 3.25 ERA in 63.2 innings over 15 starts with West Virginia. He had a .239 BAA, a 1.24 WHIP and 74 strikeouts.

He turns 21 years old in two weeks, so time is still on his side and he is one of the hardest workers out there, which will help him in the recovery process. A silver lining on the timing of his surgery is that he will basically be on the same recovery schedule as both Chad Kuhl and Edgar Santana, which will give him a chance to work side-by-side with them down at Pirate City and pick their brains. MacGregor reports that he has no pain right now from the surgery and he plans to return to Pirate City tomorrow to begin the rehab process.

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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