{"id":593797,"date":"2026-02-26T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/593797\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:06:04","slug":"walcotts-elbow-surgery-was-successful-per-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/593797\/","title":{"rendered":"Walcott\u2019s elbow surgery was successful, per reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sebastian Walcott underwent successful internal brace surgery on his elbow last week, per the beats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is good news, as Walcott\u2019s damaged UCL did not need the full Tommy John replacement surgery, which would involve a longer recovery time than the internal brace surgery. With what the Rangers are indicating is an expected 5 to 6 month recovery time, Walcott should be able to resume playing before the minor league season is over, though I anticipate he\u2019ll be limited to DH duties upon his immediate return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Walcott, who doesn\u2019t turn 20 until next month, was a consensus top 10-20 prospect in MLB prior to the injury. Walcott slashed .255\/.355\/.386 as one of the youngest players at AA Frisco in 2025. While primarily a shortstop so far in his professional career, Walcott profiles as a likely third baseman or right fielder in the majors, assuming that there are no long-term effects from the elbow surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sebastian Walcott underwent successful internal brace surgery on his elbow last week, per the beats. This is good&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,3622,4,149,38866,1567,69,3240],"class_list":{"0":"post-593797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-rangers","12":"tag-rangers-prospects-and-minor-league-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-rangers","15":"tag-texasrangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116136377361814602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}