Yankees pitching prospect Chase Hampton has Tommy John surgery
Yankees pitching prospect Chase Hampton has Tommy John surgery
El lanzador de Texas Tech Chase Hampton (28) lanza a primera en un intento por forzar la salida de Rowdey Jordan (4) de Mississippi State durante un juego de béisbol de la NCAA, el 22 de febrero de 2021, en Arlington, Texas. (AP Foto/Brandon Wade, Archivo)
This is a 2025 photo of Chase Hampton of the New York Yankees baseball team Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)
El lanzador de Texas Tech Chase Hampton (28) lanza a primera en un intento por forzar la salida de Rowdey Jordan (4) de Mississippi State durante un juego de béisbol de la NCAA, el 22 de febrero de 2021, en Arlington, Texas. (AP Foto/Brandon Wade, Archivo)
El lanzador de Texas Tech Chase Hampton (28) lanza a primera en un intento por forzar la salida de Rowdey Jordan (4) de Mississippi State durante un juego de béisbol de la NCAA, el 22 de febrero de 2021, en Arlington, Texas. (AP Foto/Brandon Wade, Archivo)
This is a 2025 photo of Chase Hampton of the New York Yankees baseball team Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)
This is a 2025 photo of Chase Hampton of the New York Yankees baseball team Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees pitching prospect Chase Hampton had Tommy John surgery Friday to repair his right elbow.
Manager Aaron Boone announced the development after Friday’s exhibition season opener.
Selected in the sixth round of the 2022 amateur draft from Texas Tech, Hampton signed for a $497,500 bonus and was rated the Yankees’ No. 6 prospect — second among pitchers — last year by MLB.com.
He was 4-3 with a 3.63 ERA in 20 starts for Class A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset in 2023, striking out 145 in 106 2/3 innings, then didn’t pitch in a game last year until July 1 because of a flexor strain. He went 0-1 with a 2.41 ERA in seven starts at three levels, striking out 16 in 18 2/3 innings. Hampton didn’t pitch after Aug. 10 because of a lower body injury.
Hampton had been in big league camp as an invitee for the second straight year.
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