D-Backs’ Corbin Burnes Explains His Latest Injury After Elbow Surgery
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- Sports Money D-Backs’ Corbin Burnes Explains His Latest Injury After Elbow Surgery By Barry M.
- The muscle connects the shoulder blade to the upper arm, and that injury is serious stuff for a pitcher, who relies on fluid movement in that area.
- Burnes was on the road back from last year’s Tommy John right elbow surgery and was perhaps on too quick a path only 11 months out.
Sports Money D-Backs’ Corbin Burnes Explains His Latest Injury After Elbow Surgery By Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Boomskie on Baseball Follow Author Jun 04, 2026, 11:37pm EDTJun 04, 2026, 11:45pm EDTD-backs' starter Corbin Burnes walks off the field on June 1, 2025, with an apparent right elbow injury. He had Tommy John surgery a week later. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)Getty Images PHOENIX – The chances of seeing D-backs starting pitcher Corbin Burnes on the mound this season just diminished to near slim and none after a strain of the teres major muscle in the rear of his right shoulder.
The muscle connects the shoulder blade to the upper arm, and that injury is serious stuff for a pitcher, who relies on fluid movement in that area.