True Blue LA - Scott Elbert injury: Dodgers pitcher recovering from elbow surgeriesWhere The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2013-09-17T09:30:08-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/37663252013-09-17T09:30:08-07:002013-09-17T09:30:08-07:00Elbert has positive outlook during rehab
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<p>The left-handed Elbert put up a 2.32 ERA in 90 appearances for the Dodgers in 2011-2012, with 63 strikeouts and 22 unintentional walks in 66 innings.</p> <p>PHOENIX -- The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> have used a franchise-record 27 pitchers this season, but <span>Scott Elbert</span> isn't one of them. The left-handed relief pitcher is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery on in June, at the Dodgers' facility at Camelback Ranch in Arizona, and on Monday joined his teammates in the clubhouse at Chase Field as the Dodgers played the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>.</p>
<p>"It's nice, it makes me feel like a baseball player again," Elbert said with a smile.</p>
<p>Elbert was slowed in the second half of 2012 with elbow inflammation, and pitched just four of the Dodgers' final 46 games, spending most of his final two months on two different disabled list stints. He had arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 19, 2012 to cleanup his elbow, then needed another cleanup procedure on Jan. 19.</p>
<p>That second procedure meant nearly all of Elbert's spring training was spent doing rehab, and on March 25 got an injection of platelet-rich plasma into his elbow in hopes that would help the healing process.</p>
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<p>For a while it did, as Elbert pitched eight games in 17 days on a minor league rehab assignment for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-a Chattanooga. But after experiencing pain in his elbow his rehab was shut down, and a meeting with team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache confirmed a torn ulnar collateral ligament.</p>
<p>He would need Tommy John surgery, the third elbow procedure for Elbert in a 10-month span. The diagnosis was unexpected.</p>
<p>"I didn't think it was that, I thought it was just a strain. But when I got the results and it was 90% torn it was frustrating as heck," Elbert said. "It makes you mad, just because all the rehab I did prior to that was basically a wash now, and I had to start all over. ... In the same sense there is nothing I can do about it. Let's start the rehab and get going on the right track."</p>
<p>Though Elbert felt pain after back-to-back outings on his rehab assignment, he doesn't feel any one event triggered the UCL tear.</p>
<p>"It was just gonna go. It was one of those things that I couldn't do anything to prevent it," Elbert said. "It was gonna go, get broke, fix it again and see what happens."</p>
<p>The positive attitude has served Elbert well, especially since in addition to the remainder of 2013, most of his 2014 season will be spent rehabbing. The diagnosis for a return to a major league mound after Tommy John surgery is a range of 12-18 months, though it varied by pitcher.</p>
<p>"I just basically take it one day at a time," Elbert said. "As long as I continue feeling good, I feel like the process is going to be faster, more like 12 months than 18 months."</p>
<p>Elbert said he is about two weeks from throwing again, which will consist at first of light tossing. Eventually he will progress into a throwing program, with the goal of throwing off flat ground before reporting to spring training in February. Elbert said he expects to be able to throw bullpen sessions during spring training in 2014.</p>
<p>But that's if he is still a Dodger next year. Elbert is arbitration eligible, and though after missing more than a year likely won't cost much he could fall victim to the harsh realities of baseball and get non-tendered, considering his availability for the 2014 campaign is very much uncertain.</p>
<p>But Elbert, who turned 28 on Aug. 13, has the same positive attitude about his future contract status that he has in dealing with his rehab.</p>
<p>"I haven't really thought about it just for the fact that it's not in my hands right now. I hope for the best, obviously," he said. "We'll see what happens in the offseason. I want to stay here."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/9/17/4739400/scott-elbert-dodgers-rehab-tommy-john-surgeryEric Stephen2013-06-05T18:44:40-07:002013-06-05T18:44:40-07:00Elbert needs Tommy John surgery, out for year
