{"id":698150,"date":"2026-05-13T20:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/698150\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:36:31","slug":"tarik-skubals-surgeon-reveals-use-of-new-technology-in-procedure-for-tigers-ace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/698150\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarik Skubal’s Surgeon Reveals Use of New Technology in Procedure for Tigers Ace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers got a brutal update early last week when it was revealed that their superstar ace Tarik Skubal was going to have<\/a> to undergo surgery for loose bodies<\/a> in his pitching elbow.<\/p>\n

Since the initial news broke and fans panicked that his season was over already, most of the updates surrounding Skubal have actually been positive<\/a> and his timeline looks a little bit<\/a> more optimistic for getting back on the mound.<\/p>\n

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While he still has a long road of recovery ahead, the<\/a> 2-3 month estimate initially given could be much shorter, and now that Skubal is almost a week removed from surgery, fans got a glimpse into <\/a>why that may be the case.<\/p>\n

In an article from Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic<\/a>, renowned surgeron Dr. Neal ElAttrache — who has performed operations on some of the most high profile athletes ever — spoke about a device called the NanoNeedle Scope 2.0 and talked about why it could accelerate Skubal’s recovery.<\/p>\n

ElAttrache Used New Type of Scope on Skubal’s Arm\"Detroit<\/p>\n

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal | Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“I showed them the scope and showed them where I would be able to go, and if we were using the standard size scope, the differences I would have to do,” ElAttrache said on his meeting with Skubal and Scott Boras. “They saw that it would be much safer, number one, and it would cause a lot less invasion. When you see it and you show them where you’re going to go, they get it immediately. It’s very obvious what to do.”<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, while the less invasive nature of the NanoNeedle for clearing out the elbow seemingly made it not much of a decision, ElAttrache did reveal that Skubal is the first high profile athlete to use it during surgery.<\/p>\n

While he made clear the technology has been around since 2019 and this was not any sort of experimental procedure, Skubal is a little bit of a test case in that if it actually does cut down on his recovery time, more will use it in the future.<\/p>\n

Tigers Would Love to Get Skubal Back Sooner\"Detroit<\/p>\n

Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal | Junfu Han \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Detroit was floundering in the standings even before the southpaw was placed on the injured list, which is why it was so devastating to learn of his injury for a team who entered the year with legitimate World Series hopes.<\/p>\n

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Should Skubal be able to return before the calendar turns to July and without a long ramp up to get back into shape, it could provide a massive boost to them if they’re able to keep their heads above water until then.<\/p>\n

It’s still obviously a long absence for the repeat American League Cy Young winner, but if he is able to cut a month off the initial timeline like many seem to believe he could, the Tigers getting hot this summer and making a run at the division and a third straight playoff appearance is very much in the cards.<\/p>\n

This article was originally published on www.si.com\/mlb\/tigers\/onsi as Tarik Skubal’s Surgeon Reveals Use of New Technology in Procedure for Tigers Ace<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers got a brutal update early last week when it was revealed that their superstar ace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,9070,147,53,2583,4,382,594],"class_list":["post-698150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-tigers","tag-baseball","tag-brett-davis-imagn","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-detroittigers","tag-mlb","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-tigers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116569190203486306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698150","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=698150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}