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Cardinals’ minor league pitcher Fitts has season-ending surgery to repair a right lat injury
Chaim Bloom said Fitts should recover fully, but the right-hander will miss the season after posting a 1.76 ERA in Triple-A.
- On Friday, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Richard Fitts underwent season-ending surgery to repair a right lat strain, sidelining him for the entire 2026 season.
- Manager Oliver Marmol said the team was impressed with Fitts during Spring Training, calling him "someone that we definitely were going to count on" for innings this year.
- Before the injury, Fitts posted a 2-0 record and 1.76 ERA in three starts for Triple-A Memphis after joining the Cardinals from the Red Sox in the Sonny Gray trade.
- Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said Friday that the long-term prognosis is good, but Fitts "is not going to pitch again this season," straining organizational depth.
- While Fitts remains sidelined until the 2027 campaign, Hunter Dobbins is working his way back on a minor league rehab assignment, providing needed depth for the club.
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Cardinals’ minor league pitcher Fitts has season-ending surgery to repair a right lat injury
St. Louis minor league pitcher Richard Fitts had season-ending surgery this week to repair an injury to his right lat that landed him on the injured list earlier this week.
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Richard Fitts Undergoes Season-Ending Surgery
Cardinals right-hander Richard Fitts has undergone season-ending surgery to address the lat strain that recently landed him on the minor league injured list. President of baseball operations Chaim Bloom gave the news to Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It’s an unfortunate development for Fitts for a few reasons. Fitts made 15 big league appearances with the Red Sox over the previous two seasons. He was traded to the Cardinals as p…
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