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Manuel Rodríguez (back) faced hitters in a live batting practice session on Friday.

It’s a big step forward for Rodríguez, who landed back on the shelf with a lower back strain just a couple appearances after returning from Tommy John surgery last month. The 30-year-old figures to make it back to the playoff-bound Rays’ high-leverage mix before the regular season concludes.
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Rays placed RHP Manuel Rodríguez on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Sept. 3, with a low back strain.

Rodríguez had allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings since returning from Tommy John surgery a couple of weeks ago.
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Rays activated RHP Manuel Rodríguez from the 60-day injured list.

The 30-year-old hurler has finally made it all the way back after undergoing Tommy John surgery last August. He’ll provide Rays’ skipper Kevin Cash with another weapon to deploy from the right side in the middle innings. Chris Roycroft was designated for assignment in a corresponding move on Sunday.
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Rays POBO Erik Neander said RHP Manuel Rodríguez (elbow) will be activated off the injured list over the weekend.

Rodríguez has been on rehab assignment after undergoing Tommy John surgery last August. This is a pretty quick return from surgery, but the Rays are apparently excited about his progress despite a 10.50 ERA for Triple-A Durham on rehab.
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Manuel Rodríguez (elbow) threw a scoreless inning for Single-A Charleston on Sunday.

This was Rodríguez’s first appearance in affiliate ball since having Tommy John surgery in August of 2025. He started the game and didn’t allow a single baserunner while striking out one and throwing seven of his eight pitches for strikes. The 29-year-old will need a couple more weeks to build up his pitch count, but he could be an option in the Rays’ bullpen by the second half of August.
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Rays placed RHP Manuel Rodríguez on the 60-day injured list following Tommy John surgery.

Rodríguez underwent Tommy John surgery in August, so if he makes it back in 2026, it won’t be until the very end of the season. He had a 2.08 ERA in 30 1/3 innings for the Rays before getting hurt last year.

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Rays activated LHP Shane McClanahan, RHP Hunter Bigge, RHP Manuel Rodríguez and OF Jonny DeLuca from the 60-day injured list.

Rodríguez is likely to miss most of all of 2026 after Tommy John surgery in August, but everyone else here should be good to go in the spring. That includes McClanahan, who underwent surgery to address his nerve issues in August.

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Manuel Rodríguez (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a right elbow flexor strain.

Rodríguez had surgery on August 8th and will now begin the long recovery process. It’s expected that the 29-year-old will miss the vast majority of the 2026 season; although, relievers can return to the mound a bit sooner than starting pitchers since they don’t have to build up the same kind of pitch counts.

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Manuel Rodríguez will undergo Tommy John surgery August 8.

Rodríguez was fantastic prior to his forearm strain with a 2.08 ERA in 30 1/3 innings, but the right-hander will undergo the procedure and miss the rest of 2025 and the overwhelming majority of 2026 as well.

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Rays transferred RHP Manuel Rodríguez from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list.

Rodríguez has been out since June 10 with a forearm strain, and after he experienced a setback 10 days ago, his status for the rest of the season is up in the air. With a 2.08 ERA in 30 1/3 innings, he was off to a great start before getting hurt.

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