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<p>Recovery time from the procedure is expected to be 12-16 months. It is the third operation on Elbert's left elbow in the last 10 months.</p> <p>LOS ANGELES -- <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dodgers</a> relief pitcher <span>Scott Elbert's</span> 2013 season is over before it ever began. The left-hander needs Tommy John surgery and is out for the season, and with an expected recovery of 12-16 months his 2014 campaign is in question as well.</p>
<p>Elbert was diagnosed with a complete tear of his ulnar collateral ligament after meeting with Dr. Neal ElAttrache and having an MRI exam on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The surgery, which will be performed next week, will be the third procedure on Elbert's left elbow in the last 10 months. He had arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 19, 2012 after shutting his season down with two stints on the disabled list last season with elbow inflammation. Elbert needed a second arthroscopic procedure on Jan. 19, which put him behind in spring training.</p>
<p>Elbert, who will turn 28 in August, suffered another setback near the end of spring training and flew to Los Angeles to get an injection of platelet-rich plasma in his left elbow on Mar. 25. He began a minor league rehab assignment on May 10 and pitched eight games combined for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga. His elbow did not respond well to his only back-to-back outings, on May 25-26 with the Lookouts, and he was shut down.</p>
<p>"Scotty has been shut down. For how long I don't know," manager Don Mattingly said on Monday. "But we tried those two in a row, after that he hasn't gone anywhere."</p>
<p>Elbert, the Dodgers' first round draft pick out of Seneca High School in Missouri in 2004, is 3-3 with a 3.61 ERA in 120 games with the Dodgers in his career, all in relief, with 92 strikeouts and 41 walks in 92&frac13; innings.</p>
<p>At the end of the 2013 season, Elbert will be arbitration eligible with three years, 69 days of service time. With his 2014 season also in jeopardy, he will almost certainly be non-tendered, which could end his Dodgers career.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/6/5/4400754/scott-elbert-injury-dodgers-tommy-john-surgeryEric Stephen2013-06-03T20:26:49-07:002013-06-03T20:26:49-07:00Elbert shut down, to see team doctor
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<p>Elbow pain after back-to-back outings have caused the left-handed reliever to get shut downa for an unidentified period of time.</p> <p><span>Scott Elbert's</span> comeback to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> hit a snag and the left-handed reliever's season could be in jeopardy. The Dodgers have shut down Elbert after he experienced elbow pain, and the left-hander will visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Elbert was making progress in returning to the Dodgers in May. After roughly six weeks in extended spring training, he began a minor league rehab assignment on May 10 and pitched a total of eight games over 17 days between Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga.</p>
<p>"Scotty has been shut down. For how long I don't know," manager Don Mattingly said. "But we tried those two in a row, after that he hasn't gone anywhere."</p>
<p>Elbert, 27, pitched back-to-back outings once on his rehab assignment, in his final two games. He pitched a full inning on May 25 for the Lookouts, then the next night pitched to just one batter. It was after that Elbert began experiencing elbow pain, so the Dodgers decided to shut him down.</p>
<p>It was the first back-to-back outings for Elbert since his pair of offseason elbow surgeries. Elbert had arthroscopic surgery on his elbow in September, then another arthroscopic procedure for further cleanup in January.</p>
<p>The Dodgers transferred him to the 60-day disabled list on Friday to create room on the 40-man roster for relief pitcher <span>Peter Moylan</span>. Elbert last pitched for the Dodgers on Aug. 26, 2012.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/6/3/4393762/scott-elbert-injury-dodgers-elbow-doctor-visitEric Stephen2013-05-24T19:47:24-07:002013-05-24T19:47:24-07:00Elbert pitching back-to-back for Lookouts
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<p>Elbert last pitched for the Dodgers on Aug. 26, 2012, one of just eight appearances after the All-Star break for the left-hander.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> pitcher <span>Scott Elbert</span> has been on a minor league rehabilitation assignment for two weeks while recovering from a pair of offseason shoulder surgeries, but the left-handed pitcher is closer to rejoining the Dodgers. Elbert will pitch on Saturday and Sunday for Double-A Chattanooga, his first back-to-back outings of the rehab assignment.</p>
