Season-Ending Surgery For Twins Outfielder

His young career having already been derailed by wrist problems for two seasons, top Minnesota Twins youngster Alex Kirilloff will be undergoing surgery to correct the problem. 

Alex Kirilloff will undergo season-ending ulnar shortening surgery next Tuesday in LA to address the issues in his right wrist, the #MNTwins announced. They hope to have him ready by Spring Training.

— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) August 7, 2022

The "ulnar shortening surgery" this week will end his season, and hopefully have him ready for spring training 2023. 

Twins beat writer Do-Hyoung Park has the gory details:

Kirilloff brought this up to me as a possibility back in May. He said it would create more spacing in the wrist joint by manually breaking the ulna, shortening it and inserting a plate and screws.

"I really hope it doesn’t get to that," he said at the time. https://t.co/xJZO7VF3wM

— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) August 7, 2022

Kirilloff says they need to create more "spacing" in the wrist joint by "manually breaking the ulna, shortening it and inserting a plate and screws". Ouch.

Kirilloff was off to a red-hot start upon his initial call-up from the minors last season, but the wrist problem landed him on the injured list in May. He came back, struggled, and then went out again in July for the balance of the season.

This year, this is the 3rd time the wrist has landed him on the injured list, this time for good. 

It's obviously limited his effectiveness swinging the bat, as he's only been able to produce a .250 average with a .658 OPS along with just three home runs.

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