{"id":27806,"date":"2025-02-22T02:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27806"},"modified":"2025-02-22T02:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:14:43","slug":"shocking-blow-yankees-top-pitching-prospect-out-for-season-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27806","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Blow: Yankees&#8217; Top Pitching Prospect Out for Season After Surgery!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_1bmarg5-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>Chase Hampton, limited to just seven games in 2024, will miss the 2025 season after reporting pain following a bullpen session. He will miss the rest of the year with Tommy John surgery.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_e296pg\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"New York Yankees pitcher Chase Hampton (86) works out during spring training practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Fla., on Feb. 15, 2024.  \" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2613,h_1469,x_0,y_197\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/minor_league_baseball_on_si\/01jmn6ftqq498yhb9m8g.jpg\" alt=\"New York Yankees pitcher Chase Hampton (86) works out during spring training practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Fla., on Feb. 15, 2024.  \" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"New York Yankees pitcher Chase Hampton (86) works out during spring training practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Fla., on Feb. 15, 2024.  \" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">New York Yankees pitcher Chase Hampton (86) works out during spring training practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Fla., on Feb. 15, 2024. \/ Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inStoryContainer_1r009zu\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_qe1qt7\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_p4dpbjs8w\">New York Yankees right-hander Chase Hampton, the No. 2 pitching prospect in the club\u2019s farm system, underwent Tommy John surgery on Friday morning. MLB Pipeline ranks him as the Yankees&#8217; sixth-rated overall prospect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_o21pm4b6g\">The surgery came two days after Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters at spring training in Tampa, Fla., that it was feared Hampton, 23, had \u201csomething going on\u201d in his right ulnar collateral ligament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ssewisrwe\">The news first was reported by Greg Joyce of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_1y6if9u-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_yw5noo2fq\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1893038857748111782&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fonsi%2Fminor-league-baseball%2Finjuries%2Fdevastating-news-new-york-yankees-pitching-prospect-chase-hampton-undergoes-tommy-john-surgery-out-for-season&amp;sessionId=c703056ce5b1f4337a66b57657768174076ef007&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1893038857748111782\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sdacn50aq\">While the timeline for recovery isn\u2019t known, it is certain Hampton will miss the entire 2025 season. It\u2019s a devastating blow for Hampton, who was limited to just seven games last season because of what was diagnosed as a flexor strain, then followed by a groin injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_io6avn9af\">The Yankees selected Hampton in the sixth round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Texas Tech, and he had a productive first pro season in 2023. At Double-A Somerset and High-A Hudson Valley. Hampton made 20 starts and finished 4-3 with a 3.63 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 106.2 innings, posting a 3.92 strikeout-to-walk ratio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9hb8pt130\">He entered the 2024 season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 72 prospect in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_02xmn7ci3\">In all, Hampton has thrown 125.1 innings in the\u00a0Yankees\u00a0farm system and has a 4-4 record and a 3.45 ERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_n5j96ka89\">Boone said Wednesday he knew how disappointed Hampton was with another injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g1ibq8cnn\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see what we have here, but just having an uneven season last year with some injuries, I know he\u2019s pretty bummed about that,\u201d the manager said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Hampton, limited to just seven games in 2024, will miss the 2025 season after reporting pain following a bullpen session. 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