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Jameson Taillon Will Miss the 2020 Season

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Wednesday afternoon that right-handed pitcher Jameson Taillon will miss the entire 2020 season after undergoing flexor tendon repair surgery yesterday. During the surgery, it was determined that Taillon needed right elbow UCL revision surgery. That’s is more commonly known as Tommy John surgery.

The initial surgery would have cost Taillon the start of the 2020 season, but the additional Tommy John surgery, which is the second one for him, will keep him out for the entire season. Taillon is expected to be ready for the start of the 2021 season.

The 27-year-old Taillon made seven starts this season, posting a 4.10 ERA in 37.1 innings, with 30 strikeouts and a 1.13 WHIP.

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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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