{"id":2478931,"date":"2026-06-28T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2478931"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:00:12","slug":"royals-ragans-to-undergo-elbow-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-ragans-to-undergo-elbow-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals\u2019 Ragans to undergo elbow surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday that will determine the degree of repair needed, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 All-Star, Ragans went on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow impingement on May 8. He left his May 6 start against the Cleveland Guardians after three innings and was diagnosed with valgus extension overload. He was placed on the 60-day injured list on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have read the MRI. They\u2019re not going to be clear on the extent of it until they get in there and understand what they see,\u201d Quatraro said.<\/p>\n<p>Neal ElAttrache is scheduled to perform the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>A three-time opening day starter for Kansas City and a 2016 first-round draft pick by Texas, Ragans (1-4, 4.84 ERA) missed most of last season due to left groin strain and rotator cuff strains. <\/p>\n<p>He underwent Tommy John surgery twice when he was in the Rangers organization.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source apnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday that will determine the degree of repair needed, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday. A 2024 All-Star, Ragans went on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow impingement on May 8. 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