Orioles general manager Mike Elias informed the media today that both left-hander and right-hander will undergo elbow surgery. Each player will be undergoing ulnar collateral ligament repair, though its not known if either will be full Tommy John surgery or the internal brace alternative. In either case, both players are now set to mi s the remainder of the season. Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com was among those to relay the news . Its an unfortunate double blow to the Baltimore rotation depth. The news on Means is particularly heartbreaking as he just got back from a lengthy Tommy John layoff not too long ago. He went under the knife in April of 2022, mi sing the majority of that season and most of the following season as well. He did return to the mound late in 2023 but felt renewed elbow sorene s. He was left off the clubs playoff roster last year and the Os then tried to slow-play his ramp-up here in 2024. He started the season on the injured list and was reinstated at the start of May, making four starts before landing back on the IL with a left forearm strain. Now Means is set for yet another long rehabilitation period, which will include the remainder of this season and likely a decent chunk of 2025 as Nick Cicek Jersey well. From 2019 to 2021, he was one of the few bright spots for the club during its rebuilding phase. He to sed 345 1/3 innings in those three years, one of which was shortened by the pandemic, with a 3.73 ERA. But due to the elbow i sues, hes only thrown 52 1/3 innings over the past three seasons and that number wont be going up now. In addition to giving Means another huge obstacle to overcome, this surgery has the chance to end his tenure with the Orioles. He will pa s six years of major league service time by seasons end and is set for free agency this coming winter. At that time, he will be heading into his age-32 season with an uncertain health outlook after all the aforementioned elbow work. Perhaps he and the Orioles will work out a new contract to cover his rehab period, if both sides are interested, but he could also consider getting healthy again and before showcasing himself for other clubs. Wells, 29, landed on the injured list in the middle of April due to elbow inflammation. It appears that the club didnt find much succe s with whatever non-surgical options it was exploring over the past six weeks and ultimately decided that surgery was indeed nece sary. The righty has a 4.06 ERA with the Os since the start of 2021, pitching both out of the rotation and out of the bullpen. He reached arbitration in the most recent offseason as a Super Two player and is making $1.9625MM this year. He would be in line for another pa s through arbitration this winter but wouldnt be able to get a big raise after mi sing the vast majority of the current campaign. Its also po sible the Os decide to non-tender Wells, given his upcoming rehab, though he is also controllable through 2027 and is still optionable. For the club, this will significantly weaken their rotation depth for the remainder of the year. They currently have a starting mix consisting of , , , and , which is a solid group but one with question marks. Bradish was diagnosed with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in February. He managed to return to the club and has pitched well through a few starts, though that was also the case for Means before his elbow i sues returned. Surez has a 1.53 ERA this year but its his first MLB season since 2017. Irvin has a 2.84 ERA but with a low strikeout rate of 17.6%. Even without Means and Wells, reinforcements could be coming from within. is on the injured list but isnt expected to be out too much longer. Prospects and are both throwing well in Triple-A this year. The club is 35-19 and comfortably in playoff position. Perhaps they will use the coming weeks and months to evaluate everyone in that group and see how things look in the middle of July, but it also seems fair to expect the Os to be exploring the trade market for starting pitching this summer. Arturs Silovs Jersey