Baseball in Fort Wayne

Former Wizards pitcher, Josh Geer, made his major league debut this season, garnering a win in his first MLB start. Overall, he wnet 2-1 with a 2.67 ERA in five starts with the Padres after being promoted from Triple-A Portland. He’s expected to go into Spring Training and complete for one of the starting gigs in the 2009 rotation. However, the concern now is a frayed ligament in his elbow, which could mean simple rest, or it might mean he’s heading to Tommy John Surgery.

Geer had an MRI in San Diego on Wednesday that revealed fraying to his UCL, said general manager Kevin Towers. Towers said it’s too soon to know if surgery will be needed.

The right-hander was selected by the San Diego Padres in round three (98th overall) of the 2005 draft. He joined the Wizards for 5 games that year and collected a 1-1 record with a 4.25 ERA. He struck out 23 and walked nine in 29.2 innings pitched.

He spent about half of 2006 with the Wizards too. In 12 games, he went 6-2 with a 3.10 ERA while striking out 46 and walking 13 over 72.2 innings pitched. He also had one complete game.

Hoepfully, it will just take a couple weeks of rest and not an appointment for Tommy John surgery. The latter would sideline the young pitcher for at least 12 months, meaning we wouldn’t see him throwing again until Spring Training of 2010 or perhaps in instructional league play similar to Matt Bush and Nick Schmidt’s recoveries this year.