<p>"We're just talking about probably one hitter (each game), just enough to get him up and get loose, get him into a game, and see if he can bounce back from that," said manager Don Mattingly.</p>
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<p>Elbert allowed a home run on Thursday night but picked up the save for Double-A Chattanooga, in his sixth minor league rehab game. In six minor league games, three with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga and three with the Lookouts, Elbert has a 3.00 ERA in six innings, with four hits allowed, one walk and six strikeouts.</p>
<p>His previous outings came with two days rest three times and one day rest twice. Velocity was a concern with Ethier but he has improved in his last few outings.</p>
<p>"It's getting there. The last email I saw was 90-92 (mph), and that's pretty much his range. His slider was 86-88," Mattingly said.</p>
<p>After a pair of disabled list stints after the All-Star break in 2012, Elbert had arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow on Sept. 19, then had to have another procedure on Jan. 23. His comeback during spring training suffered a setback and he had an injection of platelet-rich plasma on Mar. 25.</p>
<p>Elbert could be activated as soon as next week against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.halosheaven.com/">Angels</a>, but Mattingly stressed that they don't want to rush him back.</p>
<p>"I know Scotty is getting anxious," Mattingly said. "The biggest thing is that he hasn't pitched in a long time. We want to make sure he's ready."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/5/24/4361584/scott-elbert-injury-dodgers-rehabEric Stephen2013-03-31T15:04:38-07:002013-03-31T15:04:38-07:00Billingsley, Lilly, Hanley, Elbert to DL
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<p>The Dodgers on Sunday finalized their opening day roster, including recalling Justin Sellers, who is expected to start at shortstop in the absence of Hanley Ramirez.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> on Sunday finalized their opening day roster with five transactions, all expected. They recalled infielder <span>Justin Sellers</span> from minor league camp, and placed four players on the disabled list: <span>Hanley Ramirez</span>, <span>Chad Billingsley</span>, <span>Ted Lilly</span>, and <span>Scott Elbert</span>.</p>
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<p>Billingsley was placed on the DL with a right index finger contusion, retroactive to Mar. 22. The earliest he could be activated is Apr. 6, though the Dodgers don't technically need a fifth starter until Apr. 13. Billingsley didn't pitch in a major league game in spring training after Mar. 7. He was unable to throw a curve ball for about 12 days after getting hit by a pitch in the right index finger during a bunting drill. Billingsley has resumed throwing curves, and did so in a bullpen session on Mar. 25 and a six-inning start in a minor league game on Mar. 29.</p>
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<p>Lilly was placed on the DL after recovering from left shoulder labrum surgery, retroactive to Mar. 29. Lilly had a rough camp in that he was never able to build up innings. He missed two starts with the flu and had another shortened by rain. Lilly was reluctant to go on the disabled list as recently as Wednesday, but apparently changed his mind.</p>
<p>"I know we've been concerned for a little while now with him. We talked with medical to see if there is anything going on. Teddy has just never caught up. He's been sick, hasn't had a chance to build up arm strength like everybody else," manager Don Mattingly said Thursday. "We're trying to do what's right for everybody."</p>
<p>Ramirez had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb on Mar. 22, an injury suffered in the final game of the World Baseball Classic. His expected return to the Dodgers was eight weeks, which would be May 17.</p>
<p>Elbert was on the disabled list twice after the All-Star break in 2012 with left elbow inflammation, then had a pair of arthroscopic surgeries on his elbow, on Sep. 19 and Jan. 23. His original expected return date was around the first of May, but after experiencing more discomfort in his elbow during spring training he was shut down again. Elbert had an injection of platelet-rich plasma into his left elbow on Mar. 25, and isn't expected back until late May at the absolute earliest.</p>
