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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the Mets announced on Monday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESPN reports&amp;nbsp;Wheeler will likely need to undergo Tommy John surgery.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wheeler had experienced elbow discomfort last week and was scratched from a scheduled spring training start this weekend. He had an MRI exam Saturday in Port St. Lucie, Florida.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;CORCORAN: Do Mets share blame for Wheeler's injury?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On a conference call, Mets general manager Sandy&amp;nbsp;Alderson said Wheeler had a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection in November before having another MRI in January.&amp;nbsp;Because of the ongoing problems with Wheeler's elbow, Alderson said the torn ligament was \"not totally unexpected.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 24-year-old Wheeler went 11-11 with a 3.54 ERA and 187 strikeouts in 32 starts last season for New York.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Darvish to miss season after Tommy John surgery&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wheeler is the second Mets pitcher this week to sustain an elbow injury. Reliever Josh Edgin will miss the entire season after deciding to undergo Tommy John surgery.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mets ace Matt Harvey is expected to be ready for the season after missing most of the last 18 months after having Tommy John surgery to repair a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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