Red Sox: Reliever Carson Smith has Tommy John surgery

Edit The Oklahoman 25 May 2016
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox reliever Carson Smith had season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday, four days after an MRI revealed a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said before Boston's game against the Colorado Rockies that Smith will need 11 to 14 months to recover ... "'Tommy John' — that bell rings loud....

Reliever Carson Smith has Tommy John surgery

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 25 May 2016
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox reliever Carson Smith had season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday, four days after an MRI revealed a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said before Boston's game against the Colorado Rockies that Smith will need 11 to 14 months to recover ... "'Tommy John' — that bell rings loud....

Red Sox reliever Carson Smith undergoes Tommy John surgery

Edit Worcester Telegram 25 May 2016
BOSTON — The revamped bullpen for the Red Sox received a huge blow Tuesday, when the team announced right-hander Carson Smith would undergo Tommy John surgery. Acquired last December from the Mariners, Smith recorded just eight outs for Boston this season.Dr ... Smith will miss the next 11 to 14 months."We were caught a little by surprise," president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said of Smith's need for ... ....

Elbow surgery for Carson Smith

Edit The Providence Journal 25 May 2016
BOSTON — The revamped bullpen for the Red Sox received a huge blow on Tuesday, when the team announced that right-hander Carson Smith underwent Tommy John surgery. Acquired in December from the Mariners, Smith recorded just eight outs for Boston. Dr. David Altchek performed the surgery on Tuesday in New York. Smith will miss 11 to 14 months. "We were caught a little by surprise," president of baseball [...]> ... ....

Snitker likes Inciarte in CF with Smith in lineup

Edit MLB 25 May 2016
ATLANTA -- Braves interim manager Brian Snitker appreciates the athleticism Mallex Smith offers as an outfielder. But moving forward, Snitker plans to position Ender Inciarte in center field whenever he is in the same lineup with Smith ... Entering Tuesday, Smith had been awarded five Defensive Runs Saved over 246 2/3 innings as a center fielder....

Drellich: Red Sox in no rush, but they will need to replace Carson Smith

Edit Boston Herald 25 May 2016
The Red Sox can’t talk in the winter about how much Carson Smith is going to help this team and then play traffic cops in May after announcing he’s out for the year — “nothing to see here, move along” — because a couple arms show some promise. Losing Smith, who underwent Tommy John surgery yesterday in New York, has to eventually make the Sox aggressors in the relief market....

Matt Barnes delivers strong outing

Edit The Providence Journal 25 May 2016
BOSTON — It was a three-batter outing in a five-run game — about as low-leverage as it gets. But taking the mound hours after Carson Smith had Tommy John surgery, Matt Barnes showed why the Red Sox still have confidence in their bullpen.Barnes mowed down the middle of the Colorado order on two strikeouts and a weak comebacker, hitting 99 on the radar gun in the most powerful performance of his season ... ....

Snitker likes Inciarte in CF with Smith in lineup (Atlanta Braves)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Former Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez preferred to have Smith in center field and Inciarte in left, but Snitker has realized over the past week that Inciarte's instincts and route efficiency trump the speed Smith attempts to use to overcome some of his occasional inefficient routes ... Entering Tuesday, Smith had been awarded five Defensive Runs Savedover 246 2/3 innings as a center fielder....

Snitker likes Inciarte in CF with Smith in lineup (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Former Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez preferred to have Smith in center field and Inciarte in left, but Snitker has realized over the past week that Inciarte's instincts and route efficiency trump the speed Smith attempts to use to overcome some of his occasional inefficient routes ... Entering Tuesday, Smith had been awarded five Defensive Runs Savedover 246 2/3 innings as a center fielder....

Gennett's RBI single in 8th lifts Brewers past Braves, 2-1

Edit The Oklahoman 25 May 2016
Mallex Smith tied the score by driving in Erick Aybar from second base with a fifth-inning triple to the right-field corner ... Blazek walked Smith in the seventh. Smith was called safe stealing second before a review showed he popped off the bag while the tag was being applied by Gennett, ending the inning ... RHP Shae Simmons has had good results at Triple-A Gwinnett in his comeback from Tommy John surgery....

Price, Bradley lead Red Sox to 8-3 win over Rockies

Edit The Miami Herald 25 May 2016
David Price scattered five hits over seven innings and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a pair of hits to extend his hitting streak to 28 games as the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 8-3 on Tuesday night ... TRAINER'S ROOM. Rockies ... Red Sox. RHP Carson Smith had Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season, the team said. Smith appeared in three games this year, pitching 2 2/3 innings and making two trips to the disabled list ... ......

De La Rosa falters in Fenway debut, Red Sox beat Rockies 8-3

Edit The Oklahoman 25 May 2016
BOSTON (AP) — There was a time when Colorado Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa figured to be a regular on the mound at Fenway Park. Now he's content to check it off the list and leave town ... "Still believe in myself," he said ... ... PAPI POPPING ... RHP Carson Smith had Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season, the team said. Smith appeared in three games this year, pitching 2 2/3 innings and making two trips to the disabled list ... ....

Teheran has 12 strikeouts but Braves fall to Brewers, 2-1

Edit Atlanta Journal 25 May 2016
"It's exciting ... Mallex Smith tied the score by driving in Erick Aybar from second base with a fifth-inning triple to the right-field corner. WASTED CHANCE ... 4 WHIFFS, 1 INNING ... LHP Will Smith (sprained right knee) threw a scoreless inning with one strikeout and one hit allowed in his first rehab stint with Class A Brevard County on Tuesday ... RHP Shae Simmons has had good results at Triple-A Gwinnett in his comeback from Tommy John surgery ... ....
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