<p>Sellers was optioned to minor league camp on Mar. 19, but since he was recalled within 20 days of that optional assignment it is essentially nullified.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/3/31/4167528/dodgers-roster-hanley-ramirez-chad-billingsley-ted-lilly-scott-elbert-disabled-listEric Stephen2013-03-26T16:29:35-07:002013-03-26T16:29:35-07:00Elbert has PRP injection in elbow
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<p>Elbert, who had two elbow surgeries during the offseason, was originally scheduled to return around the first week of May, but that will no longer be the case.</p> <p>Platelet-rich plasma injections seem to be all the rage with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> these days, and left-handed relief pitcher <span>Scott Elbert</span> is the latest to undergo the procedure. Elbert flew to Los Angeles on Monday to have the treatment in his elbow after experiencing pain while throwing.</p>
<p>Elbert was originally slated for a return right around the first week of May, but that has been pushed back to a yet undetermined date.</p>
<p>"Scott hasn't thrown in a while. He was having some tenderness so he was shut down for quite a bit. His timetable has definitely been changing," said manager Don Mattingly. "It was a little bit like <span>Carl (Crawford)</span>, just starting that program up but he wasn't quite ready yet. So we'll wait, PRP, and start back up."</p>
<p>Elbert called the PRP injection a precautionary move, much like <span>Zack Greinke</span> did when he had the injection on Mar. 11 after feeling discomfort in his elbow.</p>
<p>The offseason was a busy one for Elbert medically. He has arthroscopic surgery to clean up scar tissue in his left elbow on Sept. 19, but then after experiencing more pain he had another arthroscopic surgery on his elbow of Jan. 23. Elbert resumed throwing on Mar. 6 before getting shut down.</p>
<p>That followed a season that saw him hit the disabled list twice with elbow inflammation after the All-Star break.</p>
<p>"With Scotty it goes back past just the surgery this winter. He was on the DL late last year," Mattingly said. "We tried to bring him back and he flared back up. Really it's been a long time since this guy has thrown on any regular basis."</p>
<p>In theory, Elbert could be placed on the 60-day disabled list retroactive to Mar. 22, which would mean he couldn't return to the Dodgers until May 20. But given that's his likely timetable anyway, such a move would open up a 40-man roster spot for a potential non-roster invitee like <span>Kevin Gregg</span> or <span>Alfredo Amezaga</span> to make the opening day roster.</p>
<p>"It's been a long time since this guy has competed. It's hard to think it will just be a four-week thing and here we go. Not when everyone else had a normal spring and had seven weeks to get ready," Mattingly said. "We have to make sure he's pain free and go through all the testing before he starts back up."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/3/26/4150456/scott-elbert-prp-injection-elbowEric Stephen2013-02-18T14:00:06-08:002013-02-18T14:00:06-08:00Scott Elbert expected to miss a month
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<p>The left-handed relief pitcher expects a return to the Dodgers either at the end of April or early May, but after two elbow surgeries in four months Elbert doesn't plan on rushing back to the mound.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> reliever <span>Scott Elbert</span> hasn't been able to throw for an extended period of time without some sort of pain in his left elbow since late July. But the left-hander accepts it as just part of the game.</p>
<p>"It's frustrating but it's part of the game," he said. "We play baseball, and injuries do happen. You have to deal with it."</p>
<p>Elbert had arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 19 to clean up scar tissue in his left elbow, after spending two stints on the disabled list with elbow inflammation in the final two months of the season. But after pain returned during rehab, Elbert had to have another procedure.</p>
<p>"The first week was good, second week was bad," Elbert said. "We did some rehab to try to get it to calm back down but it never did so we decided to go back in in January and clean it up."</p>
<p>During arthroscopic surgery on Jan. 23 in Los Angeles, a new area of cartilage damage was discovered and removed. Elbert began physical therapy three days later, and is currently doing rehab work. He is participating in all workout drills that don't involve throwing, and he said he expects to be able to throw a baseball some time around the first week of March.</p>
<p>Elbert is being cautious in his return.</p>
