The Cincinnati Reds will be without right-handed pitcher Hunter Greene until July, as the team’s ace needs elbow surgery.

Greene, 26, will have arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to remove bone chips from his right elbow. The team expects him to be out 14-16 weeks, which could see him return before the All-Star break.

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After reporting stiffness in his right elbow, Greene left Reds spring training camp in Arizona on Monday and returned to Cincinnati to undergo an MRI and see specialists, including Dr. Neal ElAttrache.

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Greene landed on the injured list in August due to elbow soreness and took a PRP injection, recommended by ElAttrache, in October. While he didn’t report any issues in the offseason, Greene told the team a week before spring training that the discomfort in his right elbow had returned.

Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said Tuesday that while Greene will have bone chips and loose bodies removed, the pitcher’s UCL is clean.

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Greene made 19 starts last season for the Reds, finishing with a 7-4 record, a 2.76 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 132 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings. He has played four MLB seasons and spent time on the IL in each of them.

“He’s probably frustrated that he hasn’t pitched a full season,” Krall said, via Charlie Goldsmith. “He has said it to [the media] that his goal was to pitch so many innings this year. Obviously it’s something that’s weighing on him.”

With Greene out, Andrew Abbott will be the Reds’ Opening Day starter against the Boston Red Sox on March 26.