<p>"I want to take advantage of the time that the rehab offers. I want to make sure that when I do come back it's for the longevity of my career and not just to rush back for 2013," Elbert said. "I want it to last forever."</p>
<p>Elbert was 1-1 in 2012 with a 2.20 ERA in 43 games, with 29 strikeouts and 13 walks in 32⅔ innings. Outside of a 10-day period in August when <span>Randy Choate</span> was on the team, Elbert was the only left-handed pitcher on the team last season and was often used as a specialist to face lefties.</p>
<p>In 15 of Elbert's 43 games in 2012 he recorded one out or less, and in 17 games he faced two batters or less. But he still sees himself as a reliever who can face both left-handers and right-handers.</p>
<p>"I look at every hitter the same. They're all good hitters, so you've got to respect that. You have to get each of them out any which way you can," Elbert said. "I obviously prepare more for lefties because it's probably the situation I'm coming in on, but I like to know the whole lineup to be prepared for anything."</p>
<p>Left-handed batters hit .271/.342/.386 in 2012 against Elbert, while righties hit just .170/.259/.255. In his career, opposing lefties have hit .246/.327/.353 while opposing right-handers have hit .236/.322/.401.</p>
<p>"I want to be prepared for anything. If I limit myself to just being a lefty, I don't want to be that guy. I want to be used in any situation," Elbert said. "Whenever it comes down to being just a lefty specialist, I don't categorize myself into that. I like to be a bullpen pitcher. My stuff can play to both sides."</p>
<p>With four relievers under contract (<span>Brandon League</span>, <span>Ronald Belisario</span>, <span>Matt Guerrier</span>, and <span>J.P. Howell</span>) and <span>Kenley Jansen</span> firmly holding a spot, the bullpen is essentially down to several pitchers fighting for two spots. One of those spots seems eventually earmarked for Elbert, who would give manager Don Mattingly a second left-hander in addition to Howell.</p>
<p>"It's nice to have two (lefties), honestly. But I think you want the best arms. You don't want lefties that aren't getting people out," Mattingly said. "You'd like to have some kind of weapons against those guys in the sixth and the ninth, instead of just the one time, and when do I use the bullet."</p>
<p>Elbert is out of options, and treating this like any other spring training.</p>
<p>"I look at it like I have to make the team every year. I stay with that mentality because that keeps the drive going, and keeps me focused on what I have to get done," Elbert said.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/2/18/4000746/scott-elbert-injury-dodgers-elbow-rehabEric Stephen2013-01-23T14:11:53-08:002013-01-23T14:11:53-08:00Scott Elbert has another surgery on left elbow
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<p>The left-hander can begin a throwing program in six weeks, which could put his status for opening day in jeopardy.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> got bad news on Wednesday, as relief pitcher <span>Scott Elbert</span> underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow in Los Angeles, the second procedure on his elbow in four months. Elbert had arthroscopic surgery to clean up scar tissue in his left elbow on Sept. 19, and the original plan was for him to resume his normal offseason throwing program in January and was expected to be ready for spring training.</p>
<p>The new procedure was to clean up a new area of cartilage damage in is left elbow, and the 40-minute procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. Elbert can begin physical therapy in three days, and can resume a throwing program in six weeks, which could put his status for opening day in jeopardy.</p>
<p>Elbert made his first opening day roster in 2012, and he was 1-1 with a 2.20 ERA in 43 games, with 29 strikeouts and 13 walks in 32⅔ innings. But he had two stints on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation, missing 22 games in July and August, then missing the final 34 games of the year.</p>
<p>The Elbert news puts the signing of left-handed pitcher <span>J.P. Howell</span> in a whole new light. The signing of Howell might not necessarily give the Dodgers a pair of southpaws in the bullpen, though <span>Paco Rodriguez</span> may have something to say about that during spring training. Perhaps this is more like last season, when <span>Todd Coffey</span> was signed as a reaction to <span>Blake Hawksworth</span> needing a second surgical procedure on his elbow.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/1/23/3908596/scott-elbert-surgery-dodgersEric